This Week’s News
Record Killington fans cheer FIS World Cup racers
Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America hosted the women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup for the sixth time over Thanksgiving Weekend.
Ideas sought for boosting health care access at PMC
Porter Medical Center (PMC) officials are now making that pitch to area nonprofits, consultants and others who want to see the local health care system work better for everyone living and working in Addison County.
The 2022 Neshobe Pie Gobbler Fun Run & Walk
On a crisp, chilly Thanksgiving morning, 65 brave and energetic souls met early at Brandon’s Neshobe Golf Course to run and/or walk in the town recreation department’s revived the Neshobe Pie Gobbler Fun Run & Walk.
All shook up
Under the direction of OVUHS’s award-winning theater director Jeff Hull, the school’s Walking Stick Theater put on the raucous and rebellious musical, All Shook Up on Nov. 17-20, featuring the songs of rock and roll legend Elvis Presley.
Bus damage leaves Sr. Center scrambling
The theft of two catalytic converters from the bus at the Brandon Senior Center has left it difficult to pick up seniors throughout the week and to bring meals to many in their homes.
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Sports
Proctor baseball team nets big bucks at Franklin’s fundraiser
Franklin’s fundraiser nets $1,574.15 for Proctor baseball team to go to Cooperstown.
OVUHS rock climbers end regular season on a high note
When the last climber was belayed down the wall for the final regular-season meet last Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Green Mountain Rock Climbing Center in Rutland, the Otter Valley Union High School climbing team topped the scoreboard, with a season total of 115,725.
Take a shot at pickleball
When was the last time you experienced a “dink in the kitchen” or made a serve from the “even court?” This is the language of Pickleball enthusiasts, and we’ve got a few right here in Brandon.
Disc golf beats the winter blues at Brandon Town Hall
Imagine throwing a flying disc in the cavernous Brandon Town Hall. Now you can!
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.
