Witherbee
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Emergency medicine responders meet with Becca Balint to talk rural health bottlenecks
So many of the problems EMTs deal with, providers said, catch people where they fall through the cracks of other social services. Read the story on VTDigger here: Emergency medicine responders meet with Becca Balint to talk rural health bottlenecks .
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Burlington City Council to weigh reworked public safety resolution
A new draft of Burlington’s public safety resolution, aimed at tackling the city’s homelessness and drug issues, is nearly ready for a vote. City Council President Ben Traverse says the resolution was redrafted after three months of committee review.
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Tech Jam returns to Burlington for job seekers
The annual Tech Jam expo returns to Hula in Burlington Saturday.
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Colchester Fall Market set for this weekend with a full house of 50 vendors
COLCHESTER – Colchester’s Fall Market is all set to go — and there isn’t a vendor slot to spare!. The annual market will take place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Colchester Recreation Center’s gymnasium for the second year. Recreation center manager...
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Letter to the Editor: Supporting Julia Andrews for Vermont House of Representatives
This letter is from Michael Boucher, a resident of Milton. Julia Andrews is the better choice for State Representative for the Milton-Westford district. Over the years she has demonstrated the vision, energy and intelligence necessary to bring substantive and effective reform to Montpelier. When Julia tackles an issue, you can be sure that she will investigate it fully and address all sides of the issue. I know Julia personally, and she is not (and has never been) a rubber-stamp vote for any party or faction.
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Burlington honors blind pioneer Anne Connelly on White Cane Awareness Day
Dozens walked down Church Street, many with canes in hand, to honor blind trailblazer Anne Connelly last Friday. Gathering at 200 Pearl St., where Connelly once lived, people marched to Burlington City Hall to follow the same route Connelly used to take to her office every day with Vermont’s first recognized trained guide dog, Betty. There, city officials unveiled a plaque honoring Connolly and Betty to celebrate the duo, White Cane Awareness Day and the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired’s 100th anniversary. Sign up for Free Press Selects: Get our pick of great stories every weekend and hear how the news comes together. “She was a pioneer who changed the view of what was possible for someone with vision loss,” said Dan Norris, the executive director of the association. Connelly was born blind in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1889. She was brought to Vermont in 1912 by Anna Smith, wife of Gov. Edwin Smith, to open the first school for blind people in Franklin County. That year, Connelly opened her first classroom in St. Albans, and the Edmunds School in Burlington founded the Vermont Association for the Blind, predecessor to the current organization. A year later, Connelly taught