This Week’s News
Disaster loans available to small businesses affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Governor announces disaster loans available to small businesses affected by covid-19 MONTPELIER – Governor Phil Scott announced March 23 that Vermont small business owners suffering economic injury due the COVID-19 […]
Stay in touch with the Brandon Public Library
By Molly Kennedy, Librarian BRANDON – The last couple of weeks have been confusing and stressful for most of the community, as we grapple with the rapidly changing information about […]
Taking it seriously
By Rep. Stephanie Jerome (D- Brandon, Pittsford, Sudbury) Unemployment Insurance On my last day at the State House, I reported on H.681, a bill to adapt unemployment insurance eligibility so […]
Police, advocates offer help to domestic abuse survivors during “stay at home” period
WATERBURY – The Vermont State Police, Vermont Attorney General’s Office and the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence have joined with other law-enforcement agencies and advocacy organizations to acknowledge […]
Jane Elizabeth Coolidge, 1939-2020
FOREST DALE – Jane Elizabeth Coolidge, age 80, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Jane was born in Middlebury on September 4, 1939. She was the […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
FISU World Conference to address climate change and winter sports
“Winter sporting communities and athletes alike are seeing first-hand the impact of climate change on winter sport,” said Ashley Walden, Adirondack Sports Council executive director and a member of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games’ Organizing Committee.
