This Week’s News
Sheriff Peter Newton arrested
Vermont State Police arrested Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton this Tuesday, June 28 on multiple charges.
Blueberry Hill thrills with Pizza by the Pond
Running from June through September, Blueberry Hill’s Pizza by the Pond offers all-you-can-eat pizza and a concert every Thursday and Friday night from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Proctor sets water/sewer rates, VAST gets OK to build bridge
In a short but fast-paced meeting, the Proctor Selectboard granted the Chittenden Dammer’s VAST club permission to build a new bridge on a section of the Proctor Water Trail.
Brandon select board jostles with signage, zoning issues
Several Brandon Zoning and Planning Department issues led a sprawling line of conversation that dominated the proceedings in Monday night’s select board meeting.
Safer Society: working to prevent sexual and social violence for the past 40 years
For 40 years, Safer Society has published “leading-edge, evidence-based books for the prevention of sexual and social violence.” Their books focus on aiding both the survivors and the enactors of these forms of violence.
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
OV wins State Championship!
The Otter Valley boys’ golf team dominated the field at the Manchester Country Club on Thursday, Oct. 10 to win the Division II championship by a 22-stroke margin.
Eagles pull away to topple OV in high scoring battle, 44-20
The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team converted seven Otter Valley turnovers into 30 points on Saturday as the Division II Eagles won for the time this season, 44-20, at the visiting Otters’ expense.
OV field hockey starts fast, blanks host Tigers 5-0
When the Middlebury and Otter Valley union high school field hockey teams met in the 2020 Division II playoffs the Otters prevailed in double overtime.
