This Week’s News
Brandon Democratic Committee meets at Red Clover
The get-together was headed up by Bob Clark, Brandon’s Democratic Party Chair and Stephanie Jerome, the State Representative for Brandon.
Brandon Police Report: Apparently weddings are a good opportunity for B&E
Officers responded to a wedding venue on Wyman Road for a report of an uninvited male who was opening car doors in the parking lot of the venue and was believed to be stealing items.
Reptiles & amphibians in Vermont are full of fascinating facts
Jim Andrews of Salisbury recently gave a presentation at the Salisbury Meeting House/Church on many of the reptiles and amphibians that live in our area and around the state.
Saturday sounds of music fill Brandon with joy
The day started a little cool but heated up at Kennedy Park as local musicians Doug Ross and Wade Davis kicked out some tunes.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV beats Mill River in quarterfinal, 12-6
The third-seeded Otter Valley football team outlasted visiting No. 6 Mill River, 12-6, on Saturday in a Division III quarterfinal and will play No. 2 Fairfax in a semifinal this coming Saturday.
Proctor girls soccer shoots for 11th straight trip to finals
Going into the girls Division IV soccer playoffs, the question around the state is whether anyone can challenge two-time defending champions, the Proctor Phantoms.
‘Trash-talk’ allegedly used racial slur at OV/MR game
RNESU Superintendent Jeanné Collins released a statement on Monday, Nov. 1 referring to an alleged incident at the OVUHS-Mill River High School football game in which players may have used racial slurs in an escalated instance of trash-talking among the players, Collins said.
OV field hockey beats Fair Haven, 7-0, to earn No. 4 seed in Division II playoffs
The Otter Valley field hockey team earned the No. 4 seed in Division II after a successful regular season that concluded late last week. The Otters will open their title quest on Friday.
Field hockey love
A couple of weeks ago, an out-of-town sports team came to Brandon to donate a day of free labor. Brandon’s economic development and recreation director Bill Moore welcomed the help and put the Castleton University field hockey team to work moving a big pile of woodchips at the Seminary Hill Park playground and painting picnic tables at Estabrook Park.
