This Week’s News
Brandon Police Log: Children keep BPD busy
While on patrol, officers observed a child in diapers climbing a fence near a busy intersection on Conant Square.
Mary Pickford’s ‘My Best Girl’ with live music at Brandon Town Hall on Oct. 7
She was known as ‘America’s Sweetheart,’ but often played assertive take-charge characters that made her a role model to movie-goers around the world.
Nelson Richard ‘Dick’ Kirby, 92 years old and still going strong
Dick Kirby met German-American master rocketeer Wernher von Braun in Maryland in the 1950s while welding on a stainless-steel gas tank for the Redstone rocket.
OV Principal Michael Ruppel begins his second year
Michael Ruppel had big shoes to fill coming to Otter Valley last year. Jim Avery had been Principal for so long that an entire generation had never known OV without him.
Back to school with RNESU Superintendent Kristin Hubert and OVUU School Board President Laurie Bertrand
Steven Jupiter sat with Hubert and Bertrand for a conversation about past experience and what they’re hoping for the coming year.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Disc golf beats the winter blues at Brandon Town Hall
Imagine throwing a flying disc in the cavernous Brandon Town Hall. Now you can!
OV wrestling coach named Vermont Coach of the Year; team takes third at state championship
When the mats were rolled up on Saturday night in the Vergennes Union High School gym, wrestlers from Mount Abraham, Middlebury, Otter Valley and the host school had racked up three individual state titles and 20 top-six podium finishes at the Vermont championship tournament.
7th-grade OV girls’ hoop beats Rutland at home, 22-19
The Otter Valley 7th-grade girls’ basketball team had a terrific home game against Rutland on Friday, February 10.
OV wrestling takes third in state championship
Otter Valley wrestling added another notch to its belt this year with its third-place finish in the state dual-meet championship at Springfield High School on Saturday, February 11.
Special snow goose hunting opportunity
Vermont has a special spring snow goose hunting opportunity that will be held from March 11 through April 23.
