This Week’s News
Event teaches kids about disabilities
The Let’s Be Fair event, to educate young children about the struggles disabled people deal with on a daily basis, was held at Proctor Elementary School last Friday. Students learned how disabled people navigate through daily life by working in small groups in several stations. “The event helps raise awareness for the children and helps […]
Voters reject office repairs
By RUSSELL JONES PROCTOR — Voters at Town Meeting on Monday night were not pleased with the plans presented by the selectboard that would have remodeled the front of the town hall, but would not have made the Town Office fully ADA compliant. Voters approved all the articles at Town Meeting except for Article 7 […]
Brandon OKs spending items
BY ABAGAEL GILES BRANDON—On Tuesday, March 5, 710 voters came to the polls in Brandon to pass the budget and decide the only contested selectboard race. Selectboard members Seth Hopkins and Brian Coolidge were re-elected after running unopposed for their seats. Tim Guiles was the victor in a two-way race against Dennis Reisenweaver for an […]
Proctor gets past Arlington to head to semifinals
By RUSSELL JONES PROCTOR — The girls basketball playoffs kicked off on Saturday afternoon for Proctor as the Phantoms took on the Arlington Eagles in second round action. Proctor took control early, never looking back and winning by a score of 42-28. Proctor, who got a bye in the first round as a two-seed, was […]
$2.93 Million OV bond fails
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — On Tuesday, the voters in the Otter Valley Unified Union School District defeated a bond measure of $2.93 million for safety, security and operational improvements. Voters did, however, approve a school district budget of $19,935,847, which represents a 3.7 percent increase in total spending over last year and a 2.7 […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
New leaders at OV as young squad prepares to take on Div. III
By RUSSELL JONES Otter Valley’s football team began practices last week and held their first inter-squad scrimmage on Saturday. They are working out the kinks and dusting off the rust after the summer, but head coach Kipp Denis is hopeful that the move back to Division III will be a fortuitous one for the Otters. […]
Two OV players selected for Legion All-tournament team
Two Otter Valley baseball players who were part of Rutland Post 31 in the statewide Legion tourney were named to the All-tournament team. Reilly Shannon was an outfield selection to the team and teammate Josh Beayon was selected as a utility role for his work at first base and pitcher. Post 31 was eliminated in […]
Brandon teen burning up the Devil’s Bowl track
By RUSSELL JONES For most teenagers, the summer before their senior year of high school is a time for hanging out with friends, enjoying time without worrying about their studies and relaxing in the warm weather. For Alyza McKeighan, relaxing has been the furthest thing from her mind this summer. McKeighan is a rookie driver […]
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 […]
