This Week’s News
Selectboard nixes free rent for transfer station
By RUSSELL JONES Changes are coming to the transfer station at 31 Corona Street in Brandon, but not the changes the company that runs it, Earth Waste and Metal, was hoping for after the selectboard objected to their withholding of back rent. They business had asked the town’s selectboard to address a problem at the […]
Flying without a license nets Sudbury man prison term
The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Angelo Efthimiatos, 49, of Sudbury, was sentenced Thursday to serve 15 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release after his conviction for flying without a valid pilot’s license last December. The sentence will be served concurrently with an 18-month sentence from […]
OV one act play heads to New England Drama Festival
By RUSSELL JONES Walking Stick Theater, Otter Valley’s theater department, was selected as one of only two high school productions to move on to the prestigious New England Drama Festival, held in Rhode Island this year, on April 15-17. They were selected at the Vermont State Drama Festival at Essex High School two weeks ago. […]
Churches bring historical significance to local area
By RUSSELL JONES People in our local towns come together in many facets of their lives — to work, to play, to go to school, to enjoy a holiday parade — but also for communal worship, which is never more apparent than at Easter services. The number of residents in and around Brandon, Pittsford, Proctor […]
Ladies Auxiliary helps make prom dreams come true
By RUSSELL JONES Prom is coming up on May 4, and for some, the hundreds of dollars for the cost of prom dresses can seem an insurmountable obstacle. The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion in Brandon has over 50 dresses ready to wear that they are giving away. Auxiliary President Lisa Mahoney and executive […]
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Sports
OV field hockey rolls over Fair Haven
The Otters continued their winning ways as they beat Fair Haven 15-0 on Tuesday. Alia Edmunds had four goals and four assists. Morgan LaPorte also had four goals in the win and Riley Keith added two. Livia Bernhardt, McKenzie McKay, Bella Falco, Alice Keith and Ellie Ross each had one goal. Ross had three saves […]
OV Hall of Fame adds 12 new members
During halftime of Saturday’s Otter Valley Union High School football game, 12 new members of the Otter Valley Hall of Fame were introduced, including eight athletes, a coach, two teachers and an administrator.
Proctor outlasts OV in boys soccer
A last-second buzzer-beating win is usually something one thinks of in a basketball game. But a matchup of two young teams on Friday resulted in one of those last second victories for Proctor boys soccer as they defeated Otter Valley Union High School, 1-0, with only seven seconds left in double overtime.
Fall Sports Preview: New era of West Rutland soccer set to begin
After suffering an embarrassment of riches for the past several seasons, West Rutland soccer is now left trying to fill a large hole in their lineup.
Otters field hockey is heating up
BRANDON — The Otters field hockey team took on Rutland on Saturday, Sept. 14. The Otters brought a 1-1 record into the game against the 2-2-1 Raiders. The Otters jumped into the lead early and their defense held to give them the 3-1 win. Ryleigh LaPorte scored off a Brittney Jackson pass at 13:33 in […]