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When combined with a healthy diet, quality sleep, an active social life and preventative medical care, there nothing is more powerful than exercise to keep us feeling younger, stronger, mobile and independent. But incorporating exercise into our daily lives can be challenging for some. Here …
Tracy Purdy-Martin leads a class for seniors Tuesday that focuses on balance and strength training at the Bennington Sports Center. This is the advanced class and is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon.
Most of us will experience many losses over our lives, including the grief that accompanies these sad events. Elizabeth Kubler Ross described the “stages” of grief as denial, anger, bargaining, depression (sadness) and finally acceptance.
MONTPELIER — Vermonters who need to remove firearms from their homes now have access to a renewed program that provides safe storage at sites statewide, the Vermont State Police and the Vermont Attorney General’s Office announced today in a statement.
MONTPELIER — Hundreds of Vermonters will rally for a virtual Mental Health Advocacy Day on Jan. 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Retreat and Rescue Inc. have signed a one-year contract for a pilot program that will help address the critical shortage of hospital transportation options for voluntary mental health patients waiting in emergency departments throughout Vermont.
It’s the time of the winter blues, the darkest days of the year, which many of us can find so jarring and difficult to manage. But when is this “normal,” and when is this something to be concerned about?
BEDFORD, N.H. — Vermont residents are invited to a free educational conference hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association New England Region for individuals living with dementia and their families. The two-day New England Family Conference will take place on Feb. 3 and 4. The virtual event is fre…
WEST BRATTLEBORO — A few puppets stopped by Academy School to teach students how to more smoothly process anxiety.
BURLINGTON — Following an analysis of COVID-19 data, the Department of Health is reporting 86 additional COVID-associated deaths that occurred over the course of the pandemic but had not been previously reported. Most of these deaths occurred in 2022. The numbers included 15 additional death…
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MANCHESTER — On a rainy Saturday in early December, I stood in a stall with Lance, my horse, trying to clear my mind of its usual busy thoughts. I held out my hands, palms up and facing him, and visualized a loving energy emanating from them to him. He was eating hay. I was learning to offer reiki.
I hate being called names. Those voices get in my head, and I can believe them for a bit. Then, sooner or later, I remember. Name-calling says more about them than it does about me.
With Christmas and Hanukkah behind us, ‘tis the season to detox, destress and debloat. The old adage, "what goes up must come down," certainly applies to the end of the year. The highs of the holiday season are without a doubt followed by the lows of the manifestations of our overindulgences…
MONTPELIER — Matt Vernon, medical staff President at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, was selected to join the Physician Executive Leadership Institute Foundational Course, which commences remotely in January. Vernon has been practicing in Bennington for nine years. He serves as medical …
When combined with a healthy diet, quality sleep, an active social life, and preventative medical care there nothing is more powerful than exercise to keep us feeling younger, stronger, mobile, and independent. But incorporating exercise into our daily lives can be challenging for some. Here…
BENNINGTON — Turning Point Center of Bennington has a new location, a new executive director and new motivation to connect with the community.
MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott, with scientists and health officials from the National Weather Service in Burlington and Albany, N.Y., the Department of Health, and the Department of Environmental Conservation, is offering tips and guidance for how Vermonters can sign up for air quality foreca…
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BENNINGTON — Announcing a sweeping plan to expand the Emergency Department and construct a new cancer center, Southwestern Vermont Health Care…
MONTPELIER — Responding to COVID-19 and its public safety threat, Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill that will allow municipalities and school dist…
MANCHESTER — In a letter e-mailed to families Sunday evening, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union Superintendent Randi Lowe warned the omicro…
BOSTON — A winter storm that had already blanketed parts of the South in snow moved into the Northeast on Friday, snarling air travel, crushin…
MONTPELIER — The House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing towns and school districts to hold town meeting votes by Australian ballo…