This Week’s News
Brandon Police Log: Children keep BPD busy
While on patrol, officers observed a child in diapers climbing a fence near a busy intersection on Conant Square.
Mary Pickford’s ‘My Best Girl’ with live music at Brandon Town Hall on Oct. 7
She was known as ‘America’s Sweetheart,’ but often played assertive take-charge characters that made her a role model to movie-goers around the world.
Nelson Richard ‘Dick’ Kirby, 92 years old and still going strong
Dick Kirby met German-American master rocketeer Wernher von Braun in Maryland in the 1950s while welding on a stainless-steel gas tank for the Redstone rocket.
OV Principal Michael Ruppel begins his second year
Michael Ruppel had big shoes to fill coming to Otter Valley last year. Jim Avery had been Principal for so long that an entire generation had never known OV without him.
Back to school with RNESU Superintendent Kristin Hubert and OVUU School Board President Laurie Bertrand
Steven Jupiter sat with Hubert and Bertrand for a conversation about past experience and what they’re hoping for the coming year.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Black River upsets Phantoms, 11-8
By RUSSELL JONES The Proctor Phantoms softball team came into the game against Black River on Friday, May 31, as the three-seed with a 12-3 record. They had won nine […]
Headed into semis, Otters look unstoppable
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley baseball squad is rolling through their playoff bracket, looking nearly unbeatable. They took on Bellows Falls on Friday, May 31, in Brandon and took […]
Otters are comeback kids, again
By RUSSELL JONES Otter Valley co-coaches Kelly Trayah and Toni Poalino may need to get their hearts checked after the softball season concludes as their Otter squad has been testing […]
Area teams ready for playoffs
OV Baseball captures top seed By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley baseball team is the number one seed in the Division II playoff bracket and are poised to make a […]
OV slides into playoffs with MVL title
By RUSSELL JONES After slugging it out with Springfield in their last game on Saturday, May 25, Otter Valley picked up an 18-11 win and the MVL title. The Otter […]
