This Week’s News
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.
Letter to the editor: Why give gifts divided by gender?
I am concerned that a lovely Christmas gifting idea, organized by Project HOPE and promoted by the National Bank of Middlebury, has a damaging though easily correctable serious flaw.
Vermont Democrats elect new leaders of House
Rep. Jill Krowinski of Burlington was elected by the 104-member caucus to return for her second term as Speaker of the House.
Brandon’s Festival Singers celebrate 40 years
The 40th Annual Brandon Festival Singers Concert will be performed on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. at the Brandon Congregational Church.
Photos of the Week
Sports
State champs, again!
For the third consecutive game in the Division IV state softball playoffs, the West Rutland Golden Horde overcame a late-game deficit in the final two innings to upend their opponent.
Hartford ends OV baseball season
The Hartford Hurricanes defeated the Otters of Otter Valley in their last game of the season.
West Rutland comes up from behind to top Proctor
West Rutland continued the school’s improbable run to a possible state championship by coming from behind to top rival Proctor at Proctor’s softball/baseball complex on Tuesday afternoon.
Otters lose in the eighth to Hartford
The Hurricanes took advantage of a wind-blown fly ball and turned the misplayed fly ball into four runs in the top of the eighth to pin yet another tough defeat on the home team.
Otter Valley Softball pounds Fair Haven
The Otter Valley softball express continued its run through central Vermont with a resounding rout of Fair Haven on Saturday morning at the Slater’s home field.