This Week’s News
Beyond the garden gate: a visit with Ellen Walter
I love to ask gardeners how and when they first felt they truly started gardening. Our next gardener, Ellen Walter, has a fun story to tell.
Green Mountain Conservation Camp hosts ‘Workcation’ weekends
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is looking for volunteers to join them for fun-filled weekends to get the camps ready for the 2023 season.
Pittsford Village Farm finds its footing
PVF now has artists’ studios, a community garden, walking paths, concerts, and talks.
Ray Miro returns to wrestling at Otter Valley
Wrestling great Ray Miro has returned to Otter Valley Union High School, the place where he started the wrestling program in 1977.
OV’s Walking Stick takes flight with ‘The Sparrow’
Otter Valley Union High School hosted the 2023 State Drama Festival this past weekend, the first such event since COVID shut the festival down in 2020.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Brandon Bison clash with Proctor Phantoms
The House of Noise was rocking on Monday night as the Otters of Otter Valley girls’ basketball team took on the Proctor Phantoms on 1961 Night. The 4-8 Otters, who were wearing the pre-merger Brandon Bison throwback jerseys, got off to a hot start but…
1961: A season to remember
In the fall of 1961, the high schools in Brandon and Pittsford merged to form Otter Valley Union high school. Prior to that merger, both schools fielded athletic teams. Throughout that long history at Pittsford High School, they had never had a state championship in any sport…
