This Week’s News
Looking back with Scott & Marge Munger of Brandon
The views from the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood in Brandon are spectacular. Just up the hill from downtown, the summit looks out over the Champlain Valley to the west and the Green Mountains to the east.
Neshobe School educates at Naylor & Breen
Last Friday, students from Neshobe Elementary School got a hard look at the construction industry through a mentorship program coordinated by Dean of Students Shauna Lee.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 18: Valley and Soulia
Whether in spelling or speech, losing an accent often becomes part of assimilating to a new culture. In previous installments of “Lost Names,” we have seen that some French-Canadian immigrants may not have been aware of how written versions of their names were garbled or misspelled.
Bobcat tests positive for avian influenza
A bobcat and two red-tailed hawks found dead in Cornwall, Vermont, have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus infection, according to preliminary lab results shared with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department on February 15, 2024.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Unified basketball team at OV puts all the emphasis on having a good time
The Otter Unified basketball team’s last home game of the season will take place this Friday, April 12, at 3:00 p.m. They will recognize the seniors during a short ceremony. […]
OV softball begins new era after 33 years under Candon reign
By RUSSELL JONES For the first time in more than three decades, Otter Valley Union High School will have a new coach heading up its softball program. Actually, it will […]
West Rutland, Proctor girls make VT basketball coaches Dream Dozen
By RUSSELL JONES The Vermont Basketball Coaches’ Association announced last Thursday the selection of the Dream Dozen girls’ basketball teams. “These are the 12 best underclass (non-seniors) players in the […]
Sign ups for spring and summer youth leagues announced
By RUSSELL JONES The sign ups for youth league baseball are under way in towns across the county as the recreation departments for towns prepare for spring and summer. The […]
West Rutland girls Division IV state champs!
The West Rutland girls walked onto the court in Barre Auditorium for the state finals as the three-seed underdog, but walked off the court as champions, defeating Blue Mountain, 39-33, […]
