This Week’s News
Dunkin’ Donuts opens in Brandon
After years of anticipation, the Dunkin’ Donuts in downtown Brandon finally opened on Monday, September 18.
Mosquitos carrying West Nile Virus and EEE found in Vt.
Late summer is the peak time for these diseases, which can but rarely result in severe neurological symptoms and death.
Pianist and composer Alastair Stout performs at Pittsford Congregational Church’s hymn sing
Mr. Stout began the program with Johann Sebastian Bach’s Arioso, a slow, baroque virtuosic exercise.
Guest editorial: Breathing with the climate crisis, and the opportunity in it
My brother has always been a climate skeptic as far as human influence on the climate goes. However, it never stopped him from considering the opportunity that lives in assuming we do have a negative influence.
Point CounterPoint celebrates its 60th anniversary
The chamber music camp will host an Alumni Chamber Music Concert followed by a post-concert reception on Friday evening, September 29th, beginning at 7:30 p.m., at the Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple Street.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor girls’ soccer win state title
Playing what teammates called “Phantom soccer,” the Proctor girls soccer team dominated their finals match against Rivendell from the start, winning Saturday’s Division IV state championship game, 6-0.
Hunters preparing for deer season
Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, Nov. 16 and ends Sunday, Dec. 1.
Otters over Oxbow, 39-26
The Otter Valley Union High School football team is moving on to the semifinals after picking up a home win against Oxbow on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Stickin’ with it
Anger and sadness. That’s how the seniors on the Otter Valley Union High School field hockey squad described the ending of the 2018 season. Those two words summed up their feelings about last year’s season, and the motivation they had before this season began.
Otters football stun Fairfax
The Otter Valley Union High School football team upset previously unbeaten Fairfax on Saturday night, 38-36, to finish the regular season at 5-3 and earn the No. 3 seed in Division III.
