This Week’s News
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.
Anthony Morell “Tony” Clark, 78, Goshen
Tony Clark, a beloved and longtime innkeeper at Blueberry Hill Inn in Goshen, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022.
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.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Brandon Bison clash with Proctor Phantoms
The House of Noise was rocking on Monday night as the Otters of Otter Valley girls’ basketball team took on the Proctor Phantoms on 1961 Night. The 4-8 Otters, who were wearing the pre-merger Brandon Bison throwback jerseys, got off to a hot start but…
1961: A season to remember
In the fall of 1961, the high schools in Brandon and Pittsford merged to form Otter Valley Union high school. Prior to that merger, both schools fielded athletic teams. Throughout that long history at Pittsford High School, they had never had a state championship in any sport…
