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| Today’s SHORTS is republished from the daily newsletter of the Journal-Opinion, the weekly newspaper for Bradford and surrounding towns on both sides of the Connecticut River. |
| General store in West Fairlee village has closed – Erin’s General Store closed on Aug. 3, according to an email from store management. The store also posted a notice on social media. West Fairlee’s general store, then known as B&B Cash Market, closed in January 2020 after the untimely death of a previous co-owner. A longtime former employee reopened the store in August 2020. There had been a recent change in ownership. A general store has been operating at the intersection of Beanville Road and Route 113 for approximately 125 years. Baker’s General Store in Post Mills is about 2 miles south on Route 113. |
| NH juvenile detention center expands – The NH Executive Council will consider today a proposal to increase the contract with the architectural firm designing the proposed Sununu Youth Services Center replacement in Hampstead. “With an expected population consisting of ‘more gang members,’ state officials are asking to build a larger, more ‘hardened’ juvenile treatment facility on the grounds of the former Hampstead Hospital,” reports the Union Leader (via Yahoo). “The new design is for 18 to 25 beds, to include seven additional specialized beds for intake and crisis and to move from a residential to a more institutional look, [Administrative Services Commissioner Charles] Arlinghaus wrote in a letter to the council.” |
| Rabies bait drop begins today – Vermont’s annual Rabies Vaccine Bait Drop will take place from Aug. 7-22. Rabies vaccine — in the form of a sweet-smelling oral bait that is attractive to raccoons and skunks — will be placed by hand in residential areas, and dropped in rural areas from low-flying aircraft. Approximately 300,000 quarter-sized blister packs (pictured below) containing rabies vaccine will be distributed in Vermont communities across Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, and Washington counties. “The bait packs are not poisonous and are not harmful to people, pets or wildlife,” states a news release from the Vermont Department of Health. |
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Other Health Departments, like Niagara County are posting safety warnings about the rabies vaccine drop. Why isn’t the Vermont Dept of Health doing that? They’re using the same phone number that’s on the VT bait pack so most likely the same vaccine.
https://www.niagaracounty.gov/news_detail_T8_R196.php