This Week’s News
Restaurant owners want Country House to feel like home
“We wanted to have a place that was affordable,” Don said. “Somewhere a family of five or six could go out to eat. We couldn’t afford that raising five kids.”
Otter Valley pilot programs looks to get kids real jobs
Real Careers, a pilot program at OVUHS, is trying to help current and recently graduated high school students find careers after they finish school.
Pittsford seeks to clean up system with sewage bond
On Town Meeting Day, March 5, Pittsford will ask voters to agree to a sewage bond that would cost up to $970,000. The bond would replace pumps and pipes to upgrade efficiency of the sewage treatment plant…
Planning task force eyes difficult task
What does it cost to deliver equitable education to all students and what would that look like? This is the question that the Otter Valley Unified Union planning task force, comprised of OVUU school board members and community members, is tasked with answering…
Gov’t shutdown squeezes food shelf
The Brandon Food Shelf, like all food shelves around the state, relies on community donations and volunteers to provide nutritional assistance to those in our area who need it. The Food Shelf works in conjunction with the Brandon Senior Citizens Center to make sure no one in the area goes hungry. Together, they serve close to 300 people a week…
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor boys remain unbeaten, defeat MSJ 6-1
By RUSSELL JONES Saturday’s boys soccer matchup between Mount St. Joseph and Proctor was a tale of two programs having starkly different seasons. MSJ came into the match with a 0-8-1 record while Proctor brought a record of 8-0-1. The first win of the season for MSJ is still eluding them. Five times the Proctor […]
OV girls soccer comes close against Minutemen in double overtime
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley girls soccer team came close to grabbing a win against Mill River on Friday, Oct. 4, but after two overtimes the Minutemen prevailed, 5-4. OV’s Ella Brytkowski scored two goals and Julia Eastman and Olivia White each scored a goal in the loss. White also had three assists. The […]
¡Muy Bueno!
Walking through the halls of Proctor Elementary School, Shondell Dahm is greeted with hive-fives and shouts of “Hola” or “Adios” from a travelling pack of six year olds. She greets them, returning the high-fives, and speaks to them about their day in Spanish with a big smile on her face.
OV field hockey shocks Woodstock in overtime
Otter Valley’s field hockey team has only dropped two games this year, one to Burr & Burton and one to Windsor, but they were pushed to the limit against Woodstock on Friday, Oct. 4, eking out a 4-3 overtime win.
Otter football holds on against MRU
NORTH CLARENDON — The Otter Valley Union High School football team edged host Mill River on Saturday, 36-35, in a Division III matchup when OV quarterback Alex Polli hit Brady Diaz with a two-point conversion pass with 1:23 left. The Otters then had to survive Mill River’s missed 19-yard field goal as time expired, an […]