This Week’s News
BRRR…ANDON!
Vermonters love to boast of their hardiness yet even the hardiest among us had to admit that Friday night was rough.
The Reporter reflects on its predecessors: The Brandon Bugle
The sudden departure of Mim Welton and the Dateline Brandon paper in April of 1996 left a void in the local news scene in Brandon.
OVUU meeting tackles budget, school transfers, and wellness
The meeting opened with a moment of silence to mourn the loss of Barstow principal, David St. Germain.
The Grift brought the heat this frigid weekend at Brandon Town Hall
The Brandon Town Hall was the place to be last Saturday night.
Hard Tellin’: How frozen pipes helped build my character while destroying my basement
In Vermont it’s advisable to hold your tongue about cold winters until you’ve weathered at least a few good pipe freezings.
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
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.