Posts in tag

Vermont


Students brought posters and banners to a forum on Friday, Feb. 10, where many protested the administration’s decision to move the libraries to an all-digital model and downgrade some campuses’ sports programs. Photo by Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Vermont State University administrators apologized Friday, after students and community members expressed surprise and anger over changes to libraries …

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England plans to close five part-time health centers — four of which are in Vermont, and another on the border in New Hampshire — and expand the hours of seven others, the organization said in a Friday afternoon press release.  The changes are meant “to ensure the organization is sustainable …

by Bill Schubart As I’ve written in the past, we’ll never sort out the hot mess that health care’s become in Vermont and in the U.S. until we agree on the fundamental question of whether health care is a definable right or just a lucrative business. Our persistent ambivalence only extends its cost and complexity with second-class …

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – This Easter weekend, the state of Vermont is warning it may not be safe yet to gather with your family. The Vermont Health Department says it is safe to gather with multiple households only if everyone is fully vaccinated. If you’ve only gotten one shot of a double dose, or if …

Years ago when he was in high school, Peter Wallis volunteered at the Chaffee Art Center. It was his first experience around real artists, and it helped him to believe he could have a career in the arts. He returned during graduate school as the education director, and today exhibits all over the country, crediting …

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont hunters harvested a record number of black bears this past hunting season. Vermont Fish & Wildlife says hunters took 914 bears during the two-part season. The previous high was 750 in 2019. Hunters took a majority of the bears in the early season and only 91 in the late bear …

TOWNSHEND, Vt. (WCAX) – A local school district is already looking ahead to the New Year. The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union says they will be doing remote learning after Christmas vacation. This will be from January 4 – 8. Superintendent Andy Skarzynski says it was a tough decision, but because of a surge in COVID …

The new 3D mammography machine takes images at every depth of breast tissue to both improve and ease detection of early breast tumors. It is proven to detect 20 to 60 percent more invasive cancers. BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southwestern Vermont Health Care has invested $750,000 in the latest breast imaging technology for its newly …

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont health care regulators are mulling over a proposed rate hike which could raise health insurance premiums for the state’s largest carrier. In a year that has thrown the predictability of the heath care system for a loop, it’s the latest effort by the industry to stabilize costs. Blue Cross Blue …

Vermont Business Magazine The 6th Annual Jingle Bell on December 7 at the Mount Snow Grand Summit Resort Hotel in Dover, VT, hosted a crowd of 189 people and raised more than $70,000 for Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) and the SVMC Deerfield Valley Campus.  “We truly enjoyed bringing our friends and neighbors from the …