This Week’s News
Vermont’s presidential moment lives on
August 2, 2023 marks the centennial of a unique presidential swearing-in. Vice President of the United States Calvin Coolidge was home visiting his father, John Coolidge, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont.
Notes from the pulpit: Ebony & ivory, a lesson in harmony
“Ebony and Ivory, living in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano keyboard. Oh Lord, why don’t we? We all know that people are the same wherever we go; there’s good and bad in everyone. We learn to live when we give to each other what we need to survive”
The decor dilemma of deciding your style
You may not know it, but you most likely have a “style.”
Underdog team steals crown at the Vermont State Trivia Championship at Brandon Carnival Days
The cruelest contest of all is not the Super Bowl or the World Series or Wimbledon, though they certainly have had their share of heartbreak over the years.
Our Creative Kids: Jacob Pariseault
A sculpture by an Otter Valley 8th grader.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otter Valley wins on Senior Night
The Otter women welcomed the Wasps of Woodstock to Senior Night at the “House of Noise” on Friday, February 11 before a raucous crowd.
Otter Valley defeats Hartford, 36–34
The Otter Valley girls basketball team defeated the visiting Hartford Hurricanes, 36-34, on Friday, January 28 at the “House of Noise” in Brandon.
OV, Proctor, Westside winter sports teams kick-off the season
The COVD-shortened winter of the 2020-21 high school sports season is behind us, and the teams at Otter Valley are happy about that. The pandemic forced the school’s basketball programs, like those elsewhere, to play abbreviated seasons, and wrestling was sidelined for the entire season.
OV girl’s basketball drops opener
In a hard-fought season opening game in which the teams traded game-changing runs, the host Middlebury Union girls’ basketball team put together the decisive surge to outlast Otter Valley, 35-28.
Six Otters named to Second Team All-Stars
After a successful season this fall, 10 members of the Otter Valley football team received postseason recognition from the Division III coaches.