This Week’s News
Carrying the torch
Dunmore Hose Co. celebrates 125 years By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The Brandon Fire Department reached a milestone over the weekend — an open house for its 125th anniversary. Although it was not the first fire department in Brandon, the Dunmore Hose Company is the longest lasting and the current firefighting force for the town. […]
Dynamic duo retires
For 25 years, Leicester camp bridged gap to help keep kids engaged over summer By RUSSELL JONES LEICESTER — Bittersweet. That was the word on everyone’s lips as they enjoyed a pancake breakfast at the Leicester Central School building on Friday, Aug. 2. It was the last day of the Summer Alive program for Leicester, […]
Area drug stores get new name
By RUSSELL JONES ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON — The effects of a $4 billion business deal announced in 2017 are just now rippling through our part of Vermont. Rite Aid stores in Brandon, Bristol and Middlebury last week hung signs or banners announcing the new name of the retail drug store — Walgreens. Under the […]
West Rutland’s Carl Serrani selected for hoops Hall of Fame
By RUSSELL JONES WEST RUTLAND — By any means of measurement, this has been a year of unrivaled success for the West Rutland girls’ athletic department. And Carl Serrani, as the figurehead of those girls’ teams, has had one of the best years of his career. In March, Serrani led his Golden Horde hoops team […]
Three vehicles catch fire at impound lot, including truck allegedly involved in Proctor woman’s death
By RUSSELL JONES RUTLAND — The pickup truck belonging to Anthony Reynolds, a Pittsford man charged with allegedly hitting his girlfriend with his truck resulting in her death, caught fire in the police impound lot two weeks ago. Reynolds is currently on house arrest at his father’s home near Newport and his truck was being […]
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Sports
OV, other RNeSU schools, craft pandemic graduations
By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON/ WEST RUTLAND/ PROCTOR — It will take longer, and there won’t be any hugging or handshaking as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, but local high school seniors will have a graduation this year. It took some collaborative and creativity to get here, but Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union Superintendent Jeanne Collins said […]
Proctor girls’ soccer win state title
Playing what teammates called “Phantom soccer,” the Proctor girls soccer team dominated their finals match against Rivendell from the start, winning Saturday’s Division IV state championship game, 6-0.
Hunters preparing for deer season
Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, Nov. 16 and ends Sunday, Dec. 1.
Otters over Oxbow, 39-26
The Otter Valley Union High School football team is moving on to the semifinals after picking up a home win against Oxbow on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Stickin’ with it
Anger and sadness. That’s how the seniors on the Otter Valley Union High School field hockey squad described the ending of the 2018 season. Those two words summed up their feelings about last year’s season, and the motivation they had before this season began.
