This Week’s News
Tax rates set in two towns
Proctor sees 7% hike; Pittsford’s rates held to 2.5% By RUSSELL JONES PITTSFORD — The municipal tax rate in Pittsford will see a 2.5 percent increase this year, as rates will go up about a cent and a half. Municipal rates were set at $.62 and village municipal rates were set at $.66. The state’s […]
End-of-session legislative wrap-up
By STEPHANIE ZAK JEROME It’s been an honor to serve you in the Vermont House. This session, we passed bills to build a strong Vermont economy, invest in our communities, protect the needs of vulnerable Vermonters and to prepare for our future. During that session, I focused my work on building a Vermont that works […]
BARN OPERA scores a new performance space
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The melodious voices that make up the BARN OPERA will soon be getting a new home. After two years inside the barn of Brandon Music on Vermont 73, the opera will be moving to the west side of Brandon on Pearl Street. “We have looked at, trespassed in, and explored […]
Great Brandon Auction going, going, gone
By RUSSELL JONES After a little mid-day sprinkle, dozens of bidders was greeted by a perfect summer day as the Great Brandon Auction got underway this past Tuesday, July 16. After unloading and organizing the donations that poured in from storage areas, barns, cars and trucks, auctioneer Barb Watters went to work selling with her […]
Brandon Police apprehend man on escape charges
On July 10, members of the Brandon Police Department, assisted by the Vermont State Police responded to Conway Terrace in Brandon in an attempt to locate and arrest Adam R. Hornbeck, 28, on escape charges. Hornbeck had been on furlough from the Vermont Department of Corrections, supervised through the Rutland office. Hornbeck had not been […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Three at the buzzer lifts Otter boys’ basketball over Eagles
About two seconds remained in the boys’ basketball game at Mount Abraham Friday evening when Otter Valley Union High School freshman guard Connor Denis launched a contested three-pointer from the arc’s right side.
OV Wrestling has terrific tourney at MUHS
A deep Otter Valley wrestling team walked away from last week’s 50th annual Hubie Wagner Invitational Tournament in Middlebury as the team champions.
‘Scrappy’ Otter girls’ basketball team down but not out
Early on the visiting Otter Valley girls’ basketball team on Friday looked determined to take it to Middlebury, using tough man-to-man defense to force a batch of turnovers and a balanced attack to bolt to a 11-4 lead after one period.
Local athletes named 2022 football all-stars
Several members of the Otter Valley Union High School Division III football team, as well as members of the Division I Middlebury and Division III Mount Abraham-Vergennes football teams, were named all-stars in voting by the leagues’ coaches.
Record Killington fans cheer FIS World Cup racers
Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America hosted the women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup for the sixth time over Thanksgiving Weekend.