This Week’s News
Punkstock gave us the Year of the Creature!
Last Saturday, Estabrook Park was host to Punkstock 2024, a celebration of all things punk, especially music.
Brandon’s Little Twisted Gallery reopens with twisted little art
It seems as if every Vermont town has an art gallery where you can buy paintings of Holsteins and haystacks. While lovely, however, the bucolic ain’t everyone’s cup of tea.
Pittsford SB rejects VT education tax in symbolic vote
In a symbolic vote on Tuesday, July 30, the Pittsford Selectboard rejected the education tax rate set by Montpelier.
“Lucky Stiff” to come to the Otter Valley Stage
It has been 22 years since there has been a theatrical production on the Otter Valley stage featuring adult actors and singers. All that is about to change, as “Lucky Stiff” takes the stage for performances on September 13, 14 and 15.
Photos of the Week
Sports
‘Scrappy’ Otter girls’ basketball team down but not out
Early on the visiting Otter Valley girls’ basketball team on Friday looked determined to take it to Middlebury, using tough man-to-man defense to force a batch of turnovers and a balanced attack to bolt to a 11-4 lead after one period.
Local athletes named 2022 football all-stars
Several members of the Otter Valley Union High School Division III football team, as well as members of the Division I Middlebury and Division III Mount Abraham-Vergennes football teams, were named all-stars in voting by the leagues’ coaches.
Record Killington fans cheer FIS World Cup racers
Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America hosted the women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup for the sixth time over Thanksgiving Weekend.
FISU World Conference to address climate change and winter sports
“Winter sporting communities and athletes alike are seeing first-hand the impact of climate change on winter sport,” said Ashley Walden, Adirondack Sports Council executive director and a member of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games’ Organizing Committee.
OV boys soccer bows out to MUHS, 7-0
Looking at this past Saturday’s game, Tiger Coach Chris George was pleased with his team’s ball movement and work to create good looks on goal, and also credited the Otters’ effort.
