This Week’s News
Names lost in Vermont, Part 38: Liberty, Lamorder, and Forsha
Returning to previous strolls through St. Mary’s Cemetery in Brandon brings me to three photos of gravestones whose stories needed to be retrieved. In all three instances, the subjects’ first and last names had changed from records of their baptisms or marriages in Québec.
Teens find purpose and camaraderie in the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
It’s not always easy to find a path after high school. For others, the way forward isn’t quite so clear.
RNESU seeks community input on school budget
The Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union is approaching the Fiscal Year 2025–26 budget a bit differently than it did the current FY25 budget, which failed twice at the ballot box last spring.
Six years in Montpelier: a conversation with State Rep. Stephanie Jerome of Brandon
After six years in Montpelier, State Representative Stephanie Jerome is wrapping up her third and final term representing Brandon.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otter Valley wins on Senior Night
The Otter women welcomed the Wasps of Woodstock to Senior Night at the “House of Noise” on Friday, February 11 before a raucous crowd.
Otter Valley defeats Hartford, 36–34
The Otter Valley girls basketball team defeated the visiting Hartford Hurricanes, 36-34, on Friday, January 28 at the “House of Noise” in Brandon.
OV, Proctor, Westside winter sports teams kick-off the season
The COVD-shortened winter of the 2020-21 high school sports season is behind us, and the teams at Otter Valley are happy about that. The pandemic forced the school’s basketball programs, like those elsewhere, to play abbreviated seasons, and wrestling was sidelined for the entire season.
OV girl’s basketball drops opener
In a hard-fought season opening game in which the teams traded game-changing runs, the host Middlebury Union girls’ basketball team put together the decisive surge to outlast Otter Valley, 35-28.
Six Otters named to Second Team All-Stars
After a successful season this fall, 10 members of the Otter Valley football team received postseason recognition from the Division III coaches.
