This Week’s News
Brandon Fire District discusses merger and new truck
The Prudential Committee convened for its regular meeting on Thursday, April 3.
Brandon residents help preserve the environment at Good Point Recycling in Midd
Tucked away in plain sight, in a nondescript green warehouse behind the Dollar Market on Route 7 in Middlebury, is Good Point Recycling, one of the country’s foremost electronics recycling programs.
Brandon’s Erynn Doaner recognized by 98.9 WOKO
Everyone in Brandon knows how hard Erynn Doaner works.
Tim Brookes presents ‘Endangered Alphabets’ at the Brandon Library
While humans absorb spoken language almost by osmosis—we learn to speak and process language through immersion in a spoken environment—we need to be actively taught how to read and write.
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Sports
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.
OV beats Mill River in quarterfinal, 12-6
The third-seeded Otter Valley football team outlasted visiting No. 6 Mill River, 12-6, on Saturday in a Division III quarterfinal and will play No. 2 Fairfax in a semifinal this coming Saturday.
Proctor girls soccer shoots for 11th straight trip to finals
Going into the girls Division IV soccer playoffs, the question around the state is whether anyone can challenge two-time defending champions, the Proctor Phantoms.
