This Week’s News
Editorial: Transgender youth in the spotlight need understanding
Transgender youth are struggling and at great peril to themselves.
Legislative Report: Work in the House in full swing
This past Wednesday was Creative Economy Day, where I was pleased to sponsor a resolution to honor Vermont’s Creative Sector.
There’s a new food truck coming to town
The Townline Grill food truck, owned and operated by Tracy Rose, a Brandon local, will serve delicious and innovative takes on classic American comfort food.
2023 is already big for Brandon’s BARN OPERA
On Wednesday the 15th, the company’s artistic director and renowned tenor, Josh Collier, performed the devotional at the Statehouse in Montpelier to open the day’s House session, at the invitation of Brandon’s State Representative, Stephanie Jerome.
Our Creative Kids: Zaidyn McGraw
This charming landscape was painted by Brandon resident Zaidyn McGraw, a second-grader at the Sheldon Academy in Rutland.
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.
