This Week’s News
Audet rebounds for Devil’s Bowl Sportsman win
Troy Audet technically has not lost a race that he has competed in at Devil’s Bowl Speedway during the last two weeks, but that does not mean that the road has been an easy one for him.
Our Creative Kids: Harmeny Stevens
Harmeny Stevens is in first grade at Otter Creek Academy in Leicester.
Our Creative Kids: Poetry Corner
A poem by Otter Creek Academy fourth-grader by Bryce Mitchell.
Pittsford Village Farm builds an outdoor pavilion
Over a year ago, Maclure Library, Pittsford Village Farm and community members applied for a Better Places grant with the vision of building an outdoor space, accessible to all and protected from the sun and rain.
Vermont Open Studio Tour celebrates 31 years
The thirty-first year of Vermont Spring Open Studio Weekend will be held during Saturday and Sunday of May 27 & 28, from 10-5 each day.
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.
