This Week’s News
Pizza by the Pond is more than dinner, it’s the best of Vermont summer!
Summer is here and with it a unique opportunity to enjoy delicious pizza and live music in the great outdoors.
Brandon Police Report: Animal complaints
On June 20, BPD assisted the Brandon Animal Control Officer with a complaint of a possible abandoned cat at a residence on Deer Run Road.
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.
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.
