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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.
Burlington breaks ground on new affordable housing on South Winooski Avenue
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A groundbreaking development is underway as advocates gathered on Friday to break ground on a new project that will replace the old VFW building. It marks a crucial step forward in addressing the city’s housing needs. Mark Hughes, Executive Director of the VT Racial Justice...
Know2Protect campaign offers kids online safety education
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Children’s safety online is front and center this school year, and now one government agency is offering advice to educators. The Department of Homeland Security is providing resources specifically for educators and other school personnel who work with kids and teens. The Know2Protect public awareness...
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...
Friction building over Montpelier homeless encampment
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s growing homeless population continues to be a challenge for municipalities, including creating division among some Montpelier residents over encampments in undesignated locations. Derek Malbroux lives in the woods off of Country Club Road in Montpelier, just next to the former Elks Club shelter that...
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.
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