This Week’s News
Town of Brandon gets feisty at ‘Family Feud’
Real Family Feud returned to the Paramount Theatre in Rutland on Saturday night.
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.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor boys defeat Twinfield in playdown opener, lose to Rivendell
The Proctor boys opened their playoff schedule on Wednesday, March 2, against the Twinfield Trojans and put on one of their performances of the season, rolling to a 57-36 win.
State Champions! West Rutland battles Proctor down to the wire, 57-56
The West Rutland Golden Horde girl’s basketball team won the school’s second state championship in Division IV girls basketball in the past four years by defeating rival Proctor, 57-56, at the Barre Auditorium this past Saturday.
Otters oust Oxbow, 69-38, in state playdown opener
The Otter Valley Otters ladies basketball team defeated the Oxbow Olympians, 69-37, on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the House of Noise in the first round of the Vermont State Tournament.
Proctor girls handle OV, 57–42
In one of the more entertaining county games in many years, the Phantom Proctor girls ran their record to an impressive 14-1 with a solid 57-42 win over their neighbors to the north, Otter Valley Union High School, on Wednesday night, February 16.
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.