This Week’s News
One person starts social justice protest in Brandon
It started with Lennon Philo. Motorists driving through Brandon on Sunday morning may have seen the 21-year-old standing in front of the Brandon Congregational Church with a handwritten sign that read: “White silence is Violence”.
OV, other RNeSU schools, craft pandemic graduations
By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON/ WEST RUTLAND/ PROCTOR — It will take longer, and there won’t be any hugging or handshaking as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, but local high school […]
Small, but powerful
Every Memorial Day for the last 120 years or so, a line of first grade girls in white dresses and carrying fresh flowers walks up to the Civil War monument in Central Park.
Sudden death of former Brandon Fire Chief Wdowiak stuns community
Brandon has lost a fire chief whose death was a surprise to everyone.
Basin Bluegrass Festival cancelled due to pandemic
BY LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — The Basin Bluegrass Festival has been cancelled for the first time ever. Founder and organizer Linda Berry said Tuesday that she waited as long […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
OV field hockey starts fast, blanks host Tigers 5-0
When the Middlebury and Otter Valley union high school field hockey teams met in the 2020 Division II playoffs the Otters prevailed in double overtime.
Proctor and West Rutland fall sports start Aug. 19
West Rutland High School and Proctor High School are starting their fall sports on Aug. 19. These sports are varsity boys and girls soccer and a bass fishing team.
