This Week’s News
Tax rates set in two towns
Proctor sees 7% hike; Pittsford’s rates held to 2.5% By RUSSELL JONES PITTSFORD — The municipal tax rate in Pittsford will see a 2.5 percent increase this year, as rates will go up about a cent and a half. Municipal rates were set at $.62 and village municipal rates were set at $.66. The state’s […]
End-of-session legislative wrap-up
By STEPHANIE ZAK JEROME It’s been an honor to serve you in the Vermont House. This session, we passed bills to build a strong Vermont economy, invest in our communities, protect the needs of vulnerable Vermonters and to prepare for our future. During that session, I focused my work on building a Vermont that works […]
BARN OPERA scores a new performance space
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The melodious voices that make up the BARN OPERA will soon be getting a new home. After two years inside the barn of Brandon Music on Vermont 73, the opera will be moving to the west side of Brandon on Pearl Street. “We have looked at, trespassed in, and explored […]
Great Brandon Auction going, going, gone
By RUSSELL JONES After a little mid-day sprinkle, dozens of bidders was greeted by a perfect summer day as the Great Brandon Auction got underway this past Tuesday, July 16. After unloading and organizing the donations that poured in from storage areas, barns, cars and trucks, auctioneer Barb Watters went to work selling with her […]
Brandon Police apprehend man on escape charges
On July 10, members of the Brandon Police Department, assisted by the Vermont State Police responded to Conway Terrace in Brandon in an attempt to locate and arrest Adam R. Hornbeck, 28, on escape charges. Hornbeck had been on furlough from the Vermont Department of Corrections, supervised through the Rutland office. Hornbeck had not been […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV field hockey beats Fair Haven, 7-0, to earn No. 4 seed in Division II playoffs
The Otter Valley field hockey team earned the No. 4 seed in Division II after a successful regular season that concluded late last week. The Otters will open their title quest on Friday.
Field hockey love
A couple of weeks ago, an out-of-town sports team came to Brandon to donate a day of free labor. Brandon’s economic development and recreation director Bill Moore welcomed the help and put the Castleton University field hockey team to work moving a big pile of woodchips at the Seminary Hill Park playground and painting picnic tables at Estabrook Park.
Cosmos, Otters embody sportsmanship
This past Saturday, the Otter Valley field hockey team met visiting Springfield in which both teams came out as winners by seeing close-up what good sportsmanship means.
OV wins State Championship!
The Otter Valley boys’ golf team dominated the field at the Manchester Country Club on Thursday, Oct. 10 to win the Division II championship by a 22-stroke margin.
Eagles pull away to topple OV in high scoring battle, 44-20
The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team converted seven Otter Valley turnovers into 30 points on Saturday as the Division II Eagles won for the time this season, 44-20, at the visiting Otters’ expense.