Randolph T. Holhut
Bears do well at their first home Nordic meet
-The Brattleboro nordic ski team had its first home meet of the season on Jan. 24 at the Marlboro Ski Club. Thanks to about 8 inches of snow on Jan. 19 and some of the coldest weather of the winter thus far, the course was in excellent shape for the Southern Vermont League (SVL) classic race.
Woodstock was the boys' team winner with 19 points. Mount Anthony was second with 37 points, followed by Brattleboro with 42, Rutland with 57, and Burr & Burton with 68.
Hope and defiance
200 gather for People’s March on the eve of a second Trump administration
BRATTLEBORO-Under a slate gray sky with a cold wind sweeping across the Town Common, approximately 200 people gathered on Jan. 18 for a peaceful rally that, in the words of organizers, united people "in solidarity as humans, as immigrants, as LGBTQIA+ individuals, as BIPOC communities, as allies." They marched...
Bears lose hard-fought game to Rutland
-The team motto on the back of the warm-up shirts worn by the Brattleboro girls' basketball team is "Choose Your Hard." The Bears have seen plenty of hard so far in the season as they have struggled against the best teams in the state. The effort is there, particularly...
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‘Basketball with Bernie’ draws a crowd in BF
-There was a big crowd in Bellows Falls Union High School's Holland Gymnasium on Jan. 11, but they weren't there to see the Terriers play basketball. About 200 people showed up for an informal free throw shooting contest for local elementary, middle school, and high school students that was sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. There were 120 participants, each of whom got a free basketball and a certificate of recognition from Sanders. It was the third such "Basketball with...
Local lawmakers get committee assignments
-With the start of the 2025-26 legislative biennium at the State House in Montpelier came the reshuffling of committee assignments in the House and Senate. Windham County's two incumbent Democratic senators, Wendy Harrison of Brattleboro and Nader Hashim of Dummerston, will be in charge of committees in that chamber this biennium. Harrison will lead the Institutions Committee, replacing Russ Ingalls, R-Essex, who led the committee in the last biennium. Ingalls will now lead the Agriculture Committee. Hashim will chair the...
Rebel boys still searching for a win, fall to BF, 52-26
-Bellows Falls got a balanced scoring effort and strong defensive play in the second half to defeat the winless Leland & Gray Rebels, 52-26, in Townshend on Jan. 2. Freshman Jaden Bazin led the 3-2 Terriers with 10 points. Seniors Will Hallock and Carson Clark each scored nine points. Juniors Coby Levesque and Cameron Perry added seven and six points, respectively. Senior Cody Hescock led the Rebels with a game-high 13 points, and Ely White chipped in with six points.
Twin Valley once again champions of GM Tourney
-The boys' basketball season has barely begun in Vermont, but the Twin Valley Wildcats already look like a team that will be playing in March for a Division IV state championship in Barre. After losing their season opener to Twinfield/Cabot on Dec. 13 in the Bob Abrahamson Tip-Off Classic in Proctor, the Wildcats went on to win four games in a row to close out a hectic first week schedule before the holiday break that featured five road games in...
Bears start season with L&G Tourney sweep
-The Brattleboro Bears started off the girls' basketball season right, with a victory in the annual Leland & Gray Tip-Off Tournament in Townshend. The Bears put up an impressive display of defense in the opening game of the tourney on Dec. 13 with a 42-20 win over the Burr & Burton Bulldogs. Brattleboro held the Bulldogs scoreless in the first quarter and took a 13-0 lead. Burr & Burton never got closer as Brattleboro forced 32 turnovers, and held the...