This Week’s News
Otter Creek Music Festival returns for its 3rd summer
Summer in Vermont is full of sound: birds chirping, water splashing, and music playing almost everywhere you go.
Brandon Actor’s Troupe—Youth Company to Present “Spaghetti Western” this Weekend at Otter Valley
Following their successful production of “Treasure Island” in March, the Brandon Actors Troupe—Youth Company will present “Spaghetti Western” this Friday, June 27 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 28 at 2 p.m. on the Otter Valley Stage.
The Brandon Chamber Auction in its 37th year
Since 1989, the Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce has offered up the beautiful and the bizarre at its annual fundraising auction.
Pittsford SB continues push to clean up Fire Hill Road
At its regular meeting on June 4, the Pittsford Selectboard continued its ongoing campaign to force the cleanup of three properties on Fire Hill Road that have been frustrating the town and adjacent landowners for years.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV’s Brooke Kimball named Unified Basketball Coach of the Year by Southern VT League
What really matters about sports? 2025 Southern Vermont League Unified Basketball Coach of the Year Brooke Kimball of Otter Valley said, “I love how much joy it brings.”
Nesobe Golf Club is no longer a “Hidden Gem”
Neshobe Golf Club hosted the 96th New England Amateur Championship with the best golfers in New England competing over three days.
A new generation of duckies takes the podium
The last few racing seasons, and all their attendant scandals, have left the local duckie community feeling unsettled.
Nifty Thrifty sponsors swim lessons for July 4th Duckies
Every July, hundreds of rubber duckies from all over the world descend upon Brandon for the Independence Day Duckie Race on the Neshobe River.
Brandon’s Jim Leary finishes his 36th Burlington Marathon
When Jim Leary ran in the first-ever Vermont City Marathon in Burlington, Bernie Sanders had finished his fourth (and last) term as mayor.