This Week’s News
Blood donors should make appointments to give
The American Red Cross has put out the call for blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic, and with most people staying at home, donors are more plentiful than ever.
Meals on Wheels running strong through pandemic
Everyone is getting a taste of what it’s like to live in isolation. The Stay Home, Stay Safe directive to combat the spread of the coronavirus is separating neighbors from neighbors and family from family as we all try to flatten the curve.
Gov. Scott issues new Work Safe guidelines
MONTPELIER — The full requirements of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development’s new Work Safe directive are as follows: Mandatory health & safety requirements for all business operations All […]
Road crews have short break from the job
By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — Town managers who were told last week to pull their road crews off routine maintenance because of the COVID-19 pandemic are now getting word […]
Social distance no problem for performers who go online
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
That quote by Pablo Picasso on the importance of the arts to any society seems as relevant today as it ever has, the dust of everyday life growing exponentially during an unprecedented global pandemic.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV beats Mill River in quarterfinal, 12-6
The third-seeded Otter Valley football team outlasted visiting No. 6 Mill River, 12-6, on Saturday in a Division III quarterfinal and will play No. 2 Fairfax in a semifinal this coming Saturday.
Proctor girls soccer shoots for 11th straight trip to finals
Going into the girls Division IV soccer playoffs, the question around the state is whether anyone can challenge two-time defending champions, the Proctor Phantoms.
‘Trash-talk’ allegedly used racial slur at OV/MR game
RNESU Superintendent Jeanné Collins released a statement on Monday, Nov. 1 referring to an alleged incident at the OVUHS-Mill River High School football game in which players may have used racial slurs in an escalated instance of trash-talking among the players, Collins said.
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.
