This Week’s News
Selectboard nixes free rent for transfer station
By RUSSELL JONES Changes are coming to the transfer station at 31 Corona Street in Brandon, but not the changes the company that runs it, Earth Waste and Metal, was hoping for after the selectboard objected to their withholding of back rent. They business had asked the town’s selectboard to address a problem at the […]
Flying without a license nets Sudbury man prison term
The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Angelo Efthimiatos, 49, of Sudbury, was sentenced Thursday to serve 15 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release after his conviction for flying without a valid pilot’s license last December. The sentence will be served concurrently with an 18-month sentence from […]
OV one act play heads to New England Drama Festival
By RUSSELL JONES Walking Stick Theater, Otter Valley’s theater department, was selected as one of only two high school productions to move on to the prestigious New England Drama Festival, held in Rhode Island this year, on April 15-17. They were selected at the Vermont State Drama Festival at Essex High School two weeks ago. […]
Churches bring historical significance to local area
By RUSSELL JONES People in our local towns come together in many facets of their lives — to work, to play, to go to school, to enjoy a holiday parade — but also for communal worship, which is never more apparent than at Easter services. The number of residents in and around Brandon, Pittsford, Proctor […]
Ladies Auxiliary helps make prom dreams come true
By RUSSELL JONES Prom is coming up on May 4, and for some, the hundreds of dollars for the cost of prom dresses can seem an insurmountable obstacle. The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion in Brandon has over 50 dresses ready to wear that they are giving away. Auxiliary President Lisa Mahoney and executive […]
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OV coaches named coach of the year, other Otters make All-MVL teams
By RUSSELL JONES Six members of the Otter Valley baseball and softball teams were selected to the 2019 All-MVL teams, and OV softball coaches Kelly Trayah and Toni Poalino were selected as MVL Coaches of the Year. On the baseball diamond, seniors Josh Beayon, Reilly Shannon, Patrick McKeighan and Nate Hudson were selected for first […]
Slaters top Otters, 3-1
Controversial call ends OV’s title chances By Andy Kirkaldy An Otter Valley Union High School baseball team led by seven multi-year senior starters compiled an outstanding 18-win season this spring. But on Friday night the 19th, and most important, victory slipped out of the top-seeded Otters’ grasp in the Division II final in Burlington at […]
OV’s ‘comeback magic’ fizzles against Mt. Abe, 9-1
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter softball team has brought a kind of magic with them throughout the Division II playoffs. Comeback magic. They were down in every game they’ve played this postseason. Yet, no team has been able to top them on the scoreboard when it’s all said and done. That is, until they ran […]
West Rutland defeats Blue Mountain 19-9 in finals matchup
By RUSSELL JONES In many ways, what played out on Spartan Field in Castleton on Saturday, June 8, was very familiar for West Rutland fans. Just like in Barre for the basketball state final, the two teams fighting it out were the same, many of the players were the same, and West Rutland raised the […]
Otters comeback again in semis, ready for finals
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley softball team hosted their third playoff game and for the third straight game they raised the collective blood pressures of their coaches and fans as they came back from the brink of elimination to win against U-32 by a score of 11-10. In what has become typical fashion for […]
