This Week’s News
Brandon eyes $2 million in infrastructure projects
The Brandon selectboard meeting kicked-off with Town Manager Dave Atherton outlining almost $2 million in upcoming projects facing the town.
RNESU settles three-year contract with teachers
Otter Valley Unified Union and Barstow Unified Union School Boards and the Teachers Association ratified a new three-year teacher contract for 2022-2025.
Redistricting bill reconfigures seats for Brandon-Pittsford area
The final maps of the redistricting bill, H.722, have been approved by the House and are headed to the Senate, which is expected to pass the legislation which occurs every decade after the new census.
Cliffs closed for peregrine nesting
To protect nesting peregrine falcons on the Green Mountain National Forest, Forest Service officials have once again closed access at two prominent cliff sites within the Forest’s Rochester and Middlebury Ranger Districts.
Marble Valley Grange aids Ukraine
Just 25 days after Russia began its invasion of the Ukraine, Marble Valley Grange has organized, collected, and shipped 11,475 doses of Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen to the Ukraine.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otters smother Mount Abe 46-25 for bigtime Homecoming victory
The Otter Valley football team broke open Saturday’s Division III game against Mount Abraham-Vergennes with a three-touchdown second quarter on the way to a big homecoming win.
Otter Valley Union High School fall sports report
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — As the Otter Valley fall 2022 sports season heats up, a strong field hockey team looks to be competitive, the school’s golf team has its […]
OVUHS sports round-up
OV girls soccer took a 2-1 victory over West Rutland on Wednesday, Sept. 14, thanks mainly to the outstanding play of its entire roster.
Brandon’s first family of golf
Paul Politano hardly played golf while growing up in southern Vermont (Wilmington). “My dad never let me play,” he said in a conversation last week outside the golf shop at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course, where Paul has been the golf pro since 2017.
Otter Valley sports wrap-up
In a Sunday match-up with Mill River, the Otter Valley varsity football team saw two untimely interceptions and an unfortunate fourth-quarter penalty hinder the Otter’s chance to notch a win as Mill River held on 12-7 to beat the Otters.
