This Week’s News
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.
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.
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Sports
Otter Valley Softball pounds Fair Haven
The Otter Valley softball express continued its run through central Vermont with a resounding rout of Fair Haven on Saturday morning at the Slater’s home field.
Otter Valley baseball falls to Brattleboro
The Otter Valley Otters baseball team came up short versus a strong Brattleboro squad on Saturday morning at the Otters diamond.
Proctor edges Westside in thriller
In a game loaded with plenty of tense moments, the Proctor Ghosts pulled out a victory by a whisker Tuesday night.
Mt. Abraham tops Otter Valley in boys lacrosse
In boys lacrosse action, Mt. Abraham completed a sweep of their season series versus Otter Valley with a win at Markowski field in Brandon.
Otters baseball team drops heartbreaker to Rutland
After leading 7-5 into the bottom of the sixth inning, the OV baseball team saw its lead vanish in the final two innings as Rutland rallied to win.