This Week’s News
Letter to the Editor: Beware of scammers
This letter is about the good and the evil that exists in our town. From March 4, 2019, I was very privileged to be able to attend the very best evening Town Meeting in a very long time. Due to the use of a microphone, I was able to hear the budget discussion, the comments […]
Officer recovering after unexplained collapse
LEICESTER — A Vermont state trooper is recovering after he collapsed following a traffic stop in Leicester this past Saturday from an apparent incident from contacting a drug. He was revived by multiple doses of Narcan. The incident began at about 11:25 p.m. Friday, March 15, when Acting Sgt. Brett Flansburg of the New Haven […]
Beer Fest at Killington
By RUSSELL JONES KILLINGTON — Over 3,500 visitors are expected to attend the Vermont Brewers Festival at Killington this Saturday, March 23. The Vermont Brewers Association has organized the festival since the 1990s. Vermont has more breweries per capita than any other state and produces 292,479 barrels per year. The industry supports 2,304 jobs and […]
At 100 years, sugarhouse hits it’s sweet spot
By RUSSELL JONES Back in the woods, east of Pittsford, lies a family farm that celebrated its centennial year last year. Surrounded by thousands of maple trees, two young Vermonters are using modern technology to produce a centuries old product. Jacob Powsner, 28, standing in the snow in his overalls and wool hat, boils down […]
Myth at Neshobe School belies it’s cramped spaces, security issues
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — When OVUU district voters rejected a $2.93 million security and improvements bond on Town Meeting Day, about $2.1 million of that bond was dedicated to improvements and security at Neshobe Elementary School in Forest Dale. But just why did Neshobe need so much for improvements and what will happen now […]
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Sports
Politano, Coolidge selected as OV’s 2021 leaders
BRANDON — For the Class of 2021, Mia Politano and Grace Coolidge, both of Brandon, have been selected as this year’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian, respectively, by Otter Valley Union High School. Mia is the daughter of Paul and Erika Politano and Grace is the daughter of Brian and Kelly Coolidge. Both have earned extraordinary honors […]
Otter Valley’s Walking Stick Theatre to perform annual spring musical al fresco
Pandemic compelled director and students to learn to create theatre in different ways March 10, 2021 By JOSIE GAWRYS BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School’s Walking Stick Theatre group will be performing Disney’s “Descendants” musical this spring — but not in their standard theater. The show will be performed live at Markowski Field behind […]
Let the kids play?
Petition launched by Proctor parent and coach against delaying fall sports season By LEE J. KAHRS PROCTOR — A petition protesting the Vermont Principal’s Association’s (VPA) plan to postpone the beginning of fall high school sports has garnered more than 1,900 signatures in two weeks. It all started in Proctor, where soccer is not just […]
OV hires new field hockey girls soccer coaches
BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School has hired new coaches to lead two varsity girls’ programs this fall, both with coaching experience at the school, according to Athletic Director Steven Keith
OV graduates 65 who look beyond the pandemic
Families attend drive-in style graduation following social distance protocols.
