This Week’s News
Gagnon Lumber: Former dairy farm still making the cut after 60 years
In 1880, Prosper Gagnon bought a plot of land that would eventually become the Gagnon family dairy farm. Joe Gagnon’s father, Wilford, was born on that farm in 1881 and by the time Joe came around…
Voters face $2.93 million bond
What had been a bond proposal of $5.5 million facing voters back in November, will now be a proposal of about half that amount. Voters in the Otter Valley Unified Union district will go to the polls on March 5 to decide…
Barstow school keeps tight rein on 2020 budget
The Barstow Unified Union school board has proposed a budget increase of less than 1 percent for the 2020 fiscal year. The .78 percent increase, making a proposed budget of…
Otters of the marking period
Otter Valley announced Kailey Frary as the Middle School Otter of the Marking Period. Kailey has turned in outstanding work all semester. Her positivity and drive has helped to make her school a great place to be. Kailey can always be counted on to bring unique insight or ask an insightful question in any classroom. […]
Rep. Shaw welcomes Eagle Scouts to State House
Butch Shaw met with the new Eagle Scouts from Troop 110 in Pittsford. They were honored in the State House on Friday along with others from around the State. They heard the reading of a resolution in the House of Representatives and the had lunch with Governor Scott.
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Sports
OV slides into playoffs with MVL title
By RUSSELL JONES After slugging it out with Springfield in their last game on Saturday, May 25, Otter Valley picked up an 18-11 win and the MVL title. The Otter softball team will head into the playoffs this week with a 12-4 record and with a two-seed in the Division II bracket. The season started […]
Proctor baseball rebounding at right time
By RUSSELL JONES Proctor started its baseball season with their shortstop and pitcher, Joe Valerio, on the bench after knee surgery following a basketball injury. The season got off to a rough start as the Phantoms lost their first three games. Since then, the team pulled together and won five out of six games to […]
OV baseball suffers first loss, still in first place as they look to wrap up the season
With the last game of the season on the horizon, the 12-1 Otter Valley baseball team squeaked by Hartford on Wednesday, 4-3, suffered its first loss of the season this past Friday to Brattleboro, 13-3, and handily beat Burr & Burton, 6-2. Finishing the season unbeaten would have been nice, but coach Michael Howe said […]
Proctor softball eyes second place in Division IV
By RUSSELL JONES The Phantoms’ softball team always chants “Hits, hits, hits and runs” before they break their huddle to go to the plate every inning, and on Saturday that’s exactly what they delivered. The Proctor team scored early and often in a 24-1 victory over Arlington this past weekend, racking up 12 runs in […]
OV lax edges Eagles
By ANDY KIRKALDY After his team on Monday earned an 8-6 road win over the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team, Otter Valley Union High School boys’ lacrosse coach Jesse Milliman said his Otters still had things to work on. For the first time in many a year, one of those things might be learning to play […]
