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Kate Driver playing with kids in 2018 at Georgia's Next Generation

Providers Wary of New State Guidance for Childcare Programs

by Alison Novak Posted on May 14, 2020 at 4:10PM

Those requirements, too, will be difficult, Driver said. Young children need to have interaction and connection with other children and staff members and do not understand the concept of physical distancing.

An earlier drive-up testing site in Essex Junction

People Without Virus Symptoms Can Get Tested at Pop-Up Sites

by Derek Brouwer Posted on May 13, 2020 at 5:19PM

Vermonters who feel fine but worry about recent exposure to coronavirus can get tested at a series of "pop-up" events scheduled over the next two weeks. The Vermont Department of Health is hosting daylong testing clinics for asymptomatic residents in 11 cities and towns between May 14 and May 23.

Vermont Family Harassed Over New York Plates, Scott Says

by Colin Flanders Posted on May 13, 2020 at 3:31PM

At the same time, a state-run online tool allows Vermonters to report those that they suspect of violating Scott's stay-at-home order. Some of the more than 270 complaints filed on the portal so far have been aimed at people believed to be from out of state.

Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility

Officer Tests Positive at Vermont's Women's Prison, Prompting Mass Testing

by Paul Heintz Posted on May 13, 2020 at 10:16AM

right? The answer is no, as well.

A worker helping transport a patient from Burlington Health & Rehabilitation Center in March

Vermont Nursing Homes, Hospitals Are Exempt From Most COVID-19 Claims

by Kevin McCallum Posted on May 12, 2020 at 7:59PM

Weeks after the pandemic took hold in Vermont, the health care industry won sweeping immunity from civil liability over how workers in facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes respond. In an April 10 executive order, Gov. Phil Scott extended to most health care facilities and providers the same protections that firefighters, police officers and National Guard members enjoy when responding to natural disasters.

As Controversies Mount, St. Albans Police Chief Gary Taylor to Retire

by Derek Brouwer Posted on May 12, 2020 at 5:29PM

Taylor has served as the police chief since 2005, and has worked in law enforcement since 1977, according to the Saint Albans Messenger. Reached by email, Taylor declined to comment.

Champlain Parkway plans, from Home Avenue to Lakeside Avenue

Champlain Parkway Construction Pushed to Spring 2021

by Courtney Lamdin Posted on May 11, 2020 at 11:23PM

The state chose to not renew its contract with Country Camper in East Montpelier, which had provided the RVs, Weinberger said. About half of the homeless folks staying there are now using the state's hotel voucher program; the other half chose not to, he said.

Reps. Johannah Donovan (left) and Mary Sullivan

'Joey' Donovan Won't Seek Reelection to the Vermont House

by Kevin McCallum Posted on May 11, 2020 at 7:33PM

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Gov. Phil Scott at the Statehouse earlier this year

Vermont Retail Stores Can Reopen With Capacity Limits on May 18

by Courtney Lamdin Posted on May 11, 2020 at 2:36PM

The state has also opened pop-up testing centers to screen asymptomatic frontline workers. Snowbirds, second-home owners and college students returning from out of state can be referred for testing if they show no symptoms on day seven of the required 14-day quarantine.

Vermont Childcare Centers Can Reopen June 1; Summer Camps Allowed

by Courtney Lamdin Posted on May 8, 2020 at 2:57PM

"That's the big question right now. We think there's a way to do this, because ... summer camps generally are a quarantined group of people," he said.

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