This Week’s News
OVUUSD budget largely intact as voters reconsider on April 26
In its meeting last Wednesday, the OVUU board opted to keep its 2022-23 budget largely intact ahead of a revote set for Tuesday, April 26.
Meet Guinness: Brandon’s newest police trainee
The newest member of the Brandon Police Department is warm, furry, too cute for words — and in the earliest steps of training.
Brandon to reconsider $1 million in ARPA spending
A change in the way towns can spend American Rescue Plan money sparked a lengthy conversation among Brandon selectboard members Monday night.
Press Release: Chamber of Commerce – OVUHS Prize Award
The Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce is once again offering its annual Otter Valley $500 Prize Award for a graduating senior or junior class OVUHS student.
Brandon Area Toy Project helps vets
The Auxiliary of the Fair Haven Legion decided to do a collection of needed supplies to augment services at the Veterans Home. Silver Bells and Operation Christmas for Troops of the Brandon Area Toy Project stepped up to help.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor girls’ soccer win state title
Playing what teammates called “Phantom soccer,” the Proctor girls soccer team dominated their finals match against Rivendell from the start, winning Saturday’s Division IV state championship game, 6-0.
Hunters preparing for deer season
Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, Nov. 16 and ends Sunday, Dec. 1.
Otters over Oxbow, 39-26
The Otter Valley Union High School football team is moving on to the semifinals after picking up a home win against Oxbow on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Stickin’ with it
Anger and sadness. That’s how the seniors on the Otter Valley Union High School field hockey squad described the ending of the 2018 season. Those two words summed up their feelings about last year’s season, and the motivation they had before this season began.
Otters football stun Fairfax
The Otter Valley Union High School football team upset previously unbeaten Fairfax on Saturday night, 38-36, to finish the regular season at 5-3 and earn the No. 3 seed in Division III.
