This Week’s News
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.
Mentoring: The need is great, the rewards are too
With the stresses of the pandemic, disrupted school days, and family members out of work for part of these past two years it is no wonder that the need for mentoring is at an all-time high.
Preston brings world experience in race for Lt. Gov.
After a decade of leading a statewide organization that brings the international community to Vermont’s doorstep through collaborative exchanges, Patricia Preston, has joined the race for Vermont’s lieutenant governor.
Proctor partners with Zion Growers
The Proctor selectboard gave unanimous support to Zion Growers for a $60,000 Vermont Community Development Program planning grant to assess how they can best use the former Proctor Marble building at 51 Main Street for its commercial hemp manufacturing operation.
Russian Vermonters caught in the middle
For years, Yuliya Ballou’s grandparents kept a broken alarm clock in their home in Belarus. Amid the mangled metal, the hands were frozen at 4 o’clock — the exact time, her grandparents told her, that Nazi bombs struck their house on the morning of June 22, 1941.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor unleashes bats to slug West Rutland
The Proctor Phantoms softball team came from behind twice to defeat arch-rival West Rutland.
OV loses to BFA in the last minute
BFA would score the game-winner with only 1:15 remaining on a crafty short side shot by Bryce Fontaine.
Proctor softball defeats Green Mountain, 14–9
Proctor softball came from behind to beat Green Mountain, 14-9, on a cold and windy afternoon, Thursday, April 28 at the Phantoms’ field.
Proctor baseball loses to Rivendell in extra innings, 14–13
Rivendell High School made the long trip to Proctor pay off on Saturday afternoon, April 30 with a hard-earned 14-13 win over a feisty Proctor Phantom squad.
Otter Valley lacrosse gets first win, splits two games
Otter Valley lacrosse gained its first win of the season with a hard fought victory over Randolph on Monday, April 25.