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Lawson’s Finest Liquids to host Vermont’s premier screening of “Coming Home” film. Lawson’s Finest Liquids will host Vermont’s premiere screening of “Coming Home,” a short film about professional mountain bike rider, advocate and mentor (and Lawson’s Finest’s beertender) Alex Showerman, at the Big Picture in Waitsfield, on August 17. All are welcome for the pre-party at the Lawson’s Finest Taproom from 6 to 8 p.m., and walk over to the the Big Picture for the 8 p.m. film premiere.
Flood mitigation solutions sought by Cabot task force
Roy Schiff, a principal water resources engineer at SLR Consulting, talks with Cabot Flood Resiliency Task Force chair Gary Gulka against the backdrop of Cabot Village’s south tributary of the Winooski River. Photo by Lucia McCallum. Lucia McCallum, Community News Service It took only a walk upstream for two...
WCAX back on the air after tower inspection
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - WCAX-TV has returned to the airways after a regular tower inspection Thursday morning. The preventative maintenance is conducted periodically to ensure that the antenna systems and the physical structure of the tower on Mount Mansfield are in excellent condition. During the inspection, all of the broadcasters...
New York State Police Officer Suspended and Facing Charges in Alleged Robbery
It goes without saying that police officers, whether they're village, town, city or state police, when they make an arrest it's because they are dealing with someone who broke the law. Vast majority of the time, those people are regular, everyday civilians, however on occasion, police officers deal with more attention grabbing individuals, maybe some celebrity, a politician, or in this case one of their own.
Highway Horror in New Hampshire! Logging Truck Teeters Over Wall After Shocking Crash!
MANCHESTER, NH – A stretch of highway in New Hampshire was expected to be closed for “several hours” Friday after a logging truck flipped over a guardrail, leaving part of the trailer dangling over a road below. Interstate 293 Southbound was closed in the area of Exit...
Montpelier Moves to Shut Down Encampment at Former Country Club Property
This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public and comes to The Bridge through a mutual story exchange. The city of Montpelier is asking people to leave an encampment that has grown this summer at the site of...
Rabies ‘Outbreak’ Identified In Upstate New York
New York State is receiving emergency funding to address "outbreaks" of rabies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just approved the release of nearly $19 million in emergency funding to address current wildlife rabies outbreaks in at least seven states, including New York. USDA Addresses Wildlife Rabies Outbreaks in Several...
Leslie J. Matthews: Health care costs rise, access to affordable care diminishes and our leaders fail us
The refusal to act in the face of this crisis may seem abstract, but in fact, it amounts to policy violence that causes unnecessary suffering. Read the story on VTDigger here: Leslie J. Matthews: Health care costs rise, access to affordable care diminishes and our leaders fail us.
Middlebury tries to break a world record for most dogs at a film screening
Last Saturday afternoon, Middlebury went to the dogs. More than 200 dogs — and their adoring parents — gathered at the town’s Memorial Sports Center in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most dogs to attend a film screening. The current record is 219...
Up to her neck in comedy - Pamela Rickard portrays Winnie
Like William Shakespeare, the name Samuel Beckett has the power to strike fear in the average theater-goer’s heart. All those actors stuck in trash cans and funerary urns! Those two guys waiting around for some dude who never shows! That disembodied woman’s mouth spewing crazy talk! What does it all mean? Well, fear not. When Phantom Theater brings Beckett’s “Happy Days” to Warren’s Edgcomb Barn on Saturday and Sunday, August 17 and 18, the audience will be treated to his most accessible play, a masterpiece laced with the playwright’s offbeat sensibility that is also laugh-out-loud funny.
Business Hub Happenings for August 2024
Copper Leaf Financial, a wealth-management firm based in Williston, has promoted operations specialist Maia Furnari to firm administrator, Vermont Business Magazine reported in July. Furnari joined Copper Leaf in 2021 and recently earned an MBA at Champlain College.
Green Mountain Care Board OKs health insurance rate increases it calls 'painfully high'
The Green Mountain Care Board approved increases in premiums for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont and MVP Health Care it characterized as "painfully high," but necessary to ensure the continued solvency of BCBSVT. The Care Board signed off on a 22.8% increase in premiums for BCBSVT for small groups and 19.8% for individuals. BCBSVT had asked for increases of 24% and 21% respectively. MVP received increases of 11.1% for small groups and 14.2% for individuals. MVP...
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