This Week’s News
West Rutland students are senators-for-a-day
By RUSSELL JONES West Rutland was one of four Vermont high schools that traveled to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston a week ago Tuesday to take part in “Vermont Day,” an event organized by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. This is the fourth time Vermont students have participated […]
Creek Road changes spur resident concerns
By RUSSELL JONES Town Highway #57, also known as Creek Road, is a Class 4 road that splits off of Pearl Street in Brandon. At the Selectboard meeting on Feb. 25, Paul Stone asked the town to decommission the road. The town began the process to decommission Creek Road in 1990, but for some reason […]
Senior Stories: Bonnie Lee Hunt
By RUSSELL JONES Bonnie Lee Hunt’s parents taught her how to work with her hands and raise children. At different times, she made her living doing one or the other, and sometimes both. She said she has lived life to the fullest and often found interesting ways of having fun. Her father, Frank Cota, owned […]
Mitchell’s Tees a good fit for 36 years in Pittsford
By RUSSELL JONES For over 30 years, Mitchell’s Tees in Pittsford has been a swarm of activity on most days. That’s because they do more than just printing on t-shirts. They also do embroidery, make signs and banners, apply vinyl decals to vehicles and much more. But the secret to 36 years of success is […]
Brandon police alert students, parents to social media scam on Snapchat
By RUSSELL JONES An alert was sent out to parents and students this past Friday from the Facebook page of the Brandon Police Department. The alert concerned someone trying to lure students into sending nude photos over the social media app, Snapchat. Snapchat is a photo sharing application that allows users to send photos or […]
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Sports
OV girls’ soccer extends winning streak to four games
One of the hallmarks of great teamwork is communication. This is true in business and relationships, as well as in sports, and it has been a big part of the OV girls’ soccer team’s three-game win streak coming into Friday’s showdown with Springfield—including a 7-0 lambasting of Mill River on September 28.
Otters smother Mount Abe 46-25 for bigtime Homecoming victory
The Otter Valley football team broke open Saturday’s Division III game against Mount Abraham-Vergennes with a three-touchdown second quarter on the way to a big homecoming win.
Otter Valley Union High School fall sports report
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — As the Otter Valley fall 2022 sports season heats up, a strong field hockey team looks to be competitive, the school’s golf team has its eyes on getting back to the state championship to defend their 2021 title, and competitive soccer and football programs are in the making. GOLF: REPEAT […]
OVUHS sports round-up
OV girls soccer took a 2-1 victory over West Rutland on Wednesday, Sept. 14, thanks mainly to the outstanding play of its entire roster.
Brandon’s first family of golf
Paul Politano hardly played golf while growing up in southern Vermont (Wilmington). “My dad never let me play,” he said in a conversation last week outside the golf shop at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course, where Paul has been the golf pro since 2017.
