This Week’s News
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
Brandon Country Club created to fill the gap
After the first Neshobe Golf Club folded in 1903, the town of Brandon went without a golf course for the next 24 years.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway gears up for 58th season
New England’s fastest dirt track is back for another year of jam-packed racing action this May. The 2024 season will be the historic half-mile’s 58th, the 13th under the supervision of Mike & Alayne Bruno and this season’s schedule is a blend of returning classics, new ideas and new renditions of the Bruno era events fans have come to love.
Isaac Whitney wins his 100th wrestling match
Otter Valley Union High School junior wrestler Isaac Whitney recently won his 100th match, reaching the milestone at a Feb. 3 tournament hosted by Monument Mountain High School in Great Barrington, Mass.
Shiffrin wins 6th Killington World Cup slalom
Mikaela “Miki” Shiffrin raced to perfection to win her 90th World Cup race, 55 of them in slalom.
Otters impress at Cross Country State Championships
High School runners from around Vermont gathered at Thetford Academy on Saturday for the State Cross Country Championships.