In pictures: Coronavirus affects local Vermont communities - Part 3
Here are some final images of life in Vermont during the coronavirus pandemic that has marked 2020 — and 2021 — as years like no other. To see images from March 18 to Aug. 13, 2020, please view the photo collection "In pictures: Coronavirus affects local Vermont communities - Part 1.” To see images from Aug. 20, 2020, to Jan. 21, 2021, please view the photo collection "In pictures: Coronavirus affects local Vermont communities - Part 2.”
Madeleine Ziminsky, a student at Stowe High School, helped organize walkouts at both Stowe and Peoples Academy in Morrisville on Tuesday to commemorate one year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
- Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
Stowe’s Ellie Ortiz keeps an eye on the ball and basket as she wheels around a Lamoille Union defender Tuesday, en route to a 12-3 win. New girls’ lacrosse coach Amanda Nowacki has essentially had two incoming classes, since last year’s ninth graders are now this year’s sophomores and both groups are new to varsity competition. Playoffs start next week for Vermont spring sports teams sidelined for nearly two years because of the pandemic.
- Photo by Gordon Miller
Unmasked spectators at Saturday’s Lamoille Union High School baseball game against Harwood sit behind a sign asking them to mask up. Recent rulings by both the state and Centers for Disease Control on evolving COVID-19 protocols have left many confused. The Lancers lost 17-0.
- Photo by Gordon Miller
Volunteers joined Stowe Land Trust to plant trees in a riparian buffer along the Little River at DuMont Meadow on Moscow Road last week. This planting is part of a multi-year effort to remove invasive species and restore native vegetation on the property. Riparian buffers reduce erosion, filter stormwater runoff and provide habitat for wildlife along the riverbank.
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Truly, this can of hard seltzer belongs somewhere else other than the side of the road. Families and individuals all over Vermont, like this group on Stowe’s Mountain Road, picked up trash Saturday as part of the annual Green Up Day.
- Photo by Gordon Miller
Front Seat Coffee owner Tobin Porter-Brown participated in the Vermont Everyone Eats programs, which has served more than 1 million Vermonters since August 2020. He said the program helped more to keep the Hardwick café open than the PPP program.
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On April 16, Morrisville Knights of Columbus Council 5041 presented Lamoille Community Food Share and Johnson Food Shelf each with a check for $2,000.
It was made possible by donations of Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish parishioners, Social Action Ministry and Morrisville Knights of Columbus Council 5041. From left, Cliff Randall, Grand Knight, Cathy Fuller, Johnson Food Shelf manager, Kevin Carter, Lamoille Community Food Share manager, and R. Michael Noonan, Deputy Grand Knight.
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The annual Stowe Weekend of Hope, which returns this weekend, began with a tribute to Paula Helmken Tuesday night at the Goodson family pond in Stowe. Helmken, who died March 11, was honored for her many years as a volunteer and board member for the event.
- Photo by Gordon Miller
As an appreciation to healthcare workers, Stowe Cinema opened its doors to fully vaccinated staff and their guests on Saturday night.
Organized by Copley Hospital, tickets were available to hospital staff, Lamoille Health Partners, Lamoille Home Health & Hospice, The Manor, Tamarack Family Medicine and Lamoille County Mental Health Services.
Guests were able to choose from three movies and received popcorn and refreshments.
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Dave Smith, sixth grade language arts and humanities teacher at Stowe Middle School, protests with other teachers in Stowe over a proposed public pension overhaul. “The Legislature is about to make a big mistake by trying to balance the budget on the backs of teachers,” Smith said.
- Photo by Scooter MacMillan
Karl Lipksy, coach of the combined Peoples/Stowe girls’ hockey team, said a young team that went 0-6 on the season and knocked out of the playoffs before they even began “found it a win just being out on the ice, skating hard and playing the great game of hockey.”
- File photo by Alan Ouellette
On March 10, 101-year-old Richard Abare of Morrisville received his first dose of the COVID vaccine at Copley Hospital's community clinic. Administering the vaccine is Cole Pearson, RN. The hospital kicks off its expanded community COVID vaccine clinics on March 31.
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