This Week’s News
Time Machine: Around the world by horse & buggy
On an obscure shelf in an obscure cabinet in the Brandon Free Public Library lay a coral-pink announcement for an event that took place in Brandon on July 24, 1907: a trip around the world by horse-&-buggy “boat,” leaving from the “Brandon Inn Pier” and traveling to Ireland, Germany, Italy, Japan, and America, all for the extremely reasonable price of 50 cents (approximately $15 today).
7th-grade OV girls’ hoop beats Rutland at home, 22-19
The Otter Valley 7th-grade girls’ basketball team had a terrific home game against Rutland on Friday, February 10.
OV wrestling takes third in state championship
Otter Valley wrestling added another notch to its belt this year with its third-place finish in the state dual-meet championship at Springfield High School on Saturday, February 11.
Special snow goose hunting opportunity
Vermont has a special spring snow goose hunting opportunity that will be held from March 11 through April 23.
Lake Champlain ice conditions unsafe for recreation
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is advising the public to stay off the ice on Lake Champlain due to unsafe conditions, and to exercise caution on other bodies of water.
Photos of the Week
Sports
1961: A season to remember
In the fall of 1961, the high schools in Brandon and Pittsford merged to form Otter Valley Union high school. Prior to that merger, both schools fielded athletic teams. Throughout that long history at Pittsford High School, they had never had a state championship in any sport…
