This Week’s News
Reporter board shares vision for nonprofit newspaper
About 20 community members were present at the Thursday evening meeting in the OVUHS auditorium with others attending via Zoom.
RNESU eyes 10.71% budget hike for FY’24
Specifically, the board is eyeing a spending increase of $1,149,539, from a FY23 budget of $10,773,367 to a proposed FY24 budget of $11,882,906.
Bow hunter harvests enormous whitetail deer in Shoreham
Kristen Nolan Patterson, a 5’4” tall woman from Bridport, harvested a 231-pound, 7-point buck early in bow season this year.
Annual library auction nets more than $7,000
A raucous crowd bid generously for the items, many of which were made by local residents.
Guest editorial: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
The incursion of private-equity investors into nonprofit healthcare, journalism, and corrections is doing untold societal and economic damage in the service of high-speed profiteering.
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Sports
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.
Proctor girls soccer shoots for 11th straight trip to finals
Going into the girls Division IV soccer playoffs, the question around the state is whether anyone can challenge two-time defending champions, the Proctor Phantoms.
‘Trash-talk’ allegedly used racial slur at OV/MR game
RNESU Superintendent Jeanné Collins released a statement on Monday, Nov. 1 referring to an alleged incident at the OVUHS-Mill River High School football game in which players may have used racial slurs in an escalated instance of trash-talking among the players, Collins said.
OV field hockey beats Fair Haven, 7-0, to earn No. 4 seed in Division II playoffs
The Otter Valley field hockey team earned the No. 4 seed in Division II after a successful regular season that concluded late last week. The Otters will open their title quest on Friday.
