In pictures: Coronavirus affects local Vermont communities - Part 1
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Between the coronavirus pandemic and protests surrounding police conduct and racial justice, life in Vermont is drastically different than it was just a year ago. Here are some images of Vermont life in 2020. To see more, check out "In pictures: Coronavirus affects local Vermont communities - Part 2."
Officer Sabrina Boutin follows Sgt. Bruce Beuerlein’s finger as part of a horizontal gaze nystagmus test. In this test, officers look for involuntary jerking or jumping of the eyes, particularly when they reach the limit of their motion to the right or left.
Stowe transfer station employees Keith Bradley and Joshua Stowe sort through cans and bottles. The redemption center is closed, but people have been donating their cans and bottles to charity. As this photo suggests, things are a little backwards these days.
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Wild Branch Valley Farm of Craftsbury sets up at the Stowe Farmers Market, open Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mountain Road, but there are new rules this year. No thumbing the fruit; wait at a distance until the vendor can help you; masks are best.
- Photo by Gordon Miller
South Burlington educators Stephen Barner and Kevin Murakami have delivered some 300 homemade face shields to workers at assisted living facilities. The shields are made using the district’s 3D printers, as well as unused transparency sheets.
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From left, Champlain Valley High Principal Adam Bunting, Wright Caswell, Carol Fox, Pam Gover, Beverly Boget, Bridget Barry Caswell, Lisa Williams and Stew Jensen, who distributed signs to volunteers who picked them up to plant in the yards of surprised graduating seniors on Saturday morning, May 30. Each sign had the picture and name of the senior whose yard it adorned.
Champlain Valley High Principal Adam Bunting was one of the volunteers handing out yard signs personalized with name and photo for each graduate. Drive-through distribution was used to maintain social distancing, but it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of either distributors or deliverers of the signs. Nor the graduates.
As Vermont’s economy slowly reopens, Stowe’s Main Street and other retail areas are starting to emerge from a couple of months of hibernation, the result of rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Not only are stores open, with conditions, but merchandise is coming back into the sunshine, as it is here at Stowe Mercantile, and life is creeping toward something like the old normal.
- Photo by Gordon Miller
Signs commemorating the Class of 2020’s strange senior year are arranged in front of South Burlington High School on May 19. South Burlington High School administrators personally delivered 260 signs to the Class of 2020 last week to kick off remote celebrations for students. Principal Patrick Burke has been meeting with the senior class to hear students’ ideas for year-end options.
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The 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National Guard took part in “Operation America Strong,” with an F-35A flyover Friday, May 22, as part of an Air Force effort to salute healthcare workers across the country. The flight left South Burlington at noon and included passes in Bennington, Berlin, Brattleboro, Burlington, Essex Junction, Middlebury, Morrisville, Newport, Randolph, Rutland, Springfield, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Townshend, White River Junction and Windsor.
- Photo by Lee Krohn
Around 100 vehicles looped through the campus of the University of Vermont from Staples Plaza on Williston Road, protesting proposed budget cuts to lower paid lecturers and non-tenured instructors, on Thursday afternoon, May 14.
Rick Marcotte Central School students from the Four Sisters Road neighborhood wait for their Teacher’s Car Parade on May 14. Starting at the University Mall on Dorset Street, RMCS teachers wove their way through South Burlington to show their support. From left: Jack Henry, Camila Pineda, Mateo Pineda, Ellie Wood, Henry Ulano and Charlie Ulano.
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Waiting patiently for the economy to reopen, and despite a recent dusting of snow, outdoor tables at Piecasso on Mountain Road are ready for socially distanced dining.
- Photo by Gordon Miller