This Week’s News
Angella Gibbons Wins 2021 GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award
Green Mountain Power honors EarthWalk Vermont Founder PLAINFIELD, Vt. – Angella Gibbons, who founded EarthWalk Vermont and provided environmental mentorship to thousands of Vermont children and adults, has been named […]
Arturo Mendiola revels in the community spirit of Swiss Roll competition
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS BRANDON — Arturo Mendiola, 35, is a big man with a big appetite for Little Debbie Swiss Rolls. A four-time defending champion of Brandon’s Swiss Roll eating […]
The true cost of Hydro Quebec
BY BEN GORDESKY In 2010, Vermont lawmakers lifted the cap on hydropower and became one of the only states that allows utilities to meet their renewable energy requirements with electricity […]
BLSG to stop spraying for mosquitos in Salisbury
BY JOHN VAALER LEICESTER/SALISBURY — Salisbury will no longer be sprayed for mosquitos by the Brandon Leicester Salisbury Goshen & Pittsford Insect Control District (BLSG), which voted at a meeting […]
No rides on Shoreham’s Fort Ticonderoga ferry yet
BY JOHN VAALER SHOREHAM — The Fort Ticonderoga Ferry, which provides 7-minute-long ferry rides across Lake Champlain from Shoreham, Vt., to Ticonderoga, N.Y., has not yet reopened this summer. Longtime […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor girls look to ‘finish the run’
By RUSSELL JONES PROCTOR — The Proctor girls soccer team hosted Poultney for their last regular season game on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Taranovich Field. The Phantoms came in with […]
Politano wins state title in golf
Otter Valley Union High School junior Mia Politano fired an 84 on Oct. 8 at the Proctor-Pittsford Country Club to become the Division II girls’ medalist for the second straight year.
Horde defeat Sharon Academy, 3-0
By RUSSELL JONES The West Rutland boys soccer team improved to 5-4-2 on the season after defeating Sharon Academy 3-0 on Friday, Oct. 4. All in all, they are putting […]
Proctor boys remain unbeaten, defeat MSJ 6-1
By RUSSELL JONES Saturday’s boys soccer matchup between Mount St. Joseph and Proctor was a tale of two programs having starkly different seasons. MSJ came into the match with a […]
OV girls soccer comes close against Minutemen in double overtime
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley girls soccer team came close to grabbing a win against Mill River on Friday, Oct. 4, but after two overtimes the Minutemen prevailed, 5-4. […]
