This Week’s News
Proctor Select Board discusses $19,000 trail redesign
March 24, 2021 By SOPHIA BUCKLEY- CLEMENT PROCTOR — The Proctor Select Board revealed during the March 8 meeting that there was a $19,000 cost overrun of the Beaver Pond […]
Their cup runneth over
Red Clover Ale in the running for best brew March 17, 2021 By SOPHIA BUCKLEY-CLEMENT BRANDON — “Unhurried” isn’t just a catchphrase for many in the town of Brandon, it’s […]
Matt Clark named OV boys’ lacrosse coach
March 10, 2021 By SOPHIA BUCKLEY-CLEMENT BRANDON — Otter Valley High School has hired a new head coach for its varsity boys lacrosse team, fulfilling a dream in the process. […]
Otter Valley’s Walking Stick Theatre to perform annual spring musical al fresco
Pandemic compelled director and students to learn to create theatre in different ways March 10, 2021 By JOSIE GAWRYS BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School’s Walking Stick Theatre group […]
Taking the pulse: Voters weigh in on in-person voting
By SOPHIE BUCKLEY-CLEMENT WEST RUTLAND/PROCTOR — It was a frigid day, but that did deter voters from showing up to the Town Hall for Town Meeting Day. The Reporter visited […]
Photos of the Week
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.