This Week’s News
Pittsford SB reviews ARPA ideas, health insurance, and appropriations procedures
The town of Pittsford met on Wednesday, October 5, to discuss several upcoming and ongoing projects.
Otter golfers win back-to-back Division II state titles
Sparked by a medalist performance by sophomore Lucas Politano, the Otter Valley Union High School boys’ golf team claimed its second consecutive Division II championship on Thursday, Oct. 13.
Spending for and against Vermont’s abortion rights amendment exceeds $1.2 million
The people who knocked on your door telling you not to vote for a constitutional amendment enshrining reproductive rights in Vermont’s constitution? They likely come courtesy of a former Trump aide’s Washington, D.C.-area outfit.
Local NAACP holds fourth annual Freedom Fund fundraiser dinner
The Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP will host its Fourth Annual Freedom Fund Dinner on Saturday, October 22nd.
Brandon cops nab infamous loose dogs — at long last
The dogs, whose owners are still unknown, were transported to the Addison County Human Society and were found to be friendly, although scared, tired, and malnourished.
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Sports
Proctor girls soccer shoots for 11th straight trip to finals
Going into the girls Division IV soccer playoffs, the question around the state is whether anyone can challenge two-time defending champions, the Proctor Phantoms.
‘Trash-talk’ allegedly used racial slur at OV/MR game
RNESU Superintendent Jeanné Collins released a statement on Monday, Nov. 1 referring to an alleged incident at the OVUHS-Mill River High School football game in which players may have used racial slurs in an escalated instance of trash-talking among the players, Collins said.
OV field hockey beats Fair Haven, 7-0, to earn No. 4 seed in Division II playoffs
The Otter Valley field hockey team earned the No. 4 seed in Division II after a successful regular season that concluded late last week. The Otters will open their title quest on Friday.
Field hockey love
A couple of weeks ago, an out-of-town sports team came to Brandon to donate a day of free labor. Brandon’s economic development and recreation director Bill Moore welcomed the help and put the Castleton University field hockey team to work moving a big pile of woodchips at the Seminary Hill Park playground and painting picnic tables at Estabrook Park.
Cosmos, Otters embody sportsmanship
This past Saturday, the Otter Valley field hockey team met visiting Springfield in which both teams came out as winners by seeing close-up what good sportsmanship means.
