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Distance and intimacy: Teen romance in the pandemic

April 14, 2021
By Gloria Kigonya, of Colchester High School, and Kiran Bleakney-Eastman, of Burlington High School Editor’s note: the following article was produced as part of VTDigger’s Underground Workshop. Before the pandemic, Burlington High School junior Rose Lowry was a social butterfly. She loved meeting new people and creating long-lasting relationships. Quality time with her romantic partners…

VT Fish & Wildlife teen conservation weekends held for girls and boys

April 14, 2021
CASTLETON—The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. is offering two teen conservation weekends to be held at the Edward F. Kehoe Conservation Camp in Castleton this August. “We are pleased to announce a fun and exciting opportunity for teens ages 15 to17,” said Hannah Phelps, camp coordinator. “The new Teen Conservation Weekends will allow us to provide…

Wonderfeet offers summer camps for kids ages 3-10

April 14, 2021
Wonderfeet Children’s museum, located at 11 Center St. in Rutland, is offering a series of camps this summer for kids age 3-10 years old. “If your young ones love dinosaurs, writing or robotics or more, Wonderfeet has a program they will love,” Wonderfeet said in a statement. Offerings include: Little Explorers Dig Dinosaurs June 21-25,…

Scott, Sanders announce summer enrichment program for Vermont youth

April 14, 2021
Governor Phil Scott, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont Afterschool and the Agency of Education outlined a plan to enhance and expand summertime enrichment opportunities for Vermont students grades K-12, April 9. In response to the impact of the pandemic on children, youth and families, Governor Scott, Senator Sanders and other partners worked to ensure that…

After a year lost to Covid, summer camps will reopen

April 14, 2021
By John Flowers, Addison Independent SALISBURY — The familiar sounds of laughing, shouting, splashing and playing — both the youthful abandon and instrumental varieties — will once again tickle the ears of those living near Lake Dunmore this summer. That’s because three popular camps — Keewaydin, Songadeewin and Point CounterPoint — will reopen to children…

Weekly Horoscopes for April 14-20

April 14, 2021
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Look out for yourself this week

April 14, 2021
By Cassandra Tyndall What is one area of your life that is so solid, you could never imagine it going wrong? Is it your relationship? Your career? Or maybe it’s something you’ve cultivated within yourself, such as a spiritual relationship with the divine or an unshakeable belief in yourself. The opposite can also be true.…

Join our team: Front Office Manager & Arts, Digital Editor (Full-time)

April 14, 2021
Job details Job Type: Front Office Manager & Arts, Digital Editor (Full-time) Qualifications: Associate (Preferred) Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred) Customer service: 1 year (Preferred) Full Job Description:  Front Office Manager & Arts, Digital Editor The Mountain Times is looking for a full-time Front Office Manager & Arts, Digital Editor to assistant to the publishers…

What is ‘herd immunity’ and does it help us? 

April 13, 2021
Infectious diseases can strike at any time. Some of them cause relatively minor interruptions to daily life and often can resolve of their own accord when the body’s immune system mounts a successful defense. Other diseases can cause serious, even life-threatening symptoms or spread rapidly, which makes it essential for medical professionals to help slow…

Study: 2 in 3 Vermonters believe ‘immunity passports’ should be issued as proof of vaccination

April 13, 2021
It’s a question of social fairness that has grown increasingly pertinent for public health officials as more and more Americans receive their initial dose of the Covid-19 vaccine: Should vaccinated people, or those with antibodies, have more freedom than those without or who have not been vaccinated? As some public spaces begin to open up,…

How to get a vaccination appointment sooner

April 13, 2021
What’s the difference between the federal pharmacy program and state sponsored sites? Staff report There are two parallel programs for receiving your Covid-19 vaccine — one run by the state and one run by the federal government through partnering pharmacies. Each receives separate allocations of vaccines to distribute and each has a separate process for…

Reopening plan requires vaccinations

April 13, 2021
  By Polly Mikula Governor Phil Scott issued the “Vermont Forward, Roadmap to Reopening” on April 6, which outlined a three step approach to reopening the Vermont economy based on projected vaccination milestones reached. “We now have three safe and effective vaccines in our toolbox, which gives us a level of predictability we didn’t have…

2021 Covid-19 Vaccination Guide

April 13, 2021
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FAQs about the Covid-19 vaccine 

April 13, 2021
The Vermont Dept. of Health and health officials across the globe urge all adults ages 16-plus to get vaccinated for Covid-19 as soon as they’re eligible to help stop the spread of the disease and its variants — we all must do our part and get vaccinated so that we can once again return to…

Vermont State highway safety office launches Connect To Disconnect campaign

April 9, 2021
https://youtu.be/gqjvIs7gmA8 The Vermont State Highway Safety Office has put together a presentation about the dangers of distracted driving and to promote the upcoming Distracted Driving Enforcement campaign that is called Connect To Disconnect (C2D).