This Week’s News
Beyond the garden gate: a visit with Ellen Walter
I love to ask gardeners how and when they first felt they truly started gardening. Our next gardener, Ellen Walter, has a fun story to tell.
Green Mountain Conservation Camp hosts ‘Workcation’ weekends
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is looking for volunteers to join them for fun-filled weekends to get the camps ready for the 2023 season.
Pittsford Village Farm finds its footing
PVF now has artists’ studios, a community garden, walking paths, concerts, and talks.
Ray Miro returns to wrestling at Otter Valley
Wrestling great Ray Miro has returned to Otter Valley Union High School, the place where he started the wrestling program in 1977.
OV’s Walking Stick takes flight with ‘The Sparrow’
Otter Valley Union High School hosted the 2023 State Drama Festival this past weekend, the first such event since COVID shut the festival down in 2020.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Pittsford’s Patrick Daly takes ninth place at the USA Youth Climbing Nationals
Ten years of training probably sounds like a long time for most. For 15-year-old Patrick Daly of Pittsford, it’s practically a lifetime.
Stone, Kelly score on Double Feature Night at Devil’s Bowl
WEST HAVEN—Young racers Justin Stone and Marty Kelly III held serve at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, August 20, as The Stove Depot presented the annual Double Feature Night. The […]
Justin Comes busts out for back-to-back wins at Devil’s Bowl
With dry-slick conditions underneath him, Comes marched forward from the 17th starting position to make an authoritative statement for the win. Comes also scored the Charlie LaDuc “Hard Charger” bonus for gaining a race-high 16 positions.
Brian Thomas named new OVUHS varsity soccer coach
Otter Valley Union High School has promoted JV boys’ soccer coach Brian Thomas to take over as its varsity coach, according to OV Athletic Director Steven Keith.
Otter Valley’s Dylan Stevens-Clark named captain for Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl
For the last 69 years, all-star Vermont and New Hampshire high school football players have been squaring off in the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl game to help raise funds for the Shriners Children’s Hospitals as part of 30 Shrine games nationwide.