This Week’s News
Brandon Festival Singers ring in the holiday season with 42nd annual concert
The Brandon Festival Singers performed their 42nd annual holiday concert to a packed house at the Brandon Congregational Church on Sunday, December 8.
Pittsford Historical Society presents an old craft form: Samplers
Two hundred years ago, it was usual for young women to craft a piece of stitchery, embroidering a small piece of cloth with alphabets and numbers, perhaps in different styles, perhaps also with a verse and also design elements.
A new twist on ‘A Christmas Carol’ comes to Brandon this weekend
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a beloved holiday classic, but we’ve all seen or read it a thousand times.
From Adams to EmRose: vacation site in Brandon gets a big makeover
For the better part of the past year, everyone driving down Route 7 south of Brandon Village has wondered about the transformation of the old Adams cabin resort—most recently known as the Autumn Mountain Winery & Cabins.
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Sports
Otters smother Mount Abe 46-25 for bigtime Homecoming victory
The Otter Valley football team broke open Saturday’s Division III game against Mount Abraham-Vergennes with a three-touchdown second quarter on the way to a big homecoming win.
Otter Valley Union High School fall sports report
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — As the Otter Valley fall 2022 sports season heats up, a strong field hockey team looks to be competitive, the school’s golf team has its […]
OVUHS sports round-up
OV girls soccer took a 2-1 victory over West Rutland on Wednesday, Sept. 14, thanks mainly to the outstanding play of its entire roster.
Brandon’s first family of golf
Paul Politano hardly played golf while growing up in southern Vermont (Wilmington). “My dad never let me play,” he said in a conversation last week outside the golf shop at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course, where Paul has been the golf pro since 2017.
Otter Valley sports wrap-up
In a Sunday match-up with Mill River, the Otter Valley varsity football team saw two untimely interceptions and an unfortunate fourth-quarter penalty hinder the Otter’s chance to notch a win as Mill River held on 12-7 to beat the Otters.