This Week’s News
Ruth Stone Foundation hosts poetry reading
By RUSSELL JONES The Book and Leaf in Brandon held a poetry reading by a group of poets from the Ruth Stone Foundation on Saturday. Founded by her granddaughter Bianca Stone and Ben Pease, the foundation is attempting to carry on a legacy that was started many years ago. The Foundation, started in 2013, looks […]
Humane Society 60th celebration howling good time
By RUSSELL JONES The Rutland County Humane Society celebrated their 60th anniversary on Saturday with a cookout and animal get-together. Despite the soggy ground and the weather threatening more rain, many area residents showed up to enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs and cake. The celebration, which included a good number of dogs, reflected on the six […]
OV Task Force tests three-phase plan
By RUSSELL JONES After spending the past year gathering data, conducting surveys, holding community forums and focus groups, and hours of internal discussion, the Otter Valley Planning Task Force met Monday night with a select group of 20 community members from the five district towns to discuss a three-phase plan to effectively manage the school […]
State Police train for active shooter at OVUHS
By RUSSELL JONES Adorned with replicas of different planets in our solar system, the blue and white hallways of Otter Valley are cast in long shadows as the harsh glow of the fluorescent lighting falls on four VSP recruits who are moving stealthily down the school’s hallways, their black uniforms in stark contrast to the […]
Proctor to hold special Town Meeting to approve $330,000 bond vote
By RUSSELL JONES The Proctor selectboard approved a resolution to call a special town meeting and ask for a $330,000 bond vote to provide renovations to the office and install a wheelchair lift and repair a falling front wall at their Monday meeting. The special town meeting will be held on June 3. There will […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Take a shot at pickleball
When was the last time you experienced a “dink in the kitchen” or made a serve from the “even court?” This is the language of Pickleball enthusiasts, and we’ve got a few right here in Brandon.
Disc golf beats the winter blues at Brandon Town Hall
Imagine throwing a flying disc in the cavernous Brandon Town Hall. Now you can!
OV wrestling coach named Vermont Coach of the Year; team takes third at state championship
When the mats were rolled up on Saturday night in the Vergennes Union High School gym, wrestlers from Mount Abraham, Middlebury, Otter Valley and the host school had racked up three individual state titles and 20 top-six podium finishes at the Vermont championship tournament.
7th-grade OV girls’ hoop beats Rutland at home, 22-19
The Otter Valley 7th-grade girls’ basketball team had a terrific home game against Rutland on Friday, February 10.
OV wrestling takes third in state championship
Otter Valley wrestling added another notch to its belt this year with its third-place finish in the state dual-meet championship at Springfield High School on Saturday, February 11.