This Week’s News
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.
St. Thomas hosts a belated Scandinavian holiday concert
On Thursday, January 5, Brandon’s St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church hosted Director Rustan Swenson’s Sancta Lucia Festival.
Guest editorial: 802 Opportunity Grant offers free tuition
We’ve long known that the most promising jobs in Vermont require education and training beyond high school. Yet too often, Vermonters seeking that education and workforce training cannot afford it.
Silver Lake hut gets the heave-ho
After a months-long deliberative process that included a dramatic public meeting in Brandon last summer, the proposed guest hut on the Silver Lake trail in the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area has been officially nixed.
The customer behind the sale: The afterlife of antiques
Recently we sold three sets of 1950s retro costume jewelry necklaces and clipback earrings to the Costume Design Department of a Los Angeles film studio.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Let the kids play?
Petition launched by Proctor parent and coach against delaying fall sports season By LEE J. KAHRS PROCTOR — A petition protesting the Vermont Principal’s Association’s (VPA) plan to postpone the […]
OV hires new field hockey girls soccer coaches
BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School has hired new coaches to lead two varsity girls’ programs this fall, both with coaching experience at the school, according to Athletic Director Steven Keith
OV graduates 65 who look beyond the pandemic
Families attend drive-in style graduation following social distance protocols.
OV, other RNeSU schools, craft pandemic graduations
By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON/ WEST RUTLAND/ PROCTOR — It will take longer, and there won’t be any hugging or handshaking as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, but local high school […]
Proctor girls’ soccer win state title
Playing what teammates called “Phantom soccer,” the Proctor girls soccer team dominated their finals match against Rivendell from the start, winning Saturday’s Division IV state championship game, 6-0.

