This Week’s News
BPD makes arrest in serious domestic disturbance
Police were occupied with several domestic disturbances in the past week, two of them resulting in arrests.
No issues paves way for Brandon SB shortest meeting
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.
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.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV wrestling coach named Vermont Coach of the Year; team takes third at state championship
When the mats were rolled up on Saturday night in the Vergennes Union High School gym, wrestlers from Mount Abraham, Middlebury, Otter Valley and the host school had racked up three individual state titles and 20 top-six podium finishes at the Vermont championship tournament.
7th-grade OV girls’ hoop beats Rutland at home, 22-19
The Otter Valley 7th-grade girls’ basketball team had a terrific home game against Rutland on Friday, February 10.
OV wrestling takes third in state championship
Otter Valley wrestling added another notch to its belt this year with its third-place finish in the state dual-meet championship at Springfield High School on Saturday, February 11.
Special snow goose hunting opportunity
Vermont has a special spring snow goose hunting opportunity that will be held from March 11 through April 23.
The Otter Valley wrestling team in first place again!
The Otter Valley wrestling team continued its dominant season with a first-place finish at the Jason Lowell Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Mount Mansfield Union High School.
