This Week’s News
Legislative Report: Wrapping up the 2023 season
On May 12, the Vermont House of Representatives started the last day of the Biennium at 10am with a devotional of live bagpipe music and ended at 11:30 pm with a speech by the Governor recognizing the work we have done this legislative session.
Coach Wade Mitchell honored at Otter Valley
Legendary coach Wade Mitchell was honored posthumously prior to the Otter Valley Varsity baseball game on Monday, May 15th.
Brandon Police Report: Raccoons, already masked, ready for B&E
Officers responded to a possible burglary on North Street that the homeowner discovered after arriving back at her residence.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Skip Jennings Founders Cup Golf Tournament at Neshobe Golf Club
Skip Jennings, 93 years old, led off the tournament with a beautiful drive right down the middle of the fairway on hole #1.
Kaizen Fitness Arts, martial arts studio, opens in Brandon
Growing up in New Hampshire, David Belanger was a big fan of Ip Man, a Chinese martial artist who taught the legendary Bruce Lee.
The new Nesh, founded on old farmland, still thriving
After the Brandon Country Club closed in 1944, the town went without a golf course for thirteen years until, in 1957, a group of Brandon golfers started investigating places in town to build a new one.
VT Wrestling Championship at Otter Valley; Cole named Coach of the Year
Vermont’s top wrestlers competed in the “House of Noise” at OV last Friday and Saturday. One hundred and fifty-one competitors on 25 teams vied for the individual and team state championships.
Otter Valley Wrestling Alumni Association presents the first Ray Miro scholarship to Cassy Sue Thompson
A $1,000 check was presented to OV senior Cassy Sue Thompson by Wrestling Alumni Association President Richard Kepner last week.
