This Week’s News
OCA teacher retires after 43 years
After 43 years of teaching at Leicester Elementary, Laura Coro is retiring at the end of this school year.
Green Up Day comes to VT
With a statewide focus to clear up every town road in the state, this year’s statewide Green Up Day campaign is challenging towns to reach the 100% goal.
Brandon’s Green Up Day set for May 7; details ready at Central Park Gazebo
Green Up Day is coming! Green Up Day is always the first Saturday in May and falls on May 7 this year.
Oops! Contractor takes the roof off wrong house
Brandon police received an unusual call on Thursday, April 21…
Energy dominates select board agenda; EV or gas-powered cruisers?
A lengthy discussion on how Brandon should be investing in renewable energy and lowering its carbon footprint conflicted with the perceived practical realities of the times at the town’s selectboard meeting Monday night.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor girls’ soccer win state title
Playing what teammates called “Phantom soccer,” the Proctor girls soccer team dominated their finals match against Rivendell from the start, winning Saturday’s Division IV state championship game, 6-0.
Hunters preparing for deer season
Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, Nov. 16 and ends Sunday, Dec. 1.
Otters over Oxbow, 39-26
The Otter Valley Union High School football team is moving on to the semifinals after picking up a home win against Oxbow on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Stickin’ with it
Anger and sadness. That’s how the seniors on the Otter Valley Union High School field hockey squad described the ending of the 2018 season. Those two words summed up their feelings about last year’s season, and the motivation they had before this season began.
Otters football stun Fairfax
The Otter Valley Union High School football team upset previously unbeaten Fairfax on Saturday night, 38-36, to finish the regular season at 5-3 and earn the No. 3 seed in Division III.
