This Week’s News
West Rutland residents meet with developers of housing project
The conference room at West Rutland Town Hall, where the meeting took place, was at capacity, as dozens of community members came to hear HRTC’s pitch and ask questions about the impact of the project.
Editorial: Time for tough conversations
A month or two ago, The Reporter received an anonymous email from a former employee of Regional Ambulance Service in Rutland.
Brandon Planning Commission hosts Town Plan forum
More than 50 citizens assembled at Town Hall on Sunday evening to share their visions for Brandon’s future with the town Planning Commission, as a first step toward updating the Brandon Town Plan.
OVUU school board reviews surplus, Stafford, & Hawk Hill
At the OVUU board meeting on Tuesday May 16th, the administration informed the board of a projected $176,000 budget surplus for the fiscal year ending in June.
Time Machine: The mystery of the Pittsford Boga Man
Local lore has it that travelers on the byways and thoroughfares between Brandon and Pittsford were oft harassed and tormented by the Pittsford boga man, a creature of mystery and great power who would pluck night riders right off their horses and scurry them off to his hidden lair, never to be seen again.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Mt. Abraham cruises past Otter boys in nail-biter, 57-42
The Mount Abraham boys basketball team took a trip down Route 7 for a clash with Otter Valley in a Saturday afternoon matinee at the “House of Noise” and used their size and speed to claim the win, 57-42.
Otter Valley wins on Senior Night
The Otter women welcomed the Wasps of Woodstock to Senior Night at the “House of Noise” on Friday, February 11 before a raucous crowd.
Otter Valley defeats Hartford, 36–34
The Otter Valley girls basketball team defeated the visiting Hartford Hurricanes, 36-34, on Friday, January 28 at the “House of Noise” in Brandon.
OV, Proctor, Westside winter sports teams kick-off the season
The COVD-shortened winter of the 2020-21 high school sports season is behind us, and the teams at Otter Valley are happy about that. The pandemic forced the school’s basketball programs, like those elsewhere, to play abbreviated seasons, and wrestling was sidelined for the entire season.
OV girl’s basketball drops opener
In a hard-fought season opening game in which the teams traded game-changing runs, the host Middlebury Union girls’ basketball team put together the decisive surge to outlast Otter Valley, 35-28.