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“Across the state, Vermonters with weakened immune systems are navigating a newly vaccinated society while knowing they could still be at risk. That includes people with cancer or who are undergoing chemotherapy, transplant recipients, HIV-positive people and a variety of other conditions that require someone to take immune-suppressing medication.” Source: Immunocompromised Vermonters navigate the new […]

“It turns out, the answer may not be good policy or economic dynamism, but rather bad data. That is the conclusion of Art Woolf, retired professor of economics at the University of Vermont. “The unemployment rate in Vermont and probably in many states is not a very good indicator anymore,” Woolf said in an interview.”  […]

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik   “Our communities cannot afford any further delay or acquiescence – unilateral action to begin reopening the border appears necessary,” she wrote.”   Saratoga, New York – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik sent a letter to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Department of Homeland Security to unilaterally ease restrictions […]

Source: Scott vetoes noncitizen voting measures, setting new record – VTDigger

Source: Live music at last! Burlington’s Discover Jazz Festival is outdoors and mostly free | NCPR News

Source: Casella Waste Systems unpacks batches of spoiled food to be recycled

Source: PHOTOS: Baseball back in Burlington – VTDigger

Source: The vice principal: How a small Vermont town overlooked the abuse of two teens – VTDigger

“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 […]