This Week’s News
Barn Opera checks all the boxes at DRB hearing
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — Nearly 60 residents showed up at a meeting of the Brandon Development Review Board on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Although two other cases were heard, the […]
Brandon Toy Project teams with Imagination Library to give books to kids
BRANDON — The Brandon Area Toy Project announced a collaboration this week with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library for the children in Brandon and Sudbury. The Imagination Library is an organization […]
The BAG opens ‘Celebrate with art’ show
The Brandon Artists Guild, known as the BAG, kicks off the holiday season with a show focused on creating “affordable” arts and craft pieces as gifts for the holidays.
Overnight camp is ‘rite-of-passage’ for Lothrop students
A program at Lothrop Elementary School, although not new, is helping fifth and sixth grade students step outside the classroom and learn group and social skills in a fun environment.
OV board proposes new class size policy
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The Otter Valley Unified Union school board held the first reading of a new classroom viability policy at its meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The […]
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Sports
OV Football wins big in playoffs, moves to state semis
Isaac Whitney had a huge game, gaining 180 yards and scoring 4 touchdowns to lead the Otter Valley football team to a 46–14 playoff win over rival Mill River Saturday night under the new lights at Markowski Field.
Local group proposes multi-town community rec center
On a rainy Sunday afternoon, a bunch of middle-aged friends in Pittsford want to play some pick-up basketball. Or some older folks want to continue their daily exercise walks when the snow is knee deep outside in winter. Or some kids want to play volleyball but the school gyms are all closed. Where can they go?
‘Game Seekers’: local hunters use online platforms to reach an audience
Fall in Vermont means foliage, cider, pumpkins, and, for a good number of our neighbors, hunting. Every year, people across the state pick up their bows and rifles and head out into the woods, hoping to bag a big-antlered buck or a fat, feathered turkey.
OV Football Club realizes a goal: an illuminated field
Let there be light! The Otter Valley Football Club realized a longstanding dream this past weekend: lights on Markowski Field at OVUHS.
Naylor & Breen golf tourney raises awareness of rare disease with local significance
Almost everyone in the Brandon area has been touched in one way or another by Naylor & Breen, the construction company founded by Rob Naylor and Peter Breen in 1978.