This Week’s News
Hooker once again chair of selectboard
By RUSSELL JONES Selectboard appointments were handed out at the meeting before the board went into executive session to discuss personnel matters on Wednesday night, the day after residents agreed to a new sewer system for the village. On Town Meeting Day, residents in Pittsford elected to pass a $970,000 sewer bond. The bond will […]
Pale Horse set to ride south
By RUSSELL JONES The incessant hammering of two tattoo machines assaults the senses when you open the door of Pale Horse tattoo shop in downtown Brandon. Inside the studio, two bewhiskered men go about the business of putting permanent paintings on people. In five weeks, Anthony “A-Train” Hylton will be leaving Brandon to open a […]
March Magic sales event in Brandon
On March 30, Brandon area businesses are planning a “March Magic” sales event that signals the end of winter and a welcome to spring. Bernie Carr, executive director of the Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce, announced the sales event saying that for many people “March is all about cabin fever, cold, snowy days and people […]
Proctor board seeks new plan for town office
The Proctor Selectboard took steps to regroup after a plan to repair and renovate the town office was defeated last week. In a close voice vote, an article to use $161,660 in surplus funding for repairs to the front wall of the town office building and renovations to the clerk’s office was not passed by […]
Segment 6 meeting to discuss upcoming construction plans
By RUSSELL JONES A Segment 6 pre-construction and informational meeting will be held in the Brandon Town Hall on Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. Officials from the town of Brandon, Casella Construction, DuBois & King, and the Water District will give a presentation of work to be performed, starting later this month and continuing […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV field hockey starts fast, blanks host Tigers 5-0
When the Middlebury and Otter Valley union high school field hockey teams met in the 2020 Division II playoffs the Otters prevailed in double overtime.
Proctor and West Rutland fall sports start Aug. 19
West Rutland High School and Proctor High School are starting their fall sports on Aug. 19. These sports are varsity boys and girls soccer and a bass fishing team.
Fall Sports Begins Aug. 16 for RNESU schools
BRANDON –– Otter Valley Union Middle and High School’s grade 9-12 football will kick off the fall sports season starting Monday, Aug. 16. “It’s a family within itself and I’m really looking forward to seeing everybody,” said OV Football Offense Coordinator Coach Jordan Tolar, 28, who is returning for his fifth year of coaching at […]
Polli honored by OV Football Club
BRANDON — Each year the Otter Valley Football Club offers a scholarship to one of our graduating seniors. The player must be going on to college, technical training, law enforcement or military services. We ask that the applicant take the time to tell us what football at OV has meant to them. Our recipient for the 2020 […]
Proctor honors graduating seniors
PROCTOR — Maeve Sheehe, Lucy Tate and Hope Kelley lead the Proctor Class of 2021 with top honors ahead of graduation ceremonies this coming weekend. For their hard work and dedication, Sheehe and Tate were honored as co-valedictorians, while Kelley is salutatorian. Shehee, the daughter of Kevin Shehee and Carol Ryan of Proctor and N. […]
