This Week’s News
Second financial boost for business owners, homeless from state
By LEE J. KAHRS MONTPELIER — The Vermont house has passed a second aid package of Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to support struggling businesses and combat homelessness. The $137 million […]
Brandon fireworks postponed until September
BRANDON — The fireworks planned for July 3 in Brandon will be moved to September to punctuate a planned celebration of the town itself. The fireworks display and street dance […]
Read the change you wish to see in the world
Books on racism, social justice spur sales, booksellers report By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON/MIDDLEBURY — There is nothing new under the sun, the saying goes. It’s all been done before. […]
OV graduates 65 who look beyond the pandemic
Families attend drive-in style graduation following social distance protocols.
Brandon Chamber planning silent indoor auction
It’s been two years since the Great Brandon Auction was held under the white tent in Central Park, and 2020 will make year number three.
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.
