On December 19, 1922, two smugglers loaded a car with ale in New York and attempted to drive over the frozen surface of Lake Champlain.

In the days after Thanksgiving, thoughts turn toward Christmas: lights, candles, stars, Christmas trees, wreaths, kissing balls, mistletoe, perhaps even ‘boughs of holly.’

Early on the visiting Otter Valley girls’ basketball team on Friday looked determined to take it to Middlebury, using tough man-to-man defense to force a batch of turnovers and a balanced attack to bolt to a 11-4 lead after one period. 

Police were occupied with several domestic disturbances in the past week, two of them resulting in arrests. 

n a record-setting meeting (at least in recent memory), the Brandon selectboard opened its biweekly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday and adjourned 16 minutes later.