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
Two OV seniors named to 2022 North-South All-Star football roster
Keevon Parks and Caleb Whitney were recently named to the South team’s roster for this year’s North-South All-Star game to be held at Norwich University on November 20.
Otter golfers win back-to-back Division II state titles
Sparked by a medalist performance by sophomore Lucas Politano, the Otter Valley Union High School boys’ golf team claimed its second consecutive Division II championship on Thursday, Oct. 13.
OV field hockey snags 3-0 victory over Middlebury
The host Otter Valley field hockey team struck for two first-quarter goals against visiting Middlebury on Thursday, Oct. 6, and did enough the rest of the way to earn a 3-0 victory.
OV golfers qualify for 2022 Division II state tournament
The 2021 Division II champion Otter Valley boys’ golf team qualified to defend its title on Thursday, Oct. 6, by finishing second in the qualifying tournament on the Otters’ home course, Neshobe Golf Club.
OV girls’ soccer extends winning streak to four games
One of the hallmarks of great teamwork is communication. This is true in business and relationships, as well as in sports, and it has been a big part of the OV girls’ soccer team’s three-game win streak coming into Friday’s showdown with Springfield—including a 7-0 lambasting of Mill River on September 28.
