This Week’s News
Otter Valley 8th-graders learn Abenaki art techniques
With the help of funding from the Brandon Artist Guild, history teacher Matthew Clark and art teacher Dasha Kalisz hosted visiting artist Judy Dow on December 12 and 13 for an enriching interdisciplinary basket making tutorial with the 8th-grade history class.
Housing crisis could interfere with Vt. efforts to resettle 550 refugees by next fall
Vermont officials have expressed willingness to accept 555 new refugees by next fall, though they said the number could decrease due to the state’s housing crisis.
The fishy story of the seafood truck
A couple of weeks ago, The Reporter’s George Field scanned a few of Mim’s photos to run for the upcoming issue. Little did we know that he was about to unearth a local scandal!
Beautifying Brandon: Local gardeners lent their talents to downtown
Sarah Pattis showed perspicacity when she decided to have local gardeners adopt the new gardens created by Segment 6.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otter Valley lacrosse gets first win, splits two games
Otter Valley lacrosse gained its first win of the season with a hard fought victory over Randolph on Monday, April 25.
2022 Spring Sports Schedules
Check here for this year’s local high school spring sports schedules.
Otter Valley, Bellows Falls split doubleheader
The Otter Valley Otters and the Terriers of Bellows Falls took turns dominating play in a rare Monday afternoon doubleheader at Otter Valley High School on Monday.
OV bests Mill River, 38–33, in United basketball
Mill River hosted OV in unified basketball on Thursday, March 31. It was the first game after a two-season pause due to Covid.
OV names new head varsity football coach
The Otter Valley football team’s offensive coordinator was recently promoted to Head Varsity Coach of the team heading into the 2022 season.