In pictures: Coronavirus affects local Vermont communities - Part 3
Here are some more 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.”
Diana Vachon, left, smiles behind her mask with poll worker Pete Gadue. Gadue, who is a Justice of the Peace in Shelburne, said he’s been working at elections there for more than 20 years. “I’m a guy who doesn’t know enough to say no,” Gadue said.
Charlotte and 3-year-old Remi McCorkel started their day by voting. McCorkel, a social worker, said the important vote for her was approving the school budget.
Family organized a “drive-by” party that allowed others to join the celebration of Mae Jowers’ 100th birthday.
The Shelburne pre-vote informational meeting on Monday looked more than a little different. Above is Town Manager Lee Krohn’s perspective of engaged residents weighing both in-person and online.
Voting was steady but not overwhelming as Town Meeting Day began in Shelburne.
Michael Powers poses for a photo before hurrying back to the warmth of his car in South Burlington.
Smiling behind masks, workers at the Town Meeting Day poll greet voters.
Masked first-grade students at Rick Marcotte Central School play math games.
Barriers, shields and instructions enable Hinesburg voters to check in while maintaining social distance.
Alan Norris, 72, outside Hinesburg Town Hall for Town Meeting Day.
Mike Krasnow and Robin Reid worked the polls in Charlotte Tuesday. In between voters, they debated which of them was the town curmudgeon.
Susi Clark is ready for the onslaught of voters at Tuesday’s Town Meeting Day in Stowe.
Isaiah Schaefer-Geiger votes Tuesday on Town Meeting Day in Stowe. He turned 18 in November, just missing the General Election, so he was excited to vote for the first time on local town and school issues, even as he finishes his senior year of high school.
Belinda Clegg, district clerk and treasurer in Wolcott, is ready to check in voters at Tuesday’s Town Meeting Day.
Morristown Town Clark Sara Haskins talks with voters.
Lamoille Union middle schoolers Benjamin Gale, 8th grade, and Ethan Rossi, 7th grade, at the cross-country meet Feb. 18 where students from both Lamoille Union and Peoples Academy competed. This was the first race of the year for the middle school squad.
Despite a strong effort, Rice wasn’t able to edge out CVU on Feb. 25.
This year just 1,100 voters came out on Town Meeting Day, a stark contrast to last year’s record-breaking turnout.
Wolves captain Megan Knudsen, a senior, works to keep the ball away from Spaulding’s defense on Thursday, Feb. 18, in a nearly-empty gym.
Erin Alamed, Director of Volunteer and Community Outreach at the Humane Society of Chittenden County, holds a recently adopted dog, Twix.
Masks under masks may be a new part of the uniform, but players’ return to ice has been long awaited.
Peoples Academy seniors Natalie Barbour, Reba Boucher and Annie Boudreau work Operation Grad in downtown Morrisville during a bottle drive to raise money for the substance-free celebration of graduating seniors.
Tamirat Tomlison of Peoples Academy drives the lane for the Wolves Feb. 17 against Stowe. Tomlinson’s Wolves nearly doubled the Raiders’ score, 79-42, at the PA gym.
A pair of youngsters make the trek to the lift at Spruce Peak.
On Saturday, Feb. 13, residents at The Manor in Morrisville were treated to a private — socially distanced — afternoon concert by the Lamoille County Chorus. Residents were able to watch safely from inside via tablets and a little help from technology. Patty Jacobs leads the chorus.
Laura Need, Meals on Wheels Volunteer Coordinator, greeted delivery drivers at the Age Well Hub with holiday cookies.
Volunteer Bippin Sharma is masked up and ready to deliver meals to South Burlington seniors.
Redhawks captain Devin Rogers goes in for a shot against Mount Mansfield Union on Saturday, Feb. 13. Games have resumed — with precautions taken.
On Saturday, Feb. 13, residents at The Manor in Morrisville were treated to a private — socially distanced — afternoon concert by the Lamoille County Chorus. Residents were able to watch safely from inside via tablets and a little help from technology.
A $10,000 gift is given to the Sara Holbrook Community Center by the group 100+ Women Who Care.
(Left to right) Seema and Bippin Sharma volunteer every Friday morning with Meals on Wheels, delivering to South Burlington residents.
South Burlington takes on CVU during Friday night game to a nearly empty gym. The Redhawks won out 54-19.
A Copley Hospital fan put a pop-up sign at the hospital entrance last week just after staff and health care workers wrapped up another vaccination clinic where 250 vaccines were administered to front line staff from across the region.
Lea Ann Macreary with her husband Corey at their food truck business, My Favorite Things, in Jeffersonville.
Lea Ann Macreary delivers an order to a patron.
A Stowe-ite picks up packages at the Stowe Post Office and proves masks can be fashion accessories.
“Wish kid” Julia Chase, of Barre, was diagnosed with acute Leukemia two years ago. She’s now doing well and planning for college in the fall. Her wish — trading in her hand-me-down Subaru into the car of her dreams — was granted and she’ll be able to arrive on campus in style. The Teddy Bear Factory donated office space to Make-A-Wish, to help a fellow smile-maker weather the pandemic and continue to help local children.
Though things may look a little different, the spirit of summer camps will remain, even if campers are masked.
The Peoples Academy girls Nordic team.
Eric Spivack of the Hinesburg Fire Department wears a disposable gown and a combined face shield and mask that responders wear to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Students and staff gather at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School for a small flag-raising ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
South Burlington Fire Captain Micah Genzlinger is one of many local emergency medical personnel volunteering to help administer vaccines.
MountainOps Outdoor Gear shop on Stowe’s Mountain Road asks, “Can we give peace a chance.”
Hinesburg students, teachers and town officials celebrate the raising of the Black Lives Matter flag on a cold Monday, Feb. 1, afternoon.
Student athletes say not being able to play sports — at all or as they normally would — has impacted their mental health and academic performance.
Little by little, life is returning to the “new normal,” though no one is sure what that will look like long-term.
A Mt. Mansfield Ski Club & Academy racer takes a gate on the hill in Stowe.
Gabbie Schaffer, of Peoples Academy, came in 4th in the sprint race.
Lamoille Union High School’s Maggie McGee posted the best time in a sprint race hosted by Peoples Academy last week.
Meredith Mann tosses homemade CBD gummies in sugar from her industrial kitchen at the Magic Mann cafe.
Ellen Hill makes a snow angel as part of Morrisville Rotary’s upcoming Polar Non-Splash event. The club adapted its popular annual Polar Splash at Lake Elmore due to COVID-19. The United Way of Lamoille County, of which Hill is co-director, is a partner in the event and organizers hope to raise $40,000.
Building social skills with other dogs is an important aspect of Katie Delp’s Pandemic Puppy School.
Who’s a good student? Katie Delp launched her own pandemic puppy school in the midst of COVID-19 at The Animal Collective.
Stowe High School assistant coach Logan Cooke checks the temperature of a boys’ basketball player before practice last week. New safety protocols are in place as schools across the state attempt to hold athletic seasons for their student-athletes amid the pandemic.
Stowe High School assistant coach Logan Cooke checks the temperature of a boys’ basketball player before practice last week. New safety protocols are in place as schools across the state attempt to hold athletic seasons for their student-athletes amid the pandemic.
A volunteer loads foodstuffs into a hatchback at a Vermont Food Bank Farmers to Families food distribution event on Monday in Morristown’s Northgate Plaza.
New safety protocols are in place as schools across the state attempt to hold athletic seasons for their student-athletes amid the pandemic.
New safety protocols are in place as schools across the state attempt to hold athletic seasons for their student-athletes amid the pandemic.
New safety protocols are in place as schools across the state attempt to hold athletic seasons for their student-athletes amid the pandemic.
The Holiday Inn on Williston Road in South Burlington has been one of the area establishments housing those who need a place to stay during COVID-19.
The Days Inn on Shelburne Road is among those offering a safe place to stay during the COVID-19 pandemic.