This Week’s News
Cast Off 8’s Square Dance Club cuts a rug in Pittsford
Following the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, the world saw social dancing take off as people Charleston-ed, Shimmied, and Fox Trotted their way back into each other’s lives.
Floating Otters battle to out-paddle each other in annual homecoming raft race
Though it was canceled in 2020 due to COVID and featured just two rafts in last year’s edition, there is still a strong contingent that would like to see the race return to its former glory.
Sandy Korda of Orwell is Vermont’s Emergency Management Director of the Year
Korda was recognized for his commitment and excellence during the annual Vermont Emergency Preparedness Conference on September 20.
What can Brandon do to help the Monarch butterfly?
It has come as a shock to many of us that their numbers have dwindled so drastically that the Monarch—the State Butterfly of Vermont—has just been listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
GMP flattens fossil fuel fleet emissions at their Destroy-a-Truck event in Pittsford
In the 37th law of Robert Greene’s book The 48 laws of Power, under the heading “Create Compelling Spectacles,” Green wrote that “Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of power—everyone responds to them.”
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Sports
‘Scrappy’ Otter girls’ basketball team down but not out
Early on the visiting Otter Valley girls’ basketball team on Friday looked determined to take it to Middlebury, using tough man-to-man defense to force a batch of turnovers and a balanced attack to bolt to a 11-4 lead after one period.
Local athletes named 2022 football all-stars
Several members of the Otter Valley Union High School Division III football team, as well as members of the Division I Middlebury and Division III Mount Abraham-Vergennes football teams, were named all-stars in voting by the leagues’ coaches.
Record Killington fans cheer FIS World Cup racers
Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America hosted the women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup for the sixth time over Thanksgiving Weekend.
FISU World Conference to address climate change and winter sports
“Winter sporting communities and athletes alike are seeing first-hand the impact of climate change on winter sport,” said Ashley Walden, Adirondack Sports Council executive director and a member of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games’ Organizing Committee.
OV boys soccer bows out to MUHS, 7-0
Looking at this past Saturday’s game, Tiger Coach Chris George was pleased with his team’s ball movement and work to create good looks on goal, and also credited the Otters’ effort.
