This Week’s News
Proctor gives cool shoulder to turbine on Grandpa’s Knob
A half dozen Proctor residents spoke out against a renewable energy project slated for Grandpa’s Knob in Castleton that would seek to place a single 450-foot-tall wind turbine on the ridgeline there.
Staffing shortages continue to stymie RNESU schools
Ahead of a RNESU school board meeting this Wednesday, Oct. 20, Superintendent Jeanne Collins highlighted the continued staff shortages and mounting stress on faculty and staff as the biggest problems the school was facing.
Brandon’s old high school could see renovation by 2023
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — The former Brandon High School, built in 1916 and now vacant for the past 35 years, will be converted into 12-14 residential loft apartments, according […]
Pittsford wrangles over wind project
BY ARIADNE WILL PITTSFORD — A proposal to place a single wind turbine on Grandpa’s Knob in nearby Castleton was met with 90 minutes of public outcry at Pittsford’s selectboard […]
Pittsford selectboard meeting action packed
BY ARIADNE WILL PITTSFORD — Pittsford’s selectboard meeting last Wednesday, Oct. 6, sparked hours of discussion on agenda items, including hot topics on a proposed wind project at Grandpa’s Knob […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV beats Mill River in quarterfinal, 12-6
The third-seeded Otter Valley football team outlasted visiting No. 6 Mill River, 12-6, on Saturday in a Division III quarterfinal and will play No. 2 Fairfax in a semifinal this coming Saturday.
Proctor girls soccer shoots for 11th straight trip to finals
Going into the girls Division IV soccer playoffs, the question around the state is whether anyone can challenge two-time defending champions, the Proctor Phantoms.
‘Trash-talk’ allegedly used racial slur at OV/MR game
RNESU Superintendent Jeanné Collins released a statement on Monday, Nov. 1 referring to an alleged incident at the OVUHS-Mill River High School football game in which players may have used racial slurs in an escalated instance of trash-talking among the players, Collins said.
OV field hockey beats Fair Haven, 7-0, to earn No. 4 seed in Division II playoffs
The Otter Valley field hockey team earned the No. 4 seed in Division II after a successful regular season that concluded late last week. The Otters will open their title quest on Friday.
Field hockey love
A couple of weeks ago, an out-of-town sports team came to Brandon to donate a day of free labor. Brandon’s economic development and recreation director Bill Moore welcomed the help and put the Castleton University field hockey team to work moving a big pile of woodchips at the Seminary Hill Park playground and painting picnic tables at Estabrook Park.