This Week’s News
Fisher brings ‘Elmo’ tribute to Victory Lane at Devil’s Bowl
Mike Fisher waited a long time for his first win at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, and the payoff was worth it.
Brandon Police Report: Handcuff play gone awry? BPD has you covered. No questions asked.
A man and a woman came into the front lobby of the police station requesting assistance with unlocking a handcuff that had been applied too tightly on the woman’s wrist earlier while the two were “playing around.”
Otter Creek communities grapple with aftermath
Though Brandon, Pittsford, and Proctor may have been spared the worst brunt of the storms last week, the aftermath was felt over the following days as the water that collected downstream made its way north through Otter Creek.
Tornado strikes Brandon area
As Brandon continued to deal with the consequences of last week’s storm, Mother Nature upped the ante and sent a tornado to wreak additional havoc on a community already inundated.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 4: Josiah Maris
Unraveling both a garbled first and last name began with the rare instance of a French-language gravestone in Shoreham Village Cemetery.
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Sports
Otters smother Mount Abe 46-25 for bigtime Homecoming victory
The Otter Valley football team broke open Saturday’s Division III game against Mount Abraham-Vergennes with a three-touchdown second quarter on the way to a big homecoming win.
Otter Valley Union High School fall sports report
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — As the Otter Valley fall 2022 sports season heats up, a strong field hockey team looks to be competitive, the school’s golf team has its […]
OVUHS sports round-up
OV girls soccer took a 2-1 victory over West Rutland on Wednesday, Sept. 14, thanks mainly to the outstanding play of its entire roster.
Brandon’s first family of golf
Paul Politano hardly played golf while growing up in southern Vermont (Wilmington). “My dad never let me play,” he said in a conversation last week outside the golf shop at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course, where Paul has been the golf pro since 2017.
Otter Valley sports wrap-up
In a Sunday match-up with Mill River, the Otter Valley varsity football team saw two untimely interceptions and an unfortunate fourth-quarter penalty hinder the Otter’s chance to notch a win as Mill River held on 12-7 to beat the Otters.