This Week’s News
Tim Brookes presents ‘Endangered Alphabets’ at the Brandon Library
While humans absorb spoken language almost by osmosis—we learn to speak and process language through immersion in a spoken environment—we need to be actively taught how to read and write.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 46: Oakes, Ash, Hickory, and Plumtree
The burgeoning of spring inspires me to reunite these anglicized French-Canadian names with their original birth surnames.
OV’s Kiera Mallette shows off her art at the Brandon Inn
OV senior and Brandon resident Kiera Mallette had a one-day exhibit of her portrait drawings at the Brandon Inn on Sunday, March 30.
Blooming Bungalow offers art classes in Brandon
Though Brandon is often called the “art and soul of Vermont” because of its concentration of artists and galleries, most notably the Brandon Artists Guild, there wasn’t a place where locals could take art classes or just come to make art.
Ahoy Mateys! ‘Treasure Island’ presented by the Brandon Actors Troupe at Otter Valley delights the audience
The youth company of Brandon Actors Troupe presented “Treasure Island” last weekend on the Otter Valley High School stage to appreciative audiences.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Vermont trout season opens April 9
Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 9. Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season if they keep a few strategies in mind.
Proctor boys defeat Twinfield in playdown opener, lose to Rivendell
The Proctor boys opened their playoff schedule on Wednesday, March 2, against the Twinfield Trojans and put on one of their performances of the season, rolling to a 57-36 win.
State Champions! West Rutland battles Proctor down to the wire, 57-56
The West Rutland Golden Horde girl’s basketball team won the school’s second state championship in Division IV girls basketball in the past four years by defeating rival Proctor, 57-56, at the Barre Auditorium this past Saturday.
Otters oust Oxbow, 69-38, in state playdown opener
The Otter Valley Otters ladies basketball team defeated the Oxbow Olympians, 69-37, on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the House of Noise in the first round of the Vermont State Tournament.
Proctor girls handle OV, 57–42
In one of the more entertaining county games in many years, the Phantom Proctor girls ran their record to an impressive 14-1 with a solid 57-42 win over their neighbors to the north, Otter Valley Union High School, on Wednesday night, February 16.
