This Week’s News
Editorial: Brandon Selectboard results urge reconsideration of local ‘nativism’
A few years ago, there was an intelligent, capable candidate for Selectboard who was fairly new to town and unfamiliar to most residents, a major disadvantage in a place where long-standing personal relationships are highly valued.
Brandon Area Food Shelf has moved
The Brandon Area Food Shelf has moved to the United Methodist Church, 1 Franklin Street, for the convenience of its clients.
Letter to the editor: Brandon Town Hall needs sponsors
The Friends of the Brandon Town Hall have been busy getting ready for another entertaining season at your Brandon Town Hall!
Middlebury community holds a vigil for trans lives
As candles flickered across the snow Friday afternoon in Middlebury, 20 community members gathered for a vigil to honor, mourn and celebrate transgender lives.
Our Creative Kids: Oliver Carapezza
For this picture we studied birds and used the wax resist technique, first drawing the lines with crayons and then painting the colors with cake tempera paint.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Mt. Abraham cruises past Otter boys in nail-biter, 57-42
The Mount Abraham boys basketball team took a trip down Route 7 for a clash with Otter Valley in a Saturday afternoon matinee at the “House of Noise” and used their size and speed to claim the win, 57-42.
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.
