This Week’s News
Next stop, Brandon?
Town keeps trying to put itself on Vermont’s rail map By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — The idea of making Brandon a train stop on a proposed Amtrak rail line […]
Take a hike
What does a Boy Scout leader do when there’s no work and money to raise? Take a hike.
New rec director in Pittsford
PITTSFORD — There is a new recreation director in Pittsford for the first time in 19 years. Nelson Brown, 28, has been hired to fill the rather large shoes left […]
Art and love in 2020
At a time in the U.S. when race and activism are socio-cultural touchstones, Jennifer Herrera Condry and Will Kasso Condry are working to spread understanding and community through public art.
An officer and a farmer
Terry Williams is willing to work across the aisle if he’s elected to the Rutland County Senate seat. But he’s also part of a movement to get more Republicans elected to statewide office in general.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otters smother Mount Abe 46-25 for bigtime Homecoming victory
The Otter Valley football team broke open Saturday’s Division III game against Mount Abraham-Vergennes with a three-touchdown second quarter on the way to a big homecoming win.
Otter Valley Union High School fall sports report
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — As the Otter Valley fall 2022 sports season heats up, a strong field hockey team looks to be competitive, the school’s golf team has its […]
OVUHS sports round-up
OV girls soccer took a 2-1 victory over West Rutland on Wednesday, Sept. 14, thanks mainly to the outstanding play of its entire roster.
Brandon’s first family of golf
Paul Politano hardly played golf while growing up in southern Vermont (Wilmington). “My dad never let me play,” he said in a conversation last week outside the golf shop at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course, where Paul has been the golf pro since 2017.
Otter Valley sports wrap-up
In a Sunday match-up with Mill River, the Otter Valley varsity football team saw two untimely interceptions and an unfortunate fourth-quarter penalty hinder the Otter’s chance to notch a win as Mill River held on 12-7 to beat the Otters.