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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.
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...
Vermont women's soccer 2024: New goalie, impactful freshmen, and a prolific offense
The Vermont women’s soccer team opens the 2024 season on Saturday, with a trip to a familiar place for head coach Kristi Huizenga: Her alma mater of Connecticut. It marks the first time since 2012 that Huizenga, a star player for the Huskies in the early 2000s, will bring the Catamounts to UConn. Vermont relishes...
Informational meeting on the Goodell House renovation Aug 29
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) is set to host a public informational meeting to introduce a proposed concept for the relocation and historical reconstruction of the Goodell House, a structure of historic significance located in the Mt. Mansfield State Forest just outside of the Little River State Park in Waterbury.
Facing rising costs, UVM Medical Center seeks 8% budget increase
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The UVM Medical Center and other Vermont hospitals last week began their budget presentations to Vermont regulators and one conclusion is clear -- many are under financial strain. During a briefing Friday, UVMMC officials announced their priorities and budget changes going into the next fiscal year and called for statewide reforms to address affordability.
After years of coach turnover, Ben True ’08 hired as interim cross country/distance coach
For more than one week, Ben True ’08 has been the only coach commuting to Dartmouth’s track and field offices in Alumni Gym. Typically, the team has around five to six active coaches, according to coaching records. True was announced as the interim men’s and women’s cross country/distance...
APhi barred from fall recruitment
Alpha Phi sorority will not participate in recruitment this fall, according to a campus-wide email sent by the Inter Sorority Council Thursday evening. APhi was suspended by the College in July following the death of Won Jang ’26. “In July, Alpha Phi was placed on an Immediate Temporary Suspension...
Vermont Democratic Party investigates potential election interference in Windham County
With the state primary behind us, Vermont’s Democratic Party is now investigating potential election interference in Windham County. The party alleges that anonymous letters attacking a democratic candidate were sent to voters in Guilford days before the election. The anonymous letter largely mentions Zon Eastes, the current Chair of...
Admission is free to several popular Vermont landmarks this Friday
BENNINGTON, Vt. — Ahead of a state holiday in Vermont this Friday, the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation is extending an invitation to visit state-owned historic sites free of charge that day. Aug. 16 is Bennington Battle Day in Vermont. It commemorates a key victory over the British on...
High Court denies pre-trial release for man charged with Rutland officer’s murder
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - The Vermont Supreme Court says the man accused of causing a crash that killed a Rutland Police should remain behind bars until his trial. Police say Tate Rheaume was fleeing from officers in July 2023 when he crossed the center line and collided head-on with Officer Jessica Ebbighausen’s cruiser, killing her. He is awaiting trial for aggravated murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence.
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