This Week’s News
Proctor’s Wilson Castle is a ghostly delight
Summer isn’t even officially over and yet Halloween season has clearly begun: there’s an entire aisle of trick-or-treat candy at Hannaford. There’s no point in resisting. Put away the flip-flops and start planning your costume now.
Input sought on proposed trail from Brandon to Forest Dale
According to Brandon Deputy Town Manager Bill Moore, there has been interest over the years in a trail between downtown Brandon and Forest Dale, some three miles to the east.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 32: Crone and Devino
Unpacking a family photo from 1920 takes us into the history of two entwined and transformed names. Once a common practice in small towns, pairs of siblings married siblings from a neighboring family, as with this case of two Forest Dale families.
Brandon Free Public Library reopens after huge renovation
On Tuesday, September 3, the Brandon Free Public Library welcomed the public back into its historic building on the corner of Park and Franklin Streets after a massive $4-million-plus renovation that added over 2,000 square feet to the structure and redesigned the interior to bring it into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Photos of the Week
Sports
¡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 […]
OV field hockey rolls over Fair Haven
The Otters continued their winning ways as they beat Fair Haven 15-0 on Tuesday. Alia Edmunds had four goals and four assists. Morgan LaPorte also had four goals in the […]
OV Hall of Fame adds 12 new members
During halftime of Saturday’s Otter Valley Union High School football game, 12 new members of the Otter Valley Hall of Fame were introduced, including eight athletes, a coach, two teachers and an administrator.
