This Week’s News
Requests for absentee ballots skyrocket
By XANDER LANDEN, VT Digger MONTPELIER/BRANDON — The number of absentee ballot requests for Vermont’s August primary has continued to rise, with the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office reporting more than […]
RNeSU unveils hybrid learning plan for schools
Most students to continue remote learning, k-2 in school two mornings a week By Jeanné Collins, Superintendent, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union (A video option for this letter will be provided […]
Animal control ordinance hearing draws virtual crowd
Board delays approval citing more input By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — A public hearing on a proposed expansion of the town’s animal control ordinance drew several residents on July […]
Editorial: Safety of students top concern when re-opening schools
By JEANNE COLLINS Superintendent, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union RNeSU schools have been working and planning toward the re-opening of schools. We put together a task force that includes teachers, administrators, […]
Let the kids play?
Petition launched by Proctor parent and coach against delaying fall sports season By LEE J. KAHRS PROCTOR — A petition protesting the Vermont Principal’s Association’s (VPA) plan to postpone the […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otter Valley wins on Senior Night
The Otter women welcomed the Wasps of Woodstock to Senior Night at the “House of Noise” on Friday, February 11 before a raucous crowd.
Otter Valley defeats Hartford, 36–34
The Otter Valley girls basketball team defeated the visiting Hartford Hurricanes, 36-34, on Friday, January 28 at the “House of Noise” in Brandon.
OV, Proctor, Westside winter sports teams kick-off the season
The COVD-shortened winter of the 2020-21 high school sports season is behind us, and the teams at Otter Valley are happy about that. The pandemic forced the school’s basketball programs, like those elsewhere, to play abbreviated seasons, and wrestling was sidelined for the entire season.
OV girl’s basketball drops opener
In a hard-fought season opening game in which the teams traded game-changing runs, the host Middlebury Union girls’ basketball team put together the decisive surge to outlast Otter Valley, 35-28.
Six Otters named to Second Team All-Stars
After a successful season this fall, 10 members of the Otter Valley football team received postseason recognition from the Division III coaches.
