This Week’s News
Carrying the torch
Dunmore Hose Co. celebrates 125 years By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The Brandon Fire Department reached a milestone over the weekend — an open house for its 125th anniversary. Although it was not the first fire department in Brandon, the Dunmore Hose Company is the longest lasting and the current firefighting force for the town. […]
Dynamic duo retires
For 25 years, Leicester camp bridged gap to help keep kids engaged over summer By RUSSELL JONES LEICESTER — Bittersweet. That was the word on everyone’s lips as they enjoyed a pancake breakfast at the Leicester Central School building on Friday, Aug. 2. It was the last day of the Summer Alive program for Leicester, […]
Area drug stores get new name
By RUSSELL JONES ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON — The effects of a $4 billion business deal announced in 2017 are just now rippling through our part of Vermont. Rite Aid stores in Brandon, Bristol and Middlebury last week hung signs or banners announcing the new name of the retail drug store — Walgreens. Under the […]
West Rutland’s Carl Serrani selected for hoops Hall of Fame
By RUSSELL JONES WEST RUTLAND — By any means of measurement, this has been a year of unrivaled success for the West Rutland girls’ athletic department. And Carl Serrani, as the figurehead of those girls’ teams, has had one of the best years of his career. In March, Serrani led his Golden Horde hoops team […]
Three vehicles catch fire at impound lot, including truck allegedly involved in Proctor woman’s death
By RUSSELL JONES RUTLAND — The pickup truck belonging to Anthony Reynolds, a Pittsford man charged with allegedly hitting his girlfriend with his truck resulting in her death, caught fire in the police impound lot two weeks ago. Reynolds is currently on house arrest at his father’s home near Newport and his truck was being […]
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Sports
OV coaches named coach of the year, other Otters make All-MVL teams
By RUSSELL JONES Six members of the Otter Valley baseball and softball teams were selected to the 2019 All-MVL teams, and OV softball coaches Kelly Trayah and Toni Poalino were selected as MVL Coaches of the Year. On the baseball diamond, seniors Josh Beayon, Reilly Shannon, Patrick McKeighan and Nate Hudson were selected for first […]
Slaters top Otters, 3-1
Controversial call ends OV’s title chances By Andy Kirkaldy An Otter Valley Union High School baseball team led by seven multi-year senior starters compiled an outstanding 18-win season this spring. But on Friday night the 19th, and most important, victory slipped out of the top-seeded Otters’ grasp in the Division II final in Burlington at […]
OV’s ‘comeback magic’ fizzles against Mt. Abe, 9-1
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter softball team has brought a kind of magic with them throughout the Division II playoffs. Comeback magic. They were down in every game they’ve played this postseason. Yet, no team has been able to top them on the scoreboard when it’s all said and done. That is, until they ran […]
West Rutland defeats Blue Mountain 19-9 in finals matchup
By RUSSELL JONES In many ways, what played out on Spartan Field in Castleton on Saturday, June 8, was very familiar for West Rutland fans. Just like in Barre for the basketball state final, the two teams fighting it out were the same, many of the players were the same, and West Rutland raised the […]
Otters comeback again in semis, ready for finals
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley softball team hosted their third playoff game and for the third straight game they raised the collective blood pressures of their coaches and fans as they came back from the brink of elimination to win against U-32 by a score of 11-10. In what has become typical fashion for […]
