This Week’s News
Market on West Street flourishing
By RUSSELL JONES After being open for just seven weeks, the new owners of The Market on West Street in Proctor report that business has been good. New owners, Chris […]
Cafe Provence still cooking
After 15 years, owner still excited by Brandon’s future By RUSSELL JONES Amidst downtown Brandon, the nearly finished construction, the specialty shops and art galleries, new breweries and retail stores, […]
Town fined for sewage leak
By RUSSELL JONES A ruptured sewer line in downtown Brandon that led to over three million gallons of untreated sewage to flow directly into the Neshobe River in late February […]
Brandon tax rate up 3 cents
By RUSSELL JONES The municipal tax rate in Brandon will see an increase of about 3 percent this coming fiscal year, rising from last year’s 93 cents per $100 to […]
The hammer falls on the Great Brandon Auction this week
By RUSSELL JONES The 30th annual Great Brandon Auction will take place on Tuesday, July 16 at Estabrook Park. Preview time for the auction will be from 2 p.m. to […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
West Rutland girls take close loss at home
The Golden Horde put their 10-4 Division IV record on the line Saturday as the Division III, 10-3, Green Mountain Chieftains came to town.
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…