This Week’s News
Wyman Timber to take over Brandon transfer station
By RUSSELL JONES The town of Brandon will have a new transfer station operator beginning in September. After months of negotiating with the current operators of the town’s garbage and […]
Pittsford Selectboard commits to sidewalk
By RUSSELL JONES Despite not being able to secure funds from the Burditt Trust, the Pittsford Selectboard remained committed to the sidewalk project in front of the Lothrop School on […]
Estabrook Music Festival set for Labor Day weekend
By RUSSELL JONES The first annual Estabrook Music Festival will happen on Labor Day weekend, giving area residents a final chance to cut loose before the end of summer. The […]
The Brandon Buzz
By JAY MICHAEL, REPRESENTING THE BLSG MOSQUITO DISTRICT Finally, in July, the weather turned and the rain subsided to a more normal level and the Otter Creek went back in […]
The sweet taste of history
New owners of Maple Museum look to continue rich Vermont tradition By RUSSELL JONES The New England Maple Museum, on Route 7 in Pittsford, has been open for four decades, […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Cosmos, Otters embody sportsmanship
This past Saturday, the Otter Valley field hockey team met visiting Springfield in which both teams came out as winners by seeing close-up what good sportsmanship means.
OV wins State Championship!
The Otter Valley boys’ golf team dominated the field at the Manchester Country Club on Thursday, Oct. 10 to win the Division II championship by a 22-stroke margin.
Eagles pull away to topple OV in high scoring battle, 44-20
The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team converted seven Otter Valley turnovers into 30 points on Saturday as the Division II Eagles won for the time this season, 44-20, at the visiting Otters’ expense.
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.