This Week’s News
Imagine Zero Music Festival imagines a world with zero pollution
When the music stops and the crowds go home, every music festival looks the same: a grotesque sea of empty water bottles, red Solo cups, and food wrappers.
Guest editorial: Notes from the pulpit
But being shot is most likely to occur here in the United States, where the incidence of gun violence far exceeds any that in other country.
Child abuse prevention: learn the signs, help a child
Confidence is key when it comes to keeping a child safe. Know what to look for.
Legislative Report: Only two weeks left
We have made much progress on the priorities which we set out in the beginning of the session.
Brandon Police Report: It’s best not to literally throw the book
Brandon PD responded to a report of a disorderly male who had broken a window at a residence by throwing a book at it.
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.