This Week’s News
Pine Grove Organics brings ‘craft cannabis’ to Brandon
They’re serious entrepreneurs hoping to do for cannabis what craft breweries like Foley Brothers and Red Clover have done for beer.
Snowed inn? Lack of snow affects businesses
Those picturesque Vermont winter mornings, when a fresh blanket of snow lays over the undisturbed ground and the green mountains are cloaked in a white canopy, seem fewer by the year.
OVUU school board approves FY24 budget amid questions about tech ed
The Otter Valley Unified Union School Board approved its budget for fiscal year 2024 at its meeting on Wednesday, January 4.
Brandon selectboard: budget, trees & transformers
On Monday night, the Brandon selectboard approved the proposed FY24 budget that it will send to the voters in March.
Pittsford selectboard keeps its eyes on the road
The board voted to lower all speed limits within the village to 25 MPH, in an effort to increase the safety of residents.
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Sports
Pittsford Rec honors Randy Adams and Joe Pomykala
A cold, gray day couldn’t keep the people of Pittsford from coming out on Saturday to honor two of the town’s most hardworking residents: Randy Adams and Joe Pomykala.
Meet young Vermont falconer, Kristen Lee
Suprisingly, I met Kristen Lee’s red-tailed hawk, Krueger, in the post office one day. He was there on a visit on Lee’s day off from her postal route.
OV wrestler Isaac Whitney earns title at big N.H. meet
Otter Valley Union High School wrestling made an outstanding showing at the 2025 Annual Minickiello Wrestling Tournament in Keene, N.H., on Saturday.
OV’s Lucas Politano signs deal to play Div I golf for Rutgers U.
The Politano family of Brandon extended its golf dynasty even further last Wednedsay when OV senior Lucas Politano signed a letter of intent to play golf for Division I Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Otter Valley puts up a fight, but loses in Championship game to powerhouse Woodstock
The Otter Valley football team made an unanticipated trip to the Vermont Division 3 championship game but lost 65–14 to a fast and dominating Woodstock team that featured 13 seniors.
