This Week’s News
One of Brandon’s ‘Pandemic Pups’ in national contest
Nearly three-year-old Maggie, the dog of Phil Keyes and Laura King, has made it to the quarterfinals of the America’s Favorite Pet competition!
Legislative Report: Ninth week shaping up to be busy
I fully expect by the end of this week, over 500 bills will have been introduced.
Our Creative Kids: Charlie Lewis
Charlie is in 6th grade and she draws in her freetime.
Brandon’s love of movies goes back in time
In October of 1899, not long after Thomas Edison invented the Kinetoscope, Brandon Town Hall hosted the Alonzo Hatch Electro-Photo Musical Company, giving the town its first taste of the new technology.
Town Meeting Previews: Brandon, Goshen, Leicester, Pittsford, Proctor & Whiting
It’s time for Town Meeting! We are the lucky heirs of a great New England tradition of community debate. Be sure to read up on what’s up for a vote this year in your town.
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
Gosselin steals spot in Vermont 200 Limited Sportsman “Win & You’re In” at Devil’s Bowl
Other feature winners in the Saturday portion of the weekend event included Elmo Reckner, Daryl Gebo, Allen Hewitt, and Griff Mahoney.
Pittsford’s Patrick Daly takes ninth place at the USA Youth Climbing Nationals
Ten years of training probably sounds like a long time for most. For 15-year-old Patrick Daly of Pittsford, it’s practically a lifetime.