This Week’s News
Brandon Police Report: Jan 31
Here’s what kept the Brando Police Department busy last week.
Hard Tellin’: How Artificial Intelligence is plotting our Eventual Stupidity
Call me old fashioned, but up until recently “AI” meant nothing more to me than the sound you make at the end of the day when you lay on the couch.
Brandon SB reverses on K-9, gets pushback on cop EVs
The Brandon Selectboard convened for its regular meeting on Monday evening, much of which was taken up by continued, active debate over electric vehicles for Brandon’s police fleet, the potential hiring of an additional police officer, and the Board’s decision to eliminate the Brandon Police Department’s K-9 unit.
‘The Art of Life’: Brandon’s Robert Black lets the world see through his eyes
All art is, on some level, an outward expression of an artist’s inner world—how that artist sees, feels, and thinks.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 16: Blackbird/Blackburn and Bashaw
Elucidating one set of “Lost Names” puzzles always opens a window to a new unexplored family.
Photos of the Week
Sports
State champs, again!
For the third consecutive game in the Division IV state softball playoffs, the West Rutland Golden Horde overcame a late-game deficit in the final two innings to upend their opponent.
Hartford ends OV baseball season
The Hartford Hurricanes defeated the Otters of Otter Valley in their last game of the season.
West Rutland comes up from behind to top Proctor
West Rutland continued the school’s improbable run to a possible state championship by coming from behind to top rival Proctor at Proctor’s softball/baseball complex on Tuesday afternoon.
Otters lose in the eighth to Hartford
The Hurricanes took advantage of a wind-blown fly ball and turned the misplayed fly ball into four runs in the top of the eighth to pin yet another tough defeat on the home team.
Otter Valley Softball pounds Fair Haven
The Otter Valley softball express continued its run through central Vermont with a resounding rout of Fair Haven on Saturday morning at the Slater’s home field.
