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.
Our Creative Kids: Charlie Lewis
Charlie is in 6th grade and she draws in her freetime.
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
Two OV seniors named to 2022 North-South All-Star football roster
Keevon Parks and Caleb Whitney were recently named to the South team’s roster for this year’s North-South All-Star game to be held at Norwich University on November 20.
Otter golfers win back-to-back Division II state titles
Sparked by a medalist performance by sophomore Lucas Politano, the Otter Valley Union High School boys’ golf team claimed its second consecutive Division II championship on Thursday, Oct. 13.
OV field hockey snags 3-0 victory over Middlebury
The host Otter Valley field hockey team struck for two first-quarter goals against visiting Middlebury on Thursday, Oct. 6, and did enough the rest of the way to earn a 3-0 victory.
OV golfers qualify for 2022 Division II state tournament
The 2021 Division II champion Otter Valley boys’ golf team qualified to defend its title on Thursday, Oct. 6, by finishing second in the qualifying tournament on the Otters’ home course, Neshobe Golf Club.
OV girls’ soccer extends winning streak to four games
One of the hallmarks of great teamwork is communication. This is true in business and relationships, as well as in sports, and it has been a big part of the OV girls’ soccer team’s three-game win streak coming into Friday’s showdown with Springfield—including a 7-0 lambasting of Mill River on September 28.