This Week’s News
Mona Rogers closes the book on career at East Midd. library
Mona Rogers had an impressive resume to show off when she interviewed to lead the Sarah Partridge Library in East Middlebury back in 2003.
Take a book, leave a book
It took a year due to the pandemic, but a Little Library opened in Brandon’s Kennedy Park on Monday.
Policy, not party
A well-known Brandon activist, educator and volunteer has announced his run for Rutland County Senator as an Independent.
Proctor Marble Museum gets boost for incubator space
The Proctor Marble Museum has received valuable tax credits to help with planned renovations of the space and encourage economic development.
Ready or not, schools set to re-open
Superintendent working out the details of an evolving pandemic education plan By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON —With less than a month to go before the 2020-21 school year begins, plans […]
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Sports
OV Football wins big in playoffs, moves to state semis
Isaac Whitney had a huge game, gaining 180 yards and scoring 4 touchdowns to lead the Otter Valley football team to a 46–14 playoff win over rival Mill River Saturday night under the new lights at Markowski Field.
Local group proposes multi-town community rec center
On a rainy Sunday afternoon, a bunch of middle-aged friends in Pittsford want to play some pick-up basketball. Or some older folks want to continue their daily exercise walks when the snow is knee deep outside in winter. Or some kids want to play volleyball but the school gyms are all closed. Where can they go?
‘Game Seekers’: local hunters use online platforms to reach an audience
Fall in Vermont means foliage, cider, pumpkins, and, for a good number of our neighbors, hunting. Every year, people across the state pick up their bows and rifles and head out into the woods, hoping to bag a big-antlered buck or a fat, feathered turkey.
OV Football Club realizes a goal: an illuminated field
Let there be light! The Otter Valley Football Club realized a longstanding dream this past weekend: lights on Markowski Field at OVUHS.
Naylor & Breen golf tourney raises awareness of rare disease with local significance
Almost everyone in the Brandon area has been touched in one way or another by Naylor & Breen, the construction company founded by Rob Naylor and Peter Breen in 1978.