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Two Medicare Advantage plans will no longer be available in Vt in 2025
By Peter D’Auria, VTDigger Two Medicare Advantage plans will cease operations in Vermont in January, leaving several thousand covered residents in the state in need of new coverage by the beginning of 2025. The two plans, operated by MVP and WellCare, a subsidiary of health care giant Centene, will no longer be offered in the […]
Robert Gardner: Closing Gifford Medical Center would deeply damage the region
The decision to close Gifford would have genuine human and social costs, impacting people’s lives in ways that are absent in the bloodless language of this consultant’s superficial analysis. Read the story on VTDigger here: Robert Gardner: Closing Gifford Medical Center would deeply damage the region.
Celebrate 54 Years of the Newfane Heritage Festival – A Vermont Fall Classic!
The Newfane Heritage Festival returns on October 12th and 13th, 2024, from 10 am to 4 pm. This beloved tradition showcases the best of southeastern Vermont with over 65 juried artists and craftspeople, local specialty goods, delicious homemade food, and family-friendly entertainment, all set amid stunning fall foliage.
Bradford village store to close
Once as ubiquitous a feature of small town New England life as white clapboard churches and village greens, scores of independent general stores have been steamrolled by gas station convenience store chains and dollar stores. Read the story on VTDigger here: Bradford village store to close.
Vermont high school boys golf state championship came down to the final hole
Entering the final hole Rutland's Sebastian Pell and Champlain Valley's Cooper Guerriere were tied at 68. The duo was part of the same group that teed off first at Burlington Country Club at the Vermont high school boys state championship. "We both hit pretty good drives in good spots," Pell said. "I hit it right next to the green. Cooper hit his second shot into the fescue on the left and he chunked the second one....
As many lose motel housing, 91 lawmakers demand more shelters, state of emergency
By Carly Berlin Editor’s note: This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public. Nearly 100 Vermont legislators and Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman called for Gov. Phil Scott to intervene on a mass wave of evictions currently underway from the state’s motel voucher program […]
Bridge over Connecticut River, section of I-91 to reopen soon
The bridge, built in 1937, had deteriorating steel and concrete, was on New Hampshire’s Red List, a list of bridges that require inspection due to poor condition. Before the bridge closed in April 2023, it had a reduced weight limit of 15 tons. Read the story on VTDigger here: Bridge over Connecticut River, section of I-91 to reopen soon.
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