This Week’s News
OV wrestler Isaac Whitney earns title at big N.H. meet
Otter Valley Union High School wrestling made an outstanding showing at the 2025 Annual Minickiello Wrestling Tournament in Keene, N.H., on Saturday.
Rutland County Humane Society makes ‘A Home for Hope’ in Brandon
The Rutland County Humane Society has announced its plan to move its operations from its current location on Stevens Road in Pittsford, where it’s been located since the 1960s, to a building on the former campus of the defunct Brandon Training School in Brandon.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 40: King & Dudley
Our new year begins with a sequel to the last installment on the Stone family that is partly the recovering of a lost name and the unraveling of a complex mystery.
Student-led mural brings OV art classes together
A mural executed by Otter Valley Union High School students went on display on Tuesday, December 17, in downtown Brandon, on the side of the River Pub & Grill at 18 Center St.
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Sports
Otter Valley Union High School fall sports report
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — As the Otter Valley fall 2022 sports season heats up, a strong field hockey team looks to be competitive, the school’s golf team has its […]
OVUHS sports round-up
OV girls soccer took a 2-1 victory over West Rutland on Wednesday, Sept. 14, thanks mainly to the outstanding play of its entire roster.
Brandon’s first family of golf
Paul Politano hardly played golf while growing up in southern Vermont (Wilmington). “My dad never let me play,” he said in a conversation last week outside the golf shop at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre Golf Course, where Paul has been the golf pro since 2017.
Otter Valley sports wrap-up
In a Sunday match-up with Mill River, the Otter Valley varsity football team saw two untimely interceptions and an unfortunate fourth-quarter penalty hinder the Otter’s chance to notch a win as Mill River held on 12-7 to beat the Otters.
Gosselin steals spot in Vermont 200 Limited Sportsman “Win & You’re In” at Devil’s Bowl
Other feature winners in the Saturday portion of the weekend event included Elmo Reckner, Daryl Gebo, Allen Hewitt, and Griff Mahoney.
