This Week’s News
OV’s Lucas Politano signs deal to play Div I golf for Rutgers U.
The Politano family of Brandon extended its golf dynasty even further last Wednedsay when OV senior Lucas Politano signed a letter of intent to play golf for Division I Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Brandon Budget Committee & SB discuss Police Dept.
The Brandon Selectboard and the Budget Committee convened on Monday evening to discuss funding for the Brandon Police Department for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2025.
Ex-Brandon PD Chief Brickell to run VT Police Academy
Christopher Brickell’s career in Vermont law enforcement has taken him from Manchester to Brandon and now to Pittsford, where Governor Scott just appointed him Executive Director of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council, which oversees the Vermont Police Academy.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 37: Brooks and Disorda
Unfinished business from our last installment, Brooks had been included in the previous title along with Wideawake.
“Mean Girls” is coming to Otter Valley this weekend
Otter Valley’s Award-winning Walking Stick Theatre Company is presenting the Broadway Musical “Mean Girls” this weekend.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor baseball rebounding at right time
By RUSSELL JONES Proctor started its baseball season with their shortstop and pitcher, Joe Valerio, on the bench after knee surgery following a basketball injury. The season got off to a rough start as the Phantoms lost their first three games. Since then, the team pulled together and won five out of six games to […]
OV baseball suffers first loss, still in first place as they look to wrap up the season
With the last game of the season on the horizon, the 12-1 Otter Valley baseball team squeaked by Hartford on Wednesday, 4-3, suffered its first loss of the season this past Friday to Brattleboro, 13-3, and handily beat Burr & Burton, 6-2. Finishing the season unbeaten would have been nice, but coach Michael Howe said […]
Proctor softball eyes second place in Division IV
By RUSSELL JONES The Phantoms’ softball team always chants “Hits, hits, hits and runs” before they break their huddle to go to the plate every inning, and on Saturday that’s exactly what they delivered. The Proctor team scored early and often in a 24-1 victory over Arlington this past weekend, racking up 12 runs in […]
OV lax edges Eagles
By ANDY KIRKALDY After his team on Monday earned an 8-6 road win over the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team, Otter Valley Union High School boys’ lacrosse coach Jesse Milliman said his Otters still had things to work on. For the first time in many a year, one of those things might be learning to play […]
OV lax wins huge game over Green Mountain Valley
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley boys’ lacrosse team stepped on to a muddy field ready for a huge game against Division II rival Green Mountain Valley on Thursday, May 1. Coming into the game, the Otters had never beaten the Gumbies in coach Jesse Milliman’s five years in Brandon, and as far as he […]
