This Week’s News
Brandon eyes $2 million in infrastructure projects
The Brandon selectboard meeting kicked-off with Town Manager Dave Atherton outlining almost $2 million in upcoming projects facing the town.
RNESU settles three-year contract with teachers
Otter Valley Unified Union and Barstow Unified Union School Boards and the Teachers Association ratified a new three-year teacher contract for 2022-2025.
Redistricting bill reconfigures seats for Brandon-Pittsford area
The final maps of the redistricting bill, H.722, have been approved by the House and are headed to the Senate, which is expected to pass the legislation which occurs every decade after the new census.
Cliffs closed for peregrine nesting
To protect nesting peregrine falcons on the Green Mountain National Forest, Forest Service officials have once again closed access at two prominent cliff sites within the Forest’s Rochester and Middlebury Ranger Districts.
Marble Valley Grange aids Ukraine
Just 25 days after Russia began its invasion of the Ukraine, Marble Valley Grange has organized, collected, and shipped 11,475 doses of Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen to the Ukraine.
Photos of the Week
Sports
‘Game Seekers’: local hunters use online platforms to reach an audience
Fall in Vermont means foliage, cider, pumpkins, and, for a good number of our neighbors, hunting. Every year, people across the state pick up their bows and rifles and head out into the woods, hoping to bag a big-antlered buck or a fat, feathered turkey.
OV Football Club realizes a goal: an illuminated field
Let there be light! The Otter Valley Football Club realized a longstanding dream this past weekend: lights on Markowski Field at OVUHS.
Naylor & Breen golf tourney raises awareness of rare disease with local significance
Almost everyone in the Brandon area has been touched in one way or another by Naylor & Breen, the construction company founded by Rob Naylor and Peter Breen in 1978.
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.
