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Village trustees hear update on 0 Bridge Street project proposal
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – At the Tuesday, Aug. 20, meeting of the Bellows Falls Trustees, town manager Scott Pickup and resident Jamey Berrick each took a moment to thank the Bellows Falls Police Department (BFPD) for a recent PSA on pedestrian safety in the downtown Bellows Falls area. Pickup...
Advocacy continues for local hospitals amid looming closures
AYER, Mass. - Central Mass residents are still calling for a local hospital to be saved. Nashoba Valley Medical Center is set to close in just days at the end of the month. Steward Health is set to close Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Carney Hospital on Aug. 31, 2024.
Another Mass. biotech company files for layoffs; over 100 employees affected
Tome Biosciences, Inc., a Watertown-based biotech company, will lay off 131 employees beginning Nov. 1, state filings show. The biotech company, which was founded in 2021, focuses on “delivering cures to patients through cell and genome engineering," according to its website. The layoff news comes less than a year...
Vineyard schools returning with new leadership
When students return to the classroom in the coming weeks, it will be under somewhat new leadership in many Island schools. Among the changes, there will be a new assistant superintendent in the district’s front office, new principals in Oak Bluffs, Chilmark, and Edgartown, and, so far, an unfilled assistant principal position at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
Londonderry discusses future of Williams Dam
LONDONDERRY, Vt. – The Londonderry Selectboard briefly reviewed the process to appoint a new town clerk to fill the vacancy of recently resigned Kelly Pajala at the Aug. 19 meeting, and largely discussed the future of the Williams Dam. Resident Chad Stoddard questioned the legitimacy of currently having two...
Waltham opens new state-of-the-art high school
WALTHAM – It's not only the start of a new school year, but the start of a new era in Waltham, Massachusetts as the city opens a new high school."They're just really epic facilities that are going to benefit our students for generations to come," Waltham Superintendent of Schools Marisa Mendonsa said.New Waltham High SchoolThe new and improved Waltham High School is five years in the making thanks to a nearly $400 million loan, the largest in Massachusetts history for a public school.It has a new cosmetology lab, where in just a few weeks members of the public can actually...
Park Theatre Holds $25,000 Fundraising Raffle
The Park Theatre just celebrated its third year of operation of its newly rebuilt theatre. In honor of the event, the Jaffrey performing arts center launched a $25,000 50/50 raffle. Tickets for The Park Theatre Super 50/50 Summer Raffle are $100 each and a max of 500 tickets will be...
Neighborhood Connections welcomes new executive director
LONDONDERRY-Thom Simmons of Chester has stepped into the role of executive director of Neighborhood Connections. Simmons has a wealth of experience in the nonprofit sector, most recently serving as nutrition and wellness director of Senior Solutions, the area Agency on Aging for Southeastern Vermont. His background includes chairing the business...
NH man dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire resident infected with the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said. The Hampstead resident’s infection was the first in the state in a decade, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. The resident, whom the department only identified as an adult, had been hospitalized due to severe central nervous system symptoms, the department said.
New DCF program aims to temporarily fill gap in youth facilites
Middlebury, VT- The Woodbridge Juvenile Facility closed its doors for good back in 2020, and since then the state of Vermont has been struggling to establish a system of care to take its place. While there are talks of a potential locked facility being built in Vergennes, the Department for...
At the Vermont Adaptive Driving Show, the disability driving community shows off their vehicles and abilities
COLCHESTER – People with disabilities, their friends and families, and community members showed up in a meaningful way for the first annual Vermont Adaptive Driving Show. Held this past Saturday at UVM Medical Center’s Fanny Allen Campus, the event strove to bring the disability driving community together to promote inclusion, UVM Driving Rehabilitation instructor Heather Zuk said.
At the Champlain Valley Fair, learn about leaders and innovators at the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame
ESSEX JUNCTION – Since 2002, the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame has been bringing the state’s agricultural community together to recognize its leaders and innovators. The annual event has honored more than 90 farmers and related professionals and offers three awards – one celebrating emerging leaders, another honoring agricultural innovators and one lauding an experienced agricultural professional with a lifetime achievement award.
Treasurer's office collects, returns record amounts of unclaimed property
Earlier this year, Montpelier firefighter Jake Larrabee says a colleague was looking through Vermont’s database of unclaimed property when he discovered a surprise. “One of our members was looking online, checked himself in the unclaimed property search, and then said, ‘I wonder if there’s anyone else,’” the lieutenant firefighter said. “And then he went through his family and then he put in the association for whatever reason — I don’t know what prompted him to do that — and found it.”
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