This Week’s News
“Lucky Stiff” to come to the Otter Valley Stage
It has been 22 years since there has been a theatrical production on the Otter Valley stage featuring adult actors and singers. All that is about to change, as “Lucky Stiff” takes the stage for performances on September 13, 14 and 15.
Old rivals and trash talk prevail at 4th annual VT Trivia Championship
The Red Sox and the Yankees. The Sharks and the Jets. The Hatfields and the McCoys. Iconic rivalries beget iconic clashes. And so it was at the 4th annual Vermont Trivia Championship at Estabrook Park in Brandon on Saturday, July 27, during the Brandon Carnival.
Pittsford’s Red Barn apartments get new owners and a new name
To anyone just driving by, 2239 Route 7 in Pittsford looks like what it started out as: a giant dairy barn. However, the bank of mailboxes at the top of the driveway suggests that all is not what it seems.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Burning rubber: Brandon’s Joey Scarborough racks up wins at local racetracks
Joey Scarborough was driving racecars years before he even had a license to drive himself to school.
Skip Jennings Founders Cup Golf Tournament at Neshobe Golf Club
Skip Jennings, 93 years old, led off the tournament with a beautiful drive right down the middle of the fairway on hole #1.
Kaizen Fitness Arts, martial arts studio, opens in Brandon
Growing up in New Hampshire, David Belanger was a big fan of Ip Man, a Chinese martial artist who taught the legendary Bruce Lee.
The new Nesh, founded on old farmland, still thriving
After the Brandon Country Club closed in 1944, the town went without a golf course for thirteen years until, in 1957, a group of Brandon golfers started investigating places in town to build a new one.
VT Wrestling Championship at Otter Valley; Cole named Coach of the Year
Vermont’s top wrestlers competed in the “House of Noise” at OV last Friday and Saturday. One hundred and fifty-one competitors on 25 teams vied for the individual and team state championships.
