This Week’s News
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.
Still ‘gourmet’ in all but name: Morningside Bakery reopens after revamp
After an all-hands-on-deck renovation this past month that brightened the space, “Gourmet Provence” has re-opened as Morningside Bakery.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Pittsford’s Patrick Daly takes ninth place at the USA Youth Climbing Nationals
Ten years of training probably sounds like a long time for most. For 15-year-old Patrick Daly of Pittsford, it’s practically a lifetime.
Stone, Kelly score on Double Feature Night at Devil’s Bowl
WEST HAVEN—Young racers Justin Stone and Marty Kelly III held serve at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, August 20, as The Stove Depot presented the annual Double Feature Night. The […]
Justin Comes busts out for back-to-back wins at Devil’s Bowl
With dry-slick conditions underneath him, Comes marched forward from the 17th starting position to make an authoritative statement for the win. Comes also scored the Charlie LaDuc “Hard Charger” bonus for gaining a race-high 16 positions.
Brian Thomas named new OVUHS varsity soccer coach
Otter Valley Union High School has promoted JV boys’ soccer coach Brian Thomas to take over as its varsity coach, according to OV Athletic Director Steven Keith.
Otter Valley’s Dylan Stevens-Clark named captain for Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl
For the last 69 years, all-star Vermont and New Hampshire high school football players have been squaring off in the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl game to help raise funds for the Shriners Children’s Hospitals as part of 30 Shrine games nationwide.
