Both ski destinations on either side of Mount Mansfield have shifted COVID-19 guidelines for guests in the wake of surging case numbers across the country.
This page contains all of the Vermont Community Newspaper Group’s coverage of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The combined PA/Stowe boys’ hockey team managed to skate through the past week unscathed, though. Here’s how the team fared.
While both districts have avoided the full-on closures that others in the state have faced due to teacher and student absences for COVID-19 quarantining, they have both undoubtedly suffered from the spread of this extremely contagious strain of the virus.
Shelburne Parks and Recreation’s winter carnival event is canceled for Saturday, Jan. 15, due to COVID-19 concerns and will not be rescheduled.
The Manor, a nursing home in Morrisville, is among 10 different long-term care facilities in Vermont currently suffering from an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, with 13 cases recorded at the facility as of Tuesday.
For the next two weeks, the Lamoille South school district will not allow spectators at home sporting matches due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in Vermont.
The number of opioid-related deaths Vermont saw in 2021 will likely exceed the previous year, and Lamoille County residents account for a disproportionate number of those deaths.
More people, more services. More services, more money. That’s the basic formula that will determine Stowe’s operating budget next fiscal year.
As you may know, there has been a great influx of federal dollars to states in order to respond to the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus. In terms of schools, this is known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, or ESSER funding.
The Charlotte Library is continuing to follow Centers for Disease and Control guidelines as it pertains to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vermont Everyone Eats, the COVID-19 response program that provides meal assistance to Vermonters while supporting local restaurants, farmers and food producers, will continued through April 1.
Due to the current increase in COVID-19 cases and public health concern, the winter carnival scheduled for Jan. 15 has been canceled.
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