This Week’s News
Slowly opening the door
Community Health Brandon will see more patients, clean more surfaces, and mandate face masks By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — It’s been six weeks since Dr. George Fjeld stopped seeing […]
“Like flowers and thorns”
Johnson is now 19 years old and has written his first book of poetry, “The Tiny Lights In Our Orbit” is a slim self-published volume containing 47 poems borne out of Johnson’s discovery of writing as a tool to control and ease his mind.
Candidate Molly Gray talks issues in run for lt. governor
The global pandemic hasn’t changed the issues Molly Gray is running on in her campaign for lieutenant governor, just amplified them.
Filling a knead
Like many area businesses, Olivia’s Croutons in Forestdale is seeing a drop in production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And like many Vermont business owners, Francie and Dave Caccavo have gotten creative with the extra product and our they have at the Route 73 production facility.
Blood donors should make appointments to give
The American Red Cross has put out the call for blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic, and with most people staying at home, donors are more plentiful than ever.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Mt. Abraham cruises past Otter boys in nail-biter, 57-42
The Mount Abraham boys basketball team took a trip down Route 7 for a clash with Otter Valley in a Saturday afternoon matinee at the “House of Noise” and used their size and speed to claim the win, 57-42.
Otter Valley wins on Senior Night
The Otter women welcomed the Wasps of Woodstock to Senior Night at the “House of Noise” on Friday, February 11 before a raucous crowd.
Otter Valley defeats Hartford, 36–34
The Otter Valley girls basketball team defeated the visiting Hartford Hurricanes, 36-34, on Friday, January 28 at the “House of Noise” in Brandon.
OV, Proctor, Westside winter sports teams kick-off the season
The COVD-shortened winter of the 2020-21 high school sports season is behind us, and the teams at Otter Valley are happy about that. The pandemic forced the school’s basketball programs, like those elsewhere, to play abbreviated seasons, and wrestling was sidelined for the entire season.
OV girl’s basketball drops opener
In a hard-fought season opening game in which the teams traded game-changing runs, the host Middlebury Union girls’ basketball team put together the decisive surge to outlast Otter Valley, 35-28.
