This Week’s News
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Miserable options for Afghan soldiers prompt desertions, army’s collapse BY HAVILAND SMITH The Afghan Army consists of about 300,000 troops who have been financed, equipped, supported and trained (poorly, by […]
Proctor Rink runs year-round with summer roller-skating
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS PROCTOR –– Proctor’s ice-skating rink has a new summer gig. It has converted its spacious and level asphalt surface to a roller-skating rink as part of the […]
Proctor and West Rutland fall sports start Aug. 19
West Rutland High School and Proctor High School are starting their fall sports on Aug. 19. These sports are varsity boys and girls soccer and a bass fishing team.
Stopping COVID-19:
We can, if we have the will BY ANGELO LYNN Editor’s note: This commentary is written in collaboration with The Boston Globe, which has provided news reports, charts and graphics […]
De-mystifying vaccine myths
We can, if we have the will BY THE BOSTON GLOBE MYTH: The COVID-19 vaccines were developed too fast to be safe. FACTS: It’s understandable that people would have this […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
‘Game Seekers’: local hunters use online platforms to reach an audience
Fall in Vermont means foliage, cider, pumpkins, and, for a good number of our neighbors, hunting. Every year, people across the state pick up their bows and rifles and head out into the woods, hoping to bag a big-antlered buck or a fat, feathered turkey.
OV Football Club realizes a goal: an illuminated field
Let there be light! The Otter Valley Football Club realized a longstanding dream this past weekend: lights on Markowski Field at OVUHS.
Naylor & Breen golf tourney raises awareness of rare disease with local significance
Almost everyone in the Brandon area has been touched in one way or another by Naylor & Breen, the construction company founded by Rob Naylor and Peter Breen in 1978.
Burning rubber: Brandon’s Joey Scarborough racks up wins at local racetracks
Joey Scarborough was driving racecars years before he even had a license to drive himself to school.
