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At a special meeting on Tuesday, June 24, the Otter Valley Unified Union School Board received a presentation from the Board’s Facilities Committee concerning the possible expansion of the Otter Valley building to accommodate a separate, new wing for the Middle School.

If you’ve ever limboed or Macarenaed or Cupid Shuffled at the street dance after the Independence Day Parade in Brandon, you’ve enjoyed the work of Derrick Cram, DJ extraordinaire and this year’s Grand Marshal. 

Brandon has had its share of famous Vermont individuals, including Stephen A. Douglas and Thomas Davenport.

If you walked into the ballroom at the Brandon Inn last Friday evening, you would’ve heard Ana Guigui at the Steinway piano leading her audience through a range of expertly rendered classics by Simon & Garfunkel, Carole King, Billy Joel, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and even Journey.

An energetic cast of 20 youths—kindergarten through twelfth grade ages—entertained appreciative audiences at Otter Valley this past weekend.

The Brandon Selectboard convened for its regular meeting on Monday evening.

Now that their first legislative session has ended, The Reporter spoke with State Representatives Todd Nielsen of Brandon and Alicia Malay of Pittsford-Proctor to ask about their experience in Montpelier and plans for next session.

The nucleus of this story started in my classroom at Otter Valley sixteen years ago.

Summer in Vermont is full of sound: birds chirping, water splashing, and music playing almost everywhere you go.