This Week’s News
Flooring stolen from Ruth Stone House
By RUSSELL JONES GOSHEN — Sometime during the week of July 15, the Ruth Stone House in Goshen was burglarized. Thieves took most of a recent delivery of reclaimed pine flooring and several of the foundation’s power tools. The Vermont Poet Laureate and National Book Award winner owned the historic home, thought to have been […]
Three OV Legion baseball players named all-stars
By RUSSELL JONES COLCHESTER — Three recent Otter Valley Union High School grads who played for the Rutland Post 31 American Legion baseball team were named among the top players in the American Legion Southern District this summer. Otter Valley ace Josh Beayon, who was the Addison Independent player of the year for 2018 and […]
Pittsford Rec. Area brings all ages together for fun
By RUSSELL JONES PITTSFORD — The Pittsford Recreation Area is a gem and in a class of its own among area towns. The area is home to two baseball fields, a softball field, basketball and tennis courts, an 18-hole disc golf course and a swimming hole. The recreation area is also the beginning of a […]
Kirsten Werner wins John Seeley Estabrook Memorial Trust award
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The John Seeley Estabrook Memorial Trust announced the presentation of their annual award to Brandon resident Kirsten Werner at a tea held at Café Provence on July 17. The award is given each year to outstanding residents of Brandon who are presently pursuing activities in the fields of medicine and/or […]
Brandon church seeking new roof
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The Brandon Congregational Church not only stands out physically, as the proud tower holds the town clock and its bells announce the hour, it also stands out spiritually. For decades the church has provided a bevy of services to the community; beyond its religious offerings. Now, the Congregational Church is […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV girls’ soccer extends winning streak to four games
One of the hallmarks of great teamwork is communication. This is true in business and relationships, as well as in sports, and it has been a big part of the OV girls’ soccer team’s three-game win streak coming into Friday’s showdown with Springfield—including a 7-0 lambasting of Mill River on September 28.
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 eyes on getting back to the state championship to defend their 2021 title, and competitive soccer and football programs are in the making. GOLF: REPEAT […]
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.