This Week’s News
Whiting meeting in person, Town Meeting items approved
It was something like an old Town Meeting Day in Whiting this week as residents held an in-person meeting on the first Tuesday in March, after postponing their annual town meeting until May last year because of the pandemic.
Leicester denies cannabis, passes budget
When it came to the big money items on the Town Meeting Day warning, Leicester voters were an easy sale.
Goshen meeting, in person and animated
GOSHEN — An unusually large spending item on the Goshen’s town meeting warning animated the group of about three dozen residents who came to an in-person meeting at town hall Monday evening.
Proctor residents approve budgets, cannabis sales
In Town Meeting voting, residents of Proctor overwhelmingly passed their general fund budget and their highway budget, narrowly passed measures to permit the sale of cannabis in town, and re-elected two incumbent selectboard members.
West Rutland Town Meeting results
At Town Meeting this year, Westside voters endorsed a full slate of candidates to fill several town and school posts.
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Sports
Brandon Country Club created to fill the gap
After the first Neshobe Golf Club folded in 1903, the town of Brandon went without a golf course for the next 24 years.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway gears up for 58th season
New England’s fastest dirt track is back for another year of jam-packed racing action this May. The 2024 season will be the historic half-mile’s 58th, the 13th under the supervision of Mike & Alayne Bruno and this season’s schedule is a blend of returning classics, new ideas and new renditions of the Bruno era events fans have come to love.
Isaac Whitney wins his 100th wrestling match
Otter Valley Union High School junior wrestler Isaac Whitney recently won his 100th match, reaching the milestone at a Feb. 3 tournament hosted by Monument Mountain High School in Great Barrington, Mass.
Shiffrin wins 6th Killington World Cup slalom
Mikaela “Miki” Shiffrin raced to perfection to win her 90th World Cup race, 55 of them in slalom.
Otters impress at Cross Country State Championships
High School runners from around Vermont gathered at Thetford Academy on Saturday for the State Cross Country Championships.
