This Week’s News
Just chillin’ at the Chili Cook-Off
The 7th Annual Pittsford Chili Cook-Off raised $10,000 from sponsors, entrants, and guests.
Brandon Police Report: Serious traffic violations keep police busy
Multiple break-ins and thefts of items from cars reported overnight on North Street.
Brandon selectboard talks postage, EV chargers, and police assists
The Brandon Selectboard gathered for its regular meeting on Monday evening, preceded by its incarnations as the Board of Local Cannabis Control Commissioners and the Board of Sewer Commissioners.
Honoree Fleming is more than her murder
Ms. Fleming was 77 when she was murdered, an ignoble ending to what had been a rather dignified life.
Names Lost in Vermont, Part 9: Fields, Fillioe, and Felion
What started out as an inquiry into solving one man’s changed surname unexpectedly linked three distantly related families, with variant spellings of their last name, to their common ancestral couple in Québec.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV wrestling coach named Vermont Coach of the Year; team takes third at state championship
When the mats were rolled up on Saturday night in the Vergennes Union High School gym, wrestlers from Mount Abraham, Middlebury, Otter Valley and the host school had racked up three individual state titles and 20 top-six podium finishes at the Vermont championship tournament.
7th-grade OV girls’ hoop beats Rutland at home, 22-19
The Otter Valley 7th-grade girls’ basketball team had a terrific home game against Rutland on Friday, February 10.
OV wrestling takes third in state championship
Otter Valley wrestling added another notch to its belt this year with its third-place finish in the state dual-meet championship at Springfield High School on Saturday, February 11.
Special snow goose hunting opportunity
Vermont has a special spring snow goose hunting opportunity that will be held from March 11 through April 23.
The Otter Valley wrestling team in first place again!
The Otter Valley wrestling team continued its dominant season with a first-place finish at the Jason Lowell Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Mount Mansfield Union High School.

