By Erin Petenko/VTDigger At least 20 Vermont communities have repealed their local mask mandates or allowed them to expire in recent weeks. Only a handful of communities — including Waitsfield, Williston and Winooski — still have mask mandates in […]
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Schools are already reporting Covid-19 cases, the state isn’t
By Erin Petenko and Lola Duffort/VTDigger It isn’t Labor Day yet, but some back-to-school districts are already reporting back-to-school Covid-19 cases. Four schools — Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury, Summit Street School in Essex Junction, Shoreham Elementary School and […]
What we can and can’t say about Vermont’s vaccine breakthrough cases
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger As vaccinations rise throughout the state — hitting 81.9% of eligible Vermonters on June 29 — readers have written to VTDigger to ask: Just how many vaccinated Vermonters have ended up with Covid-19 anyway? The Vermont Dept. […]
Officials encourage Vermonters to talk to their families about getting vaccinated
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Health Commissioner Mark Levine told Vermonters on Tuesday, July 6, that the best way to create a wall of protection against Covid-19 this fall and winter is to get vaccinated — and to talk to their family members […]
Home sales to out-of-state buyers spiked in 2020, data show
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Sales of Vermont homes to out-of-state buyers jumped 38% in 2020 over the year before, suggesting that the pandemic drove newfound interest in Vermont real estate. According to data collected by the state Dept. of Taxes and newly analyzed by […]