This Week’s News
VOBA presents U.S. Senator Leahy with its inaugural Trailblazer Award
The Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance presented its inaugural Trailblazer Award to Sen. Leahy, a beautiful wooden topo map of Vermont created by Treeline Terrains, a new business out of Middlebury.
Proctor board rejects Grandpa’s Knob project; reviews budget proposal
BY ANGELO LYNN PROCTOR — At its Monday, Nov. 22 meeting, the Proctor selectboard voted unanimously to not support the Grandpa’s Knob Community Wind Project on a ridge outside Castleton, […]
National controversy prompts friends to take local action
Two friends, Bob Harnish and Al Wakefield are waging a campaign to encourage towns to become more inclusive.
Pittsford selectboard reviews mask mandate, draft budget
PITTSFORD – The Pittsford Selectboard heard from Representative Butch Shaw about a bill – introduced Monday – that will allow for Vermont municipalities to pass mask mandates independent of state rulings.
RNESU’s Collins to step down
‘It’s bittersweet… it’s been a dream job for me.’ BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — After 41 years as an educator, including 17 years as a superintendent, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Two OV wrestlers win in tourney
Two Otter Valley Union High School wrestlers won their weight classes at Mount Mansfield’s annual Jason Lowell tournament on Saturday…
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…