This Week’s News
Reggae jam rocks Castle
By RUSSELL JONES Reggae fans from around the area met at Wilson Castle in Proctor on Saturday, June 15, for the Wilson Castle Jam Fest. The concert, put on by […]
From corn to hemp, local farm changes crop to keep growing
By RUSSELL JONES “Our secret’s out,” grinned Sam Markowski as he surveyed a dirt field full of different farm equipment. “We’re growing hemp up here in Pittsford.” A close relative […]
Building trust will be first steps in OVUU Board’s 10-year plan
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley Unified Union has taken the first steps to correct a shortcoming that may be critical to approving the district’s long-term and controversial plans: trust. […]
‘No’ says OVUU
Pittsford Selectboard must find new way to fund repairing dangerous sidewalk By RUSSELL JONES The Pittsford Selectboard showed up at the Otter Valley Unified Union school board meeting on Wednesday, […]
QVUU board ends year in black, kindergarten class nears capacity
By RUSSELL JONES The Quarry Valley Unified Union school district is still working out all the kinks after merging districts, but after a five-month freeze on spending they are expecting […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV, Proctor, Westside winter sports teams kick-off the season
The COVD-shortened winter of the 2020-21 high school sports season is behind us, and the teams at Otter Valley are happy about that. The pandemic forced the school’s basketball programs, like those elsewhere, to play abbreviated seasons, and wrestling was sidelined for the entire season.
OV girl’s basketball drops opener
In a hard-fought season opening game in which the teams traded game-changing runs, the host Middlebury Union girls’ basketball team put together the decisive surge to outlast Otter Valley, 35-28.
Six Otters named to Second Team All-Stars
After a successful season this fall, 10 members of the Otter Valley football team received postseason recognition from the Division III coaches.
OV beats Mill River in quarterfinal, 12-6
The third-seeded Otter Valley football team outlasted visiting No. 6 Mill River, 12-6, on Saturday in a Division III quarterfinal and will play No. 2 Fairfax in a semifinal this coming Saturday.
Proctor girls soccer shoots for 11th straight trip to finals
Going into the girls Division IV soccer playoffs, the question around the state is whether anyone can challenge two-time defending champions, the Proctor Phantoms.