This Week’s News
Maple the Cow: March 29
The Reporter is pleased to present our new weekly feature: Maple the Cow by Matt Aucoin.
Brandon Police Report: Department kept busy
On 3/20 Brandon Police received a report of a suspicious male in dark apparel by the post office in Conant Square.
Man dies after falling through Lake Champlain ice on his ATV
A Richmond man who was pulled from Lake Champlain Monday afternoon after he fell through the ice on an ATV several hundred feet from shore has died, according to police.
OVUU debates free speech in wake of Christian Academy sanctions
The annual Otter Valley Unified Union organizational meeting was not without controversy.
Brandon resident awarded second Fulbright
Monica McEnerny has spent much of her career teaching teachers. As an Associate Professor of Education at Castleton University, she has helped train aspiring educators in Vermont for years.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otters smother Mount Abe 46-25 for bigtime Homecoming victory
The Otter Valley football team broke open Saturday’s Division III game against Mount Abraham-Vergennes with a three-touchdown second quarter on the way to a big homecoming win.
Otter Valley Union High School fall sports report
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — As the Otter Valley fall 2022 sports season heats up, a strong field hockey team looks to be competitive, the school’s golf team has its […]
OVUHS sports round-up
OV girls soccer took a 2-1 victory over West Rutland on Wednesday, Sept. 14, thanks mainly to the outstanding play of its entire roster.
Brandon’s first family of golf
Paul Politano hardly played golf while growing up in southern Vermont (Wilmington). “My dad never let me play,” he said in a conversation last week outside the golf shop at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course, where Paul has been the golf pro since 2017.
Otter Valley sports wrap-up
In a Sunday match-up with Mill River, the Otter Valley varsity football team saw two untimely interceptions and an unfortunate fourth-quarter penalty hinder the Otter’s chance to notch a win as Mill River held on 12-7 to beat the Otters.