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 […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor girls overwhelmingly win first two games of season, 11-0 and 7-0
By RUSSELL JONES In the season opener for the Proctor girls’ soccer team, the Phantoms took it to the Poultney Blue Devils. Two Phantom girls recorded hat tricks as Proctor […]
New leaders at OV as young squad prepares to take on Div. III
By RUSSELL JONES Otter Valley’s football team began practices last week and held their first inter-squad scrimmage on Saturday. They are working out the kinks and dusting off the rust […]
Two OV players selected for Legion All-tournament team
Two Otter Valley baseball players who were part of Rutland Post 31 in the statewide Legion tourney were named to the All-tournament team. Reilly Shannon was an outfield selection to […]
Brandon teen burning up the Devil’s Bowl track
By RUSSELL JONES For most teenagers, the summer before their senior year of high school is a time for hanging out with friends, enjoying time without worrying about their studies […]
Local racers fare well at Devil’s Bowl
By RUSSELL JONES ORWELL — Middlebury driver Justin Comes, the “High Side Hustler,” was the fastest around the track on Sunday night at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. Comes won the Sportsman Modified […]
