This Week’s News
Four Winds is hoping for its second wind
Four Winds is an educational program that trains and sends community volunteers into local elementary schools to teach about various aspects of the natural world as a supplement to the children’s other classroom learning.
Lunar eclipse: Blue Moon Boutique in Brandon to close
The end of an era in Brandon: Blue Moon Boutique on Center Street will be closing this summer so that owner Allie Walter can devote her energies to a new full-time position at Safer Society, also in Brandon.
Cruise Night at Ripton Mountain Distillery: Classic Cars and Custom Bikes
Every other Thursday evening from May until September, Ripton Mountain Distillery and Brandon Rec will be hosting a Cruise Night in the parking lot in front of the Distillery for connoisseurs of classic cars and custom motorcycles to come together, show off their prized possessions, and see what everyone else is riding.
Imagine Zero Music Fest sets the bar for sustainable fun
In a field off Steinberg Road, the first-ever Imagine Zero Music Festival kicked off.
Relay for Life started by Neshobe School and Friends
Relay for Life is an annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
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.