This Week’s News
Brandon SB discusses civility, swamps, and stop signs
The Brandon Selectboard convened for its regular meeting on Monday evening.
Proctor’s Wilson Castle is a ghostly delight
Summer isn’t even officially over and yet Halloween season has clearly begun: there’s an entire aisle of trick-or-treat candy at Hannaford. There’s no point in resisting. Put away the flip-flops and start planning your costume now.
Input sought on proposed trail from Brandon to Forest Dale
According to Brandon Deputy Town Manager Bill Moore, there has been interest over the years in a trail between downtown Brandon and Forest Dale, some three miles to the east.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 32: Crone and Devino
Unpacking a family photo from 1920 takes us into the history of two entwined and transformed names. Once a common practice in small towns, pairs of siblings married siblings from a neighboring family, as with this case of two Forest Dale families.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV field hockey rolls over Fair Haven
The Otters continued their winning ways as they beat Fair Haven 15-0 on Tuesday. Alia Edmunds had four goals and four assists. Morgan LaPorte also had four goals in the win and Riley Keith added two. Livia Bernhardt, McKenzie McKay, Bella Falco, Alice Keith and Ellie Ross each had one goal. Ross had three saves […]
OV Hall of Fame adds 12 new members
During halftime of Saturday’s Otter Valley Union High School football game, 12 new members of the Otter Valley Hall of Fame were introduced, including eight athletes, a coach, two teachers and an administrator.
Proctor outlasts OV in boys soccer
A last-second buzzer-beating win is usually something one thinks of in a basketball game. But a matchup of two young teams on Friday resulted in one of those last second victories for Proctor boys soccer as they defeated Otter Valley Union High School, 1-0, with only seven seconds left in double overtime.
Fall Sports Preview: New era of West Rutland soccer set to begin
After suffering an embarrassment of riches for the past several seasons, West Rutland soccer is now left trying to fill a large hole in their lineup.
Otters field hockey is heating up
BRANDON — The Otters field hockey team took on Rutland on Saturday, Sept. 14. The Otters brought a 1-1 record into the game against the 2-2-1 Raiders. The Otters jumped into the lead early and their defense held to give them the 3-1 win. Ryleigh LaPorte scored off a Brittney Jackson pass at 13:33 in […]
