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A New York City therapist wants to provide affordable and accessible mental health care in southern Vermont.
To further that goal, Michael DeMarco, Ph.D., founder and executive director of Our Collective Mental Health Inc. in New York, is opening branch offices this month in Londonderry and Bellows Falls.
The Bellows Falls practice will operate in the same block as the Chamber of Commerce, at 49 The Square.
Because his practice is organized as a nonprofit with access to social services grants, DeMarco says his sliding scale prices will range according to his client's ability to pay.
Vermont Department of Health (DOH) officials are considering a recent recommendation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention regarding acceptable dosage levels of fluoride in public drinking water. After it has studied the report and considered the information generated during a 30-day public...
Gov. Peter Shumlin ended the suspense last Friday and appointed Selectboard member Matthew Trieber to fill the Windham-4 House seat vacated by longtime former Rep. Michael Obuchowski. After 38 years in the House, Obuchowski stepped down last month to become Vermont's Commissioner of Buildings and General Services. The 30-year-old...
Rockingham Free Public Library director Celina Houlne recently asked the Rockingham Selectboard for an increase of $30,925 over the level-funded budget that the library has been operating under for the past two years. Houlne said that while the funding has remained the same, costs have increased. If the RFPL is not granted their request, Houlne said that “we're going to have to cut back on our services.” She added that she has been assured by interim Town Manager Francis “Dutch”
Windham-4 Democrats gathered on Saturday at Village Square Booksellers to nominate Lamont Barnett, Matthew Trieber, and Suzanne Groenewold as potential successors to former state Rep. Michael Obuchowski. Gov. Peter Shumlin will choose one of the three to fill out the remainder of Obuchowski's term, although Shumlin does have the option to select someone else. “Whoever gets appointed will have big shoes to fill, but we are delighted in the quality of all three of the nominees,” Shumlin said on Monday.
Entering his third year leading the Bellows Falls police, Chief Ron Lake was enthusiastic in his assessment of how the department is doing. He listed animal control, increased speed enforcement on Route 103, past and upcoming “blue light” contracts for road construction projects along Interstate 91, continued drug sweeps, and being appointed Truant Officer by the WNESU board (with Officer Scott Symonds assisting), as accomplishments for 2010. Lake said the Village has also added three speed warning signs funded by...
Michael Obuchowski of Bellows Falls, who has represented the Windham 4 House district since 1973, was asked last month by incoming Gov. Peter Shumlin to take the position of commissioner of the state Department of Buildings and General Services. Obuchowski resigned his House seat last week to take the post, touching off a scramble to succeed the longtime lawmaker. In a phone interview on Friday, Shumlin said of Obuchowski that “no one is smarter, works harder or has the tenacity...
For the past 22 years, Melinda Bussino has been following her dream of helping others. As executive director of the Brattleboro Area Drop In Center, she has been one of the instrumental forces behind getting shelter, food, and clothing to the homeless of southeastern Vermont. This week, this sixth-generation Vermonter travels to Washington, D.C., to receive an award from federal Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) division. Bussino and the Drop In...
