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“We are hopeful to have this completed within a few days,” Mrs. Dunster’s co-CEOs Blair and Rosalyn Hyslop said in a statement, “to quickly get employees back to work and products back on the shelves.” Source: Canadian baker Mrs. Dunster’s to buy Koffee Kup, Vermont Bread – VTDigger

Source: As Leahy ponders reelection, potential successors prepare for a vacancy – VTDigger

Source: All-female ambulance crew makes Burlington Fire Department history

Source: CVPH nurses push for safe staffing | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com

Source: COVID online learning hurt kids’ math skills. Bedtime Math app could help.

Source: BETA Technologies plans Vermont factory for electric aircraft

Lower number of patient visits during pandemic continues to fuel deficit.  PLATTSBURGH, NY (05/18/2021) – As low patient visits and increased COVID-19 related expenses persisted through the first six months of its 2021 Fiscal Year (FY2021), the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) reported today that it lost almost $8 […]

Source: Masks still mandated inside Burlington businesses

After almost 15 months of battling COVID-19, we are feeling cautiously optimistic about our eventual emergence from this pandemic. Given the direct connections between the pandemic and the UVM Health Network’s finances, it should be no surprise that we are assessing our latest financial results with the same kind of cautious optimism. Today, I am […]

Source: Then Again: 200 Irish workers, demanding their pay, started Bolton’s War – VTDigger

Source: Eugenics at UVM: Why Abenaki leaders feel the apology wasn’t enough – VTDigger

Source: Scott signs bill allowing police to use chokeholds in self-defense – VTDigger

Source: Celebratory or premature? Businesses level with new masking policy – VTDigger

Source: Vermont relaxes mask mandate, following new CDC guidance – VTDigger

Source: Burlington Jazz Festival is less than one month away and the lineup is ready to go

“But lawmakers right now plan to tackle the two contaminants — both linked to cancer — in significantly different ways. In one instance — radon — legislators contemplate requiring tests in all schools and asking districts to pick up the tab. In another — PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls — lawmakers are making money available for […]

Archives | RSS TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 ENVIRONMENT Company Scraps Plan to Scuttle an Obsolete Ferry in Lake Champlain POSTED BY KEVIN MCCALLUM ON TUE, MAY 11, 2021 AT 3:26 PM FACEBOOK TWITTER REDDIT EMAIL click to enlarge ROB FOUNTAIN ©️ SEVEN DAYS The retired ferry Adirondack in Port Kent, N.Y. Lake Champlain Transportation is […]

“However, he said the real issue has been about retention. “We’ve had issues like where temps come in to work … they’re there for one day, and things appear to be OK, then they have their 9:30 break the next day and we just don’t hear from them and neither the temp agency or I can […]

Source: Herd size: Vermont dairy farms are getting bigger and more efficient

Source: New England Patriots plane stops at Burlington airport

Source: With earmarks reinstated, Leahy poised to deliver more federal money to Vermont – VTDigger

Source: Man used PPP loan to start alpaca farm in Vermont, authorities allege – VTDigger

Source: Chemically contaminated Burlington High School needs to be rebuilt, superintendent says – VTDigger

Source: UVM students stage mass walkout following social media posts detailing sexual violence on campus – VTDigger

Source: Explain the Asterisk: Sexual Violence at UVM – VTDigger