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Amid a tumultuous period in health care,Vermont hospitals request annual revenue and rate increases
By Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Vermont hospitals are seeking the Green Mountain Care Board’s permission to increase commercial insurance charges and their revenue from patients, an annual process that comes amid widespread concern over hospitals’ financial health. Each year, hospitals request increases for the next fiscal year in their net patient revenue — revenue brought in by caring for patients […]
First responders including VSP trooper save a life at Waterbury golf course
The quick actions and teamwork of community members and first responders from the Waterbury Ambulance Service and Vermont State Police saved the life of a woman who experienced a medical emergency at a Waterbury golf course earlier this summer. The incident occurred July 3 at the Blush Hill Country Club...
Missing a world record by a nose: Not quite enough dogs see documentary in Middlebury
More than 200 dogs attended a screening in Middlebury last weekend of the new Netflix documentary “Inside the Mind of a Dog.” That’s a lot of dogs, period, let alone dogs attending a movie. But it still wasn’t quite as many dogs as organizers of the screening had hoped for. ...
Tickets on sale for Green Mountain Aviation Field Days at KBTV
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont — Tickets are on sale for Green Mountain Aviation Field Days, slated for Sept. 14-15, 2024, at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (KBTV). Presented by the Vermont Aviators Association, Green Mountain Aviation (GMA) Field Days will celebrate the “Past, Present and Future of Aviation.”. Festivities...
Swanton man charged with multiple violations after speeding on I-89
GEORGIA — A Swanton man is facing multiple charges, including negligent operation and cruelty to a child, after being clocked at 101 mph on Interstate 89, Vermont State Police said. Dalton Katon, 27, was spotted by a trooper on Aug. 14 speeding southbound near Exit 18 in Georgia, driving...
Keene man arrested for assault with 3D-printed weapon
ROXBURY — A Keene man has been charged following an assault involving a 3D-printed weapon that left another man injured. At 2:07 p.m. on July 22, State Troopers assigned to the Troop C barracks responded to a report of an assault at the Otter Brook Dam in Roxbury. Upon...
Vermont academy receives 36 million dollars for school expansions and more
Fairfax, VT – The Bellows Free Academy received 36 million dollars for school renovations, extensions, and more. Superintendent of Schools John Tague said “the need for additional space has grown.”. The project will add over 150,000 square feet to BFA, creating more spaces for elementary, middle, and high...
Vermont lifestyle lures biotech duo to buy lumber yard
EAST MIDDLEBURY — What do two 37-year-old friends do after successfully incubating and growing two successful biotechnology companies in the greater Boston area?. They become owner-operators of an established lumber business in East Middlebury, Vt., of course. Not exactly a script you’ll see play out in Forbes, but Andrew...
Wrong-way driver from California arrested on I-91 in Vermont
FAIRLEE, Vt. — A California man was arrested on Wednesday night after police said he was driving the wrong way down Interstate 91. Vermont State Police were notified of a wrong-way driver on I-91 South in Fairlee just before midnight on Wednesday. Troopers were able to pull the vehicle...
Vermont’s Olympic rugby star returns home to cheering fans
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - U.S. women’s rugby star Ilona Maher returned to Burlington Thursday after her team won a first-ever medal at the Olympics in Paris. It was all smiles as bronze medal-winning Ilona Maher greeted cheering fans at the Burlington airport. “This is my hometown, this where I...
Rutland doctor to be honoredwith sculpture downtown
Dr. Charles Caverly was world’s first to identify polio epidemic The 13th addition to the Rutland Sculpture Trail will honor a groundbreaking Rutland doctor, and the hundreds of local medical professionals who responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. The sculpture, designed by and to be carved from Danby White marble by Italian sculptor Alessandro Lombardo, will […]
Founder and longtime director of Colchester’s Department of Public Works, Bryan Osborne, retires after 33 years
COLCHESTER — Bryan Osborne, who created Colchester’s Department of Public Works and directed it for over three decades, retired at the end of June after 33 years of service in the role. He visited Québec City with his partner last month, and hopes to do more traveling, but...
Badger state represented at national Best Warrior Competition
The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Spc. Tevin Kenton, a member of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry Regiment, was among 14 Soldiers representing the best of the National Guard at the national Best Warrior Competition Aug. 4-8 at Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vermont. The Best Warrior Competition...
UVM Medical Center gets national accreditation for its pulmonary hypertension program
The University of Vermont Medical Center has received national accreditation for its Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center, which treats patients who suffer from a collection of "rare, progressive and deadly heart-and-lung related conditions," according to a press release. The accreditation from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association means Vermonters will no longer have to travel to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for treatment in an accredited program. The accreditation will also improve access to national clinical trials and support groups for...
The 99th season of Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference begins
The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the oldest writers’ conference in the country, opened its 99th session on Wednesday, Aug. 14; it will run through Saturday, Aug. 24. Held every summer since 1926 on Middlebury’s Bread Loaf campus in Ripton, the conference remains one of America’s most respected literary institutions.
Local musician hosts benefit concert for Turning Point Center
Brandon-based musician Breanna Elaine has taken matters into her own hands after her close friend died of a drug overdose. She will soon be releasing her new single “Where the snakes live” — a tribute to her late friend — at an event that will raise money for Turning Point Center Rutland, a non profit substance recovery center.
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.
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