This Week’s News
Compass Center connects 600 kids with art project
By RUSSELL JONES A project called the “Human Connection” at the Compass Music and Arts Center will allow children to showcase their artistic side while helping them connect with their peers. Over the next three weeks, the Brandon-based center will welcome more than 600 children and young adults to create three-dimensional sculptures that involve the […]
Letter to the Editor: Beware of scammers
This letter is about the good and the evil that exists in our town. From March 4, 2019, I was very privileged to be able to attend the very best evening Town Meeting in a very long time. Due to the use of a microphone, I was able to hear the budget discussion, the comments […]
Officer recovering after unexplained collapse
LEICESTER — A Vermont state trooper is recovering after he collapsed following a traffic stop in Leicester this past Saturday from an apparent incident from contacting a drug. He was revived by multiple doses of Narcan. The incident began at about 11:25 p.m. Friday, March 15, when Acting Sgt. Brett Flansburg of the New Haven […]
Beer Fest at Killington
By RUSSELL JONES KILLINGTON — Over 3,500 visitors are expected to attend the Vermont Brewers Festival at Killington this Saturday, March 23. The Vermont Brewers Association has organized the festival since the 1990s. Vermont has more breweries per capita than any other state and produces 292,479 barrels per year. The industry supports 2,304 jobs and […]
At 100 years, sugarhouse hits it’s sweet spot
By RUSSELL JONES Back in the woods, east of Pittsford, lies a family farm that celebrated its centennial year last year. Surrounded by thousands of maple trees, two young Vermonters are using modern technology to produce a centuries old product. Jacob Powsner, 28, standing in the snow in his overalls and wool hat, boils down […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Two OV wrestlers win in tourney
Two Otter Valley Union High School wrestlers won their weight classes at Mount Mansfield’s annual Jason Lowell tournament on Saturday…
Brandon Bison clash with Proctor Phantoms
The House of Noise was rocking on Monday night as the Otters of Otter Valley girls’ basketball team took on the Proctor Phantoms on 1961 Night. The 4-8 Otters, who were wearing the pre-merger Brandon Bison throwback jerseys, got off to a hot start but…
1961: A season to remember
In the fall of 1961, the high schools in Brandon and Pittsford merged to form Otter Valley Union high school. Prior to that merger, both schools fielded athletic teams. Throughout that long history at Pittsford High School, they had never had a state championship in any sport…