This Week’s News
Swiss Roll champ devours the competition yet again
Competitors came from far and wide to take a bite at this year’s Swiss Roll eating competition.
Don’t count your duckies ’til they win
The day started gray and drizzly, but by afternoon the sun was blazing. The gents from the Brandon Fire Department waded out into the Neshobe, just behind the Brandon Inn, with a tub full of numbered rubber duckies…
RNESU Superintendent Jeanné Collins reflects on years of service
When Jeanné Collins was a little girl in Indiana, she ran a “summer school” in her backyard. She was seven and charged even younger kids a quarter each to learn essentials like counting and coloring.
State charges Walgreens with causing unsafe conditions for patients and staff
Vermont’s Office of Professional Regulation is pursuing charges against Walgreens pharmacies across the state, alleging the company’s policies and procedures are to blame, in part, for unsafe conditions at those stores during the last three years.
Proctor Gas eyes a cleaner future via renewable propane
Along with the Propane Gas Association of New England (PGANE) and the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC), Proctor Gas held an open house on June 29 to inform the public about the benefits of their new product.
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Sports
Two OV seniors named to 2022 North-South All-Star football roster
Keevon Parks and Caleb Whitney were recently named to the South team’s roster for this year’s North-South All-Star game to be held at Norwich University on November 20.
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.
OV field hockey snags 3-0 victory over Middlebury
The host Otter Valley field hockey team struck for two first-quarter goals against visiting Middlebury on Thursday, Oct. 6, and did enough the rest of the way to earn a 3-0 victory.
OV golfers qualify for 2022 Division II state tournament
The 2021 Division II champion Otter Valley boys’ golf team qualified to defend its title on Thursday, Oct. 6, by finishing second in the qualifying tournament on the Otters’ home course, Neshobe Golf Club.
OV girls’ soccer extends winning streak to four games
One of the hallmarks of great teamwork is communication. This is true in business and relationships, as well as in sports, and it has been a big part of the OV girls’ soccer team’s three-game win streak coming into Friday’s showdown with Springfield—including a 7-0 lambasting of Mill River on September 28.
