This Week’s News
State to drop masking in schools on March 14th
Last week, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced that the state would no longer recommend that students wear masks in schools after March 14, a change in masking guidelines that included all public indoor spaces.
Brandon folk artist follows life passion
Robin Kent is the artist behind three signs you may remember on the streets in Brandon: New Moon, Café Provence and Taco and Bean.
Whiting meeting in person, Town Meeting items approved
It was something like an old Town Meeting Day in Whiting this week as residents held an in-person meeting on the first Tuesday in March, after postponing their annual town meeting until May last year because of the pandemic.
Leicester denies cannabis, passes budget
When it came to the big money items on the Town Meeting Day warning, Leicester voters were an easy sale.
Goshen meeting, in person and animated
GOSHEN — An unusually large spending item on the Goshen’s town meeting warning animated the group of about three dozen residents who came to an in-person meeting at town hall Monday evening.
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Sports
The joy of golfing needs no defense
I have reached an age where it is becoming ever more common for me to take stock of my life, and lately I keep hearing this one eerie message echo across my landscape: “You’ve wasted too much of your life playing golf.”
Audet rebounds for Devil’s Bowl Sportsman win
Troy Audet technically has not lost a race that he has competed in at Devil’s Bowl Speedway during the last two weeks, but that does not mean that the road has been an easy one for him.
Coach Wade Mitchell honored at Otter Valley
Legendary coach Wade Mitchell was honored posthumously prior to the Otter Valley Varsity baseball game on Monday, May 15th.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway ready for season opener
Stock car racing season has arrived in Vermont, and West Haven’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway will be the first track in the Green Mountain State to swing its gates open on Saturday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m.
Ray Miro returns to wrestling at Otter Valley
Wrestling great Ray Miro has returned to Otter Valley Union High School, the place where he started the wrestling program in 1977.