This Week’s News
Wayne Kingsley: A small vegetable farmer who left a big impression
Ask anyone who knew him, and a lot of folks did, and they’ll tell you Wayne Kingsley was one of the nicest, most honest, humble, sincere, hardest-working, talkative men they’d ever met.
Otter Valley School District to re-vote budget on April 26
Otter Valley Unified Union School District voters will have another opportunity to decide the fate of their district budget.
Shirley A. Smela, 67, Brandon
Shirley Smela died on March 20, 2022, the first day of spring, from the debilitating effects of frontotemporal dementia. She passed peacefully at the Wintergreen Residential Home in her adopted town of Brandon while in hospice care.
Wayne Vetter Kingsley, 84, Forest Dale
Wayne Vetter Kingsley, age 84, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022, at Rutland Regional Medical Center.
Rusty DeWees comes to Brandon Town Hall, April 16th along with Patrick Ross
Actor/Comedian DeWees is known for his beloved and valued THE LOGGER persona through which he offers his stellar, hard earned, talents as full-on comedian, musician, ad libber, and story teller.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otter Valley’s Walking Stick Theatre to perform annual spring musical al fresco
Pandemic compelled director and students to learn to create theatre in different ways March 10, 2021 By JOSIE GAWRYS BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School’s Walking Stick Theatre group […]
Let the kids play?
Petition launched by Proctor parent and coach against delaying fall sports season By LEE J. KAHRS PROCTOR — A petition protesting the Vermont Principal’s Association’s (VPA) plan to postpone the […]
OV hires new field hockey girls soccer coaches
BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School has hired new coaches to lead two varsity girls’ programs this fall, both with coaching experience at the school, according to Athletic Director Steven Keith
OV graduates 65 who look beyond the pandemic
Families attend drive-in style graduation following social distance protocols.
OV, other RNeSU schools, craft pandemic graduations
By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON/ WEST RUTLAND/ PROCTOR — It will take longer, and there won’t be any hugging or handshaking as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, but local high school […]
