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Nearly everyone who has lived through a spring in Vermont has heard of fiddleheads. Identifying the edible ones and knowing how to prepare them is not such common knowledge.
Earlier this spring, a re-skilling workshop, sponsored by Transition Putney and guided by naturalist Gino Palmieri of Putney, taught 10 participants of all ages who wanted to know what plants are edible, more about gathering wild foods, and their preparation.
The annual village meeting, in which residents will be asked to approve funding for a community garden, is scheduled for Monday, May 14, at 7 p.m., in the Bellows Falls Opera House. On Wednesday, May 15, voting to fill village offices will take place at the Masonic Temple at...
Of all the video footage of Tropical Storm Irene's rampage through Vermont last August, there was nothing as striking as the video of the Lower Bartonsville Covered Bridge being swept away by record-setting flooding on the Williams River. Middlebury College professor and climate change activist Bill McKibben said that...
After fighting tooth and nail to stay open, one of fewer than a half dozen privately owned nursing and rehabilitation homes left in the state will close on April 28. Patients at McGirr Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, LLC, on Atkinson Street were told last week they needed to find an alternative facility. For many, that will mean a move to Springfield. The circumstances of the closing created a stir. State Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) surveyors “tagged” the...
The Bellows Falls-based Greater Falls Prevention Coalition (GFPC) recently received $107,750 from the Vermont Department of Health, part of $1.5 million of federal and state coalition grants presented to organizations working to reduce retail tobacco advertising, improve nutrition and physical activity for young Vermonters, and address alcohol and drug abuse. Chad Simmons, former interim director and currently media coordinator of the GFPC, said the grant represents a change in how the agency addresses prevention. He described it as a “multifaceted...
It takes a special kind of person to walk up to a thousand-pound hooved animal and stick a needle in its rump, or a hand into its mouth. For equine veterinarian Dr. Jerilyn Jacobs, that's just an average day at the office. The Vermont-New Hampshire Veterinary Clinic, where Jacobs works, is celebrating 60 years since opening in 1952. The clinic treats small animals and equines. It is housed in a renovated and expanded early-1800s former tavern at the site of...
A new approach to health and safety that goes beyond just assessment and remediation of lead exposure in older homes has begun in Windham and southern Windsor counties. The Lead Safe and Healthy Homes [LSHH] program, formerly Lead Safe Homes, was initiated last fall and is now being run by Parks Place Community Resource Center. The program seeks to address all the safety and health hazards assessed in homes where there are children age 6 and under, and then provide...
Morningside Shelter has appointed a new interim director, Josh Davis, to replace outgoing executive director Paul Capcara, who left for a position at the Brattleboro Retreat. Davis started working at the shelter on March 9, and Capcara worked with him for a few weeks prior to his departure date. Morningside board president Elizabeth “Biz” Dana said, “We've hired Josh Davis, [and] the best thing about this transition is everybody is a winner. There are no hard feelings. It's wonderful for...
