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
Field hockey love
A couple of weeks ago, an out-of-town sports team came to Brandon to donate a day of free labor. Brandon’s economic development and recreation director Bill Moore welcomed the help and put the Castleton University field hockey team to work moving a big pile of woodchips at the Seminary Hill Park playground and painting picnic tables at Estabrook Park.
Cosmos, Otters embody sportsmanship
This past Saturday, the Otter Valley field hockey team met visiting Springfield in which both teams came out as winners by seeing close-up what good sportsmanship means.
OV wins State Championship!
The Otter Valley boys’ golf team dominated the field at the Manchester Country Club on Thursday, Oct. 10 to win the Division II championship by a 22-stroke margin.
Eagles pull away to topple OV in high scoring battle, 44-20
The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team converted seven Otter Valley turnovers into 30 points on Saturday as the Division II Eagles won for the time this season, 44-20, at the visiting Otters’ expense.
OV field hockey starts fast, blanks host Tigers 5-0
When the Middlebury and Otter Valley union high school field hockey teams met in the 2020 Division II playoffs the Otters prevailed in double overtime.