This Week’s News
State House candidate: Stephanie Jerome
Stephanie Jerome is a current member of the Brandon Planning Commission, Brandon Revolving Loan Fund, and UVM Cancer Advisory Board. She has been a resident of Brandon since 1997.
State Senate candidate: Anna Tadio
She is currently an attorney for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, working to assist refugees in obtaining lawful status in the USA and is a member of the Rutland City Board of Aldermen.
State Senate candidate: Dave Weeks
Originally from Wallingford, Proctor resident Dave Weeks (R) has specialized in “leading commercial high-tech, internationally sensitive projects valued in the billions” and works as a “Chaos Manager and Fortune 500 Aerospace Program Director.”
State Senate candidate: Bridgette Remington
Democrat Bridgette Remington is an attorney in Rutland City who graduated from UVM and later Vermont Law School.
State Senate candidate: Joshua Ferguson
Democrat Joshua Ferguson was born in Rutland City, Vermont, and is a lifelong and multi-generation Vermonter.
Photos of the Week
Sports
State Champions! West Rutland battles Proctor down to the wire, 57-56
The West Rutland Golden Horde girl’s basketball team won the school’s second state championship in Division IV girls basketball in the past four years by defeating rival Proctor, 57-56, at the Barre Auditorium this past Saturday.
Otters oust Oxbow, 69-38, in state playdown opener
The Otter Valley Otters ladies basketball team defeated the Oxbow Olympians, 69-37, on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the House of Noise in the first round of the Vermont State Tournament.
Proctor girls handle OV, 57–42
In one of the more entertaining county games in many years, the Phantom Proctor girls ran their record to an impressive 14-1 with a solid 57-42 win over their neighbors to the north, Otter Valley Union High School, on Wednesday night, February 16.
Mt. Abraham cruises past Otter boys in nail-biter, 57-42
The Mount Abraham boys basketball team took a trip down Route 7 for a clash with Otter Valley in a Saturday afternoon matinee at the “House of Noise” and used their size and speed to claim the win, 57-42.
Otter Valley wins on Senior Night
The Otter women welcomed the Wasps of Woodstock to Senior Night at the “House of Noise” on Friday, February 11 before a raucous crowd.
