This Week’s News
Moveable Feasts: A sermon
Christmas falls every year on December 25. To determine the dates of Passover and Easter for 2024, most of us would have to consult a calendar.
Leicester family loses home in fire, community steps up
It’s a house we drive by every day, right on Route 7 just over the Leicester line from Brandon. And last Tuesday night, it went up in flames.
Pittsford Auto Center gives laughs for free
Gordon and Meghan Fox have developed a reputation for reliable used cars and auto repair. But most folks know them as the “funny sign people in Pittsford.”
Planning for Brandon July 4th Parade underway
Brandon’s Independence Day festivities are a beloved local tradition.
Brandon Selectboard discusses applicants, trucks, salt, & sidewalk
At its regular meeting on Monday evening, the Brandon Selectboard discussed two expenses that had not been part of the budget workshops in the fall.
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Sports
Otters smother Mount Abe 46-25 for bigtime Homecoming victory
The Otter Valley football team broke open Saturday’s Division III game against Mount Abraham-Vergennes with a three-touchdown second quarter on the way to a big homecoming win.
Otter Valley Union High School fall sports report
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — As the Otter Valley fall 2022 sports season heats up, a strong field hockey team looks to be competitive, the school’s golf team has its […]
OVUHS sports round-up
OV girls soccer took a 2-1 victory over West Rutland on Wednesday, Sept. 14, thanks mainly to the outstanding play of its entire roster.
Brandon’s first family of golf
Paul Politano hardly played golf while growing up in southern Vermont (Wilmington). “My dad never let me play,” he said in a conversation last week outside the golf shop at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course, where Paul has been the golf pro since 2017.
Otter Valley sports wrap-up
In a Sunday match-up with Mill River, the Otter Valley varsity football team saw two untimely interceptions and an unfortunate fourth-quarter penalty hinder the Otter’s chance to notch a win as Mill River held on 12-7 to beat the Otters.