This Week’s News
Special election coverage
The Reporter sent questionnaires to local candidates for Vermont House of Representatives. We asked the candidates to explain their positions on a number of issues that are on the minds of local voters.
Local residents invited to experience Native American culture at Brandon powwow
Before Vermont was settled by Europeans, it was home to the Abenaki, an Algonquin tribe whose lands stretched from Maine to Lake Champlain.
Airstream group looks forward to rally in Brandon
The organizers of the September 27-29 Airstream camper rally in Brandon want y’all to know they’re in bed by 8 p.m.
Brandon SB & Budget Committee discuss cost of policing
The Brandon Selectboard and the Brandon Budget Committee met on Monday evening for the first discussion of the FY25-26 budget season.
‘Lucky Stiff’ delights the Otter Valley stage
This past weekend saw the first theatrical production on the Otter Valley stage featuring adult actors and singers in 22 years.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV field hockey beats Fair Haven, 7-0, to earn No. 4 seed in Division II playoffs
The Otter Valley field hockey team earned the No. 4 seed in Division II after a successful regular season that concluded late last week. The Otters will open their title quest on Friday.
Field hockey love
A couple of weeks ago, an out-of-town sports team came to Brandon to donate a day of free labor. Brandon’s economic development and recreation director Bill Moore welcomed the help and put the Castleton University field hockey team to work moving a big pile of woodchips at the Seminary Hill Park playground and painting picnic tables at Estabrook Park.
Cosmos, Otters embody sportsmanship
This past Saturday, the Otter Valley field hockey team met visiting Springfield in which both teams came out as winners by seeing close-up what good sportsmanship means.
OV wins State Championship!
The Otter Valley boys’ golf team dominated the field at the Manchester Country Club on Thursday, Oct. 10 to win the Division II championship by a 22-stroke margin.
Eagles pull away to topple OV in high scoring battle, 44-20
The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team converted seven Otter Valley turnovers into 30 points on Saturday as the Division II Eagles won for the time this season, 44-20, at the visiting Otters’ expense.
