This Week’s News
Concerns at transfer station prompt talks
By RUSSELL JONES The Brandon Selectboard discussed reopening contract negotiations with the company that runs the transfer station in Brandon, as well as wetlands reclassification, at a recent meeting. The select board heard good news about the transfer station in that the company running the transfer waste station has paid the back rent owed to […]
Legislative Report
By STEPHANIE ZAK JEROME Thank you for the trust you have placed in me this legislative session. It has been an honor serving as your State Representative. The Vermont House spent the 2019 session prioritizing bills that will help our families and communities thrive. We have focused our work on building a Vermont that works […]
Towns prepare parades in honor of Memorial Day
By RUSSELL JONES As Memorial Day signals the traditional start of summer, it’s also represents the first big parade of the season in Brandon as well as neighboring communities. Local residents will have plenty of options this coming Monday, May 27 for the annual Memorial Day Parades, which kicks off in Brandon at at 10 […]
Sister Wicked: After 20 years, a place of her own
By RUSSELL JONES Sometimes, frustration can lead to inspiration. Anyone who has driven through Brandon during the Route 7 construction knows how frustrating the time spent waiting for your turn to go can be. But it was a moment like that, sitting in traffic in her car near the Town Hall, that inspired Gina Germond […]
Pittsford man charged in death of girlfriend
By RUSSELL JONES A late night out that led to a domestic dispute ended with police alleging a Pittsford man struck his girlfriend at her home in Proctor with his truck, causing her death. State police were notified of a body found at 13 Market Street in Proctor at 4:52 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
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.