This Week’s News
What on Earth was that used for?
From listening to music to cleaning and caring for one’s house and working in the kitchen, there are many examples of how gadgets and household items have changed and progressed over the years.
Act 250 in crosshairs as environmental groups prioritize forest loss
Environmental advocates across the state head into this year’s legislative session with the goal of updating Act 250 — Vermont’s land use and development law — to protect one of the state’s biggest natural resources: working forests.
Middlebury professor ponders solitude at Science Pub in Castleton
What’s the difference between loneliness and solitude? What makes for positive solitude as opposed to painful isolation?
Brandon Police Report: Cold puts crime on ice
The first call came on Jan. 31, when a Rutland City resident reported concerns that his inheritance money was being stolen and wanted to meet with an officer on Supermarket Drive.
Silver Bells’ first paint-and-sip a success
Silver Bells of the Brandon Area Toy Project hosted their first-ever paint and sip (with hot chocolate and cookies) at the town hall recently.
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.
