This Week’s News
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.
Medicare: What are the choices?
Are you confused with all the mail and all the pitches you see and hear about Medicare? Which ones are necessary directives from Medicare and which ones are simply sales pitches?
Photos of the Week
Sports
Brandon Bison clash with Proctor Phantoms
The House of Noise was rocking on Monday night as the Otters of Otter Valley girls’ basketball team took on the Proctor Phantoms on 1961 Night. The 4-8 Otters, who were wearing the pre-merger Brandon Bison throwback jerseys, got off to a hot start but…
1961: A season to remember
In the fall of 1961, the high schools in Brandon and Pittsford merged to form Otter Valley Union high school. Prior to that merger, both schools fielded athletic teams. Throughout that long history at Pittsford High School, they had never had a state championship in any sport…