This Week’s News
Editorial: School resource officer role isn’t to be entered into lightly
BPD and the yet-to-be-hired school resource officer absolutely deserve our respect and the benefit of the doubt, but we must also proceed with caution.
One of Brandon’s ‘Pandemic Pups’ in national contest
Nearly three-year-old Maggie, the dog of Phil Keyes and Laura King, has made it to the quarterfinals of the America’s Favorite Pet competition!
Legislative Report: Ninth week shaping up to be busy
I fully expect by the end of this week, over 500 bills will have been introduced.
Brandon’s love of movies goes back in time
In October of 1899, not long after Thomas Edison invented the Kinetoscope, Brandon Town Hall hosted the Alonzo Hatch Electro-Photo Musical Company, giving the town its first taste of the new technology.
Photos of the Week
Sports
The Otter Valley wrestling team in first place again!
The Otter Valley wrestling team continued its dominant season with a first-place finish at the Jason Lowell Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Mount Mansfield Union High School.
Otter wrestling places first in 20th OV invitational
On the strength of second-place finishes in five weight classes, the Otter Valley Union High School wrestling team on Saturday took first place in its own tournament.
Proctor baseball going to Cooperstown
For the second time in the last decade, Proctor’s varsity baseball team will journey to Cooperstown, NY to play on the Championship field at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Otter girls’ basketball gains first win of season
The Otter Valley Union High School girls’ basketball team on Saturday broke through for its first win — at the expense of visiting Vergennes in overtime.
Three at the buzzer lifts Otter boys’ basketball over Eagles
About two seconds remained in the boys’ basketball game at Mount Abraham Friday evening when Otter Valley Union High School freshman guard Connor Denis launched a contested three-pointer from the arc’s right side.
