This Week’s News
Restaurant owners want Country House to feel like home
“We wanted to have a place that was affordable,” Don said. “Somewhere a family of five or six could go out to eat. We couldn’t afford that raising five kids.”
Otter Valley pilot programs looks to get kids real jobs
Real Careers, a pilot program at OVUHS, is trying to help current and recently graduated high school students find careers after they finish school.
Pittsford seeks to clean up system with sewage bond
On Town Meeting Day, March 5, Pittsford will ask voters to agree to a sewage bond that would cost up to $970,000. The bond would replace pumps and pipes to upgrade efficiency of the sewage treatment plant…
Planning task force eyes difficult task
What does it cost to deliver equitable education to all students and what would that look like? This is the question that the Otter Valley Unified Union planning task force, comprised of OVUU school board members and community members, is tasked with answering…
Gov’t shutdown squeezes food shelf
The Brandon Food Shelf, like all food shelves around the state, relies on community donations and volunteers to provide nutritional assistance to those in our area who need it. The Food Shelf works in conjunction with the Brandon Senior Citizens Center to make sure no one in the area goes hungry. Together, they serve close to 300 people a week…
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Sports
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 feature to turn a bad run of luck around, highlighting an event that also saw Anthony Ryan, Chris Murray, David Sartwell-Cornell, and Evan Roberts make […]
West Rutland’s Carl Serrani selected for hoops Hall of Fame
By RUSSELL JONES WEST RUTLAND — By any means of measurement, this has been a year of unrivaled success for the West Rutland girls’ athletic department. And Carl Serrani, as the figurehead of those girls’ teams, has had one of the best years of his career. In March, Serrani led his Golden Horde hoops team […]
Tremont picks up fifth win of season at Devil’s Bowl
By RUSSELL JONES ORWELL — Kenny Tremont Jr. took another victory lap at Devil’s Bowl on Sunday, July 27, as he pushed his number 115-car across the finish line in first place in the Sportsman Modified “C.J. Richards Memorial 100.” Five other drivers also visited the winner’s circle during the event, with Anthony Warren, Mark […]
Hackel wins Quenneville Memorial at Devil’s Bowl
By RUSSELL JONES ORWELL — The green flag dropped on the Vince Quenneville Sr. Memorial race, sponsored by the Community College of Vermont, at Devil’s Bowl on Sunday. Bobby Hackel, from Rensselaer, N.Y., took home the top spot in the Sportsman Modified feature. The Quenneville Memorial race also marked the mid-season championships that awarded double […]
Despite the heat, first-ever Vermont State Cornhole championships were a winner
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — As the temperatures rose into the high 90s on Saturday, 34 teams of Cornhole players made the journey from all over the state to the Brandon Inn for the first-ever Vermont State Cornhole Championships. “Despite the oppressive heat, we had a great turnout and a good day of Cornhole,” event […]
