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Vermont children under the age of 5 could become eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine as early as this fall, Health Commissioner Mark Levine said Tuesday.
BENNINGTON — Bennington County is among seven Vermont counties rated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as having high community levels of COVID-19.
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — The school district here is one of the few across the region to take the precaution of going remote, after about 15 percent of its students were out from illness prior to switching to distance learning Thursday.
BOSTON — On Tuesday, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health eased its advice on pandemic-related mask use for healthy and vaccinated residents and visitors.
Vermont’s COVID-19 numbers — from caseload to vaccinations to hospitalization rates — continue to move in the right direction, prompting Gov. Phil Scott to suggest that the state’s mask mandate in schools could be lifted as soon as later this month.
MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday encouraged Vermonters to order at-home COVID-19 tests through the federal government.
BENNINGTON — In a push to increase the number of COVID-19 vaccinations in the region and protect especially young Vermonters from the virus, the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center will hold a pediatric vaccination clinic on Jan. 28 from 1 to 5 p.m. for children ages 5 to 11 at the hospital’…
MONTPELIER — Responding to COVID-19 and its public safety threat, Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill that will allow municipalities and school districts to hold town meeting votes by Australian ballot to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.
MANCHESTER — Like many schools across the state and nation, Manchester Elementary Middle School is having trouble keeping up with a growing number of COVID cases and contact tracing, said school Superintendent Randi Lowe on Friday.
PUTNEY — A show in which Walter Parks, longtime guitarist sideman to Woodstock legend Richie Havens, joins accordionist Rob Curto has been postponed to curb the spread of COVID.
Heavy demand for free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests on Wednesday temporarily crashed the website for ordering the kits, with more than 150,000 hits to the Vermont Department of Health-hosted site in less than an hour after it opened.
Gov. Phil Scott warned Tuesday that the rate of positive COVID-19 cases — already at record levels — will continue to sharply increase in the coming weeks, hopefully leveling off and falling in late January or early February.
BENNINGTON — A cluster of COVID cases has been reported among staff at Vermont Veterans Home, and one resident is hospitalized with the virus.
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MANCHESTER — In a letter e-mailed to families Sunday evening, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union Superintendent Randi Lowe warned the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has already impacted food service staff in the Taconic & Green Regional School District and could force school closures.
BENNINGTON — Another day, another COVID-19 case count record broken.
White House officials and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch announced Friday that Vermont will receive $45.5 million to help low- and moderate-income families pay for home heating this winter and cover their rent and utility costs, twice the amount received last year and by far the largest such appropri…
BENNINGTON — Jane Schaeffer turned to yoga 49 years ago on the advice of a friend. She had just given birth to her first daughter, Ani, and described her mental state as “cuckoo” at the time.
BOSTON — A winter storm that had already blanketed parts of the South in snow moved into the Northeast on Friday, snarling air travel, crushing morning commutes and delivering a dilemma to school districts that had been trying to keep children in classes during a surge in coronavirus cases.
MONTPELIER — The House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing towns and school districts to hold town meeting votes by Australian ballot to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
MANCHESTER — As the state set all-time records for new COVID-19 cases this week and came close to equaling the mark for hospitalizations, area schools remain open, saying they’re taking things day by day.
BRATTLEBORO — A popular Polish food truck is setting up shop on Marlboro Road next to a soon-to-be brewery.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Select Board took a first look Monday at a proposed $1.9 million 2022 budget that would raise municipal spending by a total of $96,000 and the town share of property taxes by 5.18 percent.
BENNINGTON — Police Chief Paul Doucette joined other town department heads Monday in highlighting some key aspects of their proposed fiscal 2023 spending plans during the first budget review session before the Select Board.
The leaders of the state House and Senate listed their priorities on Tuesday after gaveling in the session remotely, and the continued recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic topped both lawmakers’ to-do lists.
PLEASE NOTE: Starting Monday, the center will be conducing walk-in only COVID testing at the site from 8 a.m. to noon; vaccinations and boosters will be held — walk-in or scheduled — from 1 to 5 p.m. Previously, both testing and vaccinations were held at the same times. Dobson said only test…
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WILMINGTON — A controversial project to allow lodging again at 34 Look Road was approved by the Development Review Board in a 3-1 decision.
BRATTLEBORO — With Yoshi Manale leaving less than six months into the job of town manager, community members are saying they’ll miss his fresh perspective.
BENNINGTON — Vermont law enforcement, including the Bennington Police and Bennington County law enforcement, will be participating in the national campaign Click It or Ticket beginning today and continuing through June 5. Click It or Ticket (CIOT) is a national seat belt enforcement mobiliza…
PERU -- A homeowner in Peru contacted police on Thursday to report a bullet found lodged in a wall inside their residence.
POWNAL --Vermont State Police are investigating a hit-and-run that occurred in front of the Stewarts Shop on Route 7 in Pownal. Troopers were advised of the incident on Sunday afternoon, with one of the operators leaving the scene right after the collision.
BENNINGTON — A Saturday afternoon “Bike Bash” attracted a steady stream of area residents as the nonprofit Bennington Bike Hub spread the word about its goals and plans.
BELLOWS FALLS — The Windham County Sheriff’s Office has placed a deputy on administrative leave for inadvertently firing a service weapon in their home on Friday.