By Curt Peterson The Windsor Central Unified Union School District convened a special board meeting Monday night, still on a “hybrid” regimen — about half the participants were present in the Middle School library, while the other half attended remotely […]
Category: Covid-19 updates
Covid-19 updates, Featured
Myths and facts about Covid-19 vaccination
By The Boston Globe MYTH: The Covid-19 vaccines were developed too fast to be safe. FACTS: It’s understandable that people would have this concern. The vaccines were rolled out in record time, two of them using a novel technology. The […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
Summertime reflections
By Rep. Jim Harrison Unlike earlier this summer when daily Vermont Covid cases were declining and often in the single numbers, they are now significantly up due to the more contagious Delta variant. Last Friday, there were 88 new cases […]
Covid-19 updates, News Briefs, State News
Absent a state of emergency, will schools be able to boot a kid for not wearing a mask?
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger When Gov. Phil Scott’s administration announced new Covid-19 guidance for K-12 schools on Tuesday, Aug. 3, it did so with an important caveat. The state’s recommendations — including around masking — were not themselves requirements. With the […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
Gov. Scott announces plan to require vaccinations for some state employees
By Ethan Weinstein and Erin Petenko/VTDigger On Tuesday, Aug. 10, Governor Phil Scott announced that Vermont will require state employees at prisons, psychiatric facilities, and the Vermont Veterans’ Home to get vaccinated against Covid or face additional restrictions. Though the […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
Castleton, NVU and VTC to require Covid-19 vaccines
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger The Vermont State Colleges System’s three residential schools will require students to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before coming on campus this fall, regardless of whether federal regulators have granted full approval for the shots. College officials at Castleton University, […]
Covid-19 updates, Featured, Local News, State News
Fall school restrictions still up in the air
By Curt Peterson Windsor Central Unified School District superintendent Sherry Sousa told the Mountain Times last week that protocols for reopening are still up in the air, presumably due to the recent upsurge in Covid cases across the country. “The […]
Covid-19 updates, Featured, State News
Most Vermont parents will begin receiving checks from the IRS this week
By Riley Robinson/VTDigger On July 15, most Vermont parents will begin to receive a new monthly payment from the federal government, as part of the Covid-19 relief signed into law in March. This new monthly payment system is a revision […]
Covid-19 updates, Local News
Gov. Scott is confident Vermonters can celebrate Fourth safely
Eligible and unvaccinated drops below 1,000 By Hannah Laga Abram Covid-19 may have put our lives on hold, but we sure are ahead of schedule getting back to them. Gov. Phil Scott’s Vermont Forward Plan, which the state has been […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
All is well after a week without restrictions
State provides update on Delta variant, emergency housing program and veto session By Hannah Laga Abram It’s been a week since Vermont lifted all Covid-19 restrictions — and the skies didn’t fall. On the contrary, as Gov. Phil Scott emphasized […]