This Week’s News
Legislative Report
By Butch Shaw Your legislators are now focused on committee work as the Town Meeting break, scheduled for March 2 through March 11, approaches. I do look forward to this […]
Letter to the editor: Pittsford sewer bond
Lettter to the editor from Pittsford Town Manager John Haverstock concerning the upcoming sewer bond vote.
Letter to the editor: Quality with Affordability; a school board candidate’s point of view
By DEREK LARSEN Having lived in the district over 10 years, in Pittsford, Chittenden and Brandon, and having recently visited each of the schools in our Supervisory Union and having […]
Two candidates vie for Brandon Selectboard seat
With a contested selectboard race in Brandon, the Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a Meet the Candidates forum at the Town Hall basement meeting room at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28. Bill Moore will be the moderator for the forum and candidates will have the opportunity to answer questions from the public…
TOWN MEETING PREVIEWS:
The following previews the big Town Meeting votes at Brandon, Pittsford, Proctor, Leicester, Whiting as well as the OVUU and QVUU annual meetings.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV bests Mill River, 38–33, in United basketball
Mill River hosted OV in unified basketball on Thursday, March 31. It was the first game after a two-season pause due to Covid.
OV names new head varsity football coach
The Otter Valley football team’s offensive coordinator was recently promoted to Head Varsity Coach of the team heading into the 2022 season.
Vermont trout season opens April 9
Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 9. Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season if they keep a few strategies in mind.
Proctor boys defeat Twinfield in playdown opener, lose to Rivendell
The Proctor boys opened their playoff schedule on Wednesday, March 2, against the Twinfield Trojans and put on one of their performances of the season, rolling to a 57-36 win.
State Champions! West Rutland battles Proctor down to the wire, 57-56
The West Rutland Golden Horde girl’s basketball team won the school’s second state championship in Division IV girls basketball in the past four years by defeating rival Proctor, 57-56, at the Barre Auditorium this past Saturday.
