This Week’s News
Across the Street antiques shop expands in Smith Block
Janet and Joel Mondlak have expanded their unique shop on Center Street to include all of the old Aubuchon Hardware space.
Pittsford begins sidewalk project
Anyone driving through Pittsford lately has likely noticed that the deteriorated sidewalks on either side of Route 7 in the heart of the village were removed at the beginning of June.
Maclure Library receives grant from the Children’s Literacy Foundation
Awarded annually to 12 qualifying public libraries in Vermont and New Hampshire, the Rural Library Grant is designed is to help small-town libraries create excitement around literacy, update the collection, increase circulation, and strengthen the library’s connection with the community.
Brandon SB sets goals for town management
The meeting was designed as a “workshop,” in which ideas were exchanged and debated in a conversational style rather than as formal proposals and motions.
Davenport Electric Fest to take place at OVUHS on July 8
In 1837, Thomas Davenport obtained the first American patent for an electric motor—a device he built in his workshop in Forestdale with his wife, Emily, and her cousin Orange Smalley.
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Sports
Vermont trout season opens April 9
Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 9. Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season if they keep a few strategies in mind.
Proctor boys defeat Twinfield in playdown opener, lose to Rivendell
The Proctor boys opened their playoff schedule on Wednesday, March 2, against the Twinfield Trojans and put on one of their performances of the season, rolling to a 57-36 win.
State Champions! West Rutland battles Proctor down to the wire, 57-56
The West Rutland Golden Horde girl’s basketball team won the school’s second state championship in Division IV girls basketball in the past four years by defeating rival Proctor, 57-56, at the Barre Auditorium this past Saturday.
Otters oust Oxbow, 69-38, in state playdown opener
The Otter Valley Otters ladies basketball team defeated the Oxbow Olympians, 69-37, on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the House of Noise in the first round of the Vermont State Tournament.
Proctor girls handle OV, 57–42
In one of the more entertaining county games in many years, the Phantom Proctor girls ran their record to an impressive 14-1 with a solid 57-42 win over their neighbors to the north, Otter Valley Union High School, on Wednesday night, February 16.
