The free food program will end this week. A Stowe cop is accused of sex assault. And hospital officials worry about looming staffing shortages due to Covid-19 vax deadlines. These headlines and more from VT media today.
Water Cooler: pushback against ‘Vermont State University’ / BLM at Rice Memorial / Olympic finalist celebrated in Richford
While Vermont healthcare groups vaccinate migrant workers statewide, the Biden Administration is admitting thousands of unvaccinated Haitians. And why was a UVM dorm told to ‘shelter in place’?
Water Cooler: pandemic $$ to pay police bonuses / Spilled milk in highway rollover? / more remote learning in NEK / Stowe worker dies in zipline accident
A Stowe worker died in a zipline accident.
Water Cooler: Some businesses got too much pandemic relief / why are grocery, fuel prices rising? / Burlington may restrict short-term rentals
Vermont’s auditor says some businesses got more pandemic relief $$ than they were entitled to.
Water Cooler: celebrating Coolidge / Messner to retire / Keep Fletcher Library Free! / State colleges mull name change
Vermont media today report: noted Calvin Coolidge historian to speak; Fletcher library resists BHS merger; /vt state colleges ponder ‘university’ name
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Tue, Sep 21
Which nightclubs require vaccination? What really caused the SBHS lockdown? What happened in the cyberattack on Vermont radio stations? Vermont media report today.
Water Cooler: Leaf blower ban in Burlington / Vermont ninja / the Giant Pumpkin / when Trump came to Burlington
Burlington’s leaf blower ban. A Democrat lawmaker remembers when Donald Trump campaigned at the Flynn in Vermont January 7, 2016. These and more headlines from Vermont media.
Water Cooler: No mail in Williston / Hospital spending outpaces economic growth / ‘managing’ homeless camp in Burlington / arrests after school lockdown
Burlington tries to manage a homeless camp that will need to be moved when a new highway goes through it, anyway. If you build it, they will come.
Water Cooler: Louis Porter goes electric / Banyai forms Slate Ridge non-profit / Leahy & Simone Biles / why the hospital cleaning staff matters
Almost as much as nurses and doctors, the hospital cleaning staff keep people alive. The much-traveled Louis Porter adds yet another gig to his impressive resume. And will Slate Ridge become a non-profit?
Water Cooler: crack/fentanyl bust / school surveillance testing / BHS site choices
The Liberty Union Party does NOT want to be confused with lag-waving patriotic zealots. So it’s changing its name. That story and others in the Vermont media today.