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
Two OV wrestlers win in tourney
Two Otter Valley Union High School wrestlers won their weight classes at Mount Mansfield’s annual Jason Lowell tournament on Saturday…
Brandon Bison clash with Proctor Phantoms
The House of Noise was rocking on Monday night as the Otters of Otter Valley girls’ basketball team took on the Proctor Phantoms on 1961 Night. The 4-8 Otters, who were wearing the pre-merger Brandon Bison throwback jerseys, got off to a hot start but…
1961: A season to remember
In the fall of 1961, the high schools in Brandon and Pittsford merged to form Otter Valley Union high school. Prior to that merger, both schools fielded athletic teams. Throughout that long history at Pittsford High School, they had never had a state championship in any sport…
