Women's Leadership Circle to begin in Windham County
BRATTLEBORO — BRATTLEBORO - The Windham County Women's Leadership Circle starts Sept. 15, and the deadline for applications is June 30.
The Women's Leadership Circles of Vermont were developed to support accomplished women in leadership positions in the corporate, nonprofit, government, and small-business sectors.
Each circle is comprised of 10 to 12 women who meet formally over six months to establish the foundation for an ongoing network of support.
“Participants support one another to meet the challenges of leadership with clarity and confidence,” says Program Director Kerry Secrest.
The cost is $2,600 for the six-month program of the Marlboro College Center for New Leadership.
Contact Secrest at 802-451-0842 or Kerry@watershedcoachingllc.com or apply at www.marlboro.edu/wlc.
Masiello Group adds new agents
BRATTLEBORO - Two real estate agents, Jamie Watson and Sally Fegley, have joined Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate/The Masiello Group's team in town.
Watson is a licensed Realtor in both Vermont and New Hampshire, and previously was affiliated with Keller Williams in Keene. She is very familiar with the Connecticut River Valley region.
Originally from Walpole, N.H., Watson now lives in Gilsum, N.H., with her husband, two boys, three dogs, and two cats. Watson can be reached at 802-275-3713.
Fegley, newly licensed in Vermont, has had a long career in corporate real estate in New York City, in human resources, and in business management. She and her husband, Tom, ran Tom and Sally's Handmade Chocolates in Brattleboro for more than 20 years. The Fegleys live in Brookline, where she enjoys gardening; she also enjoys Friday night movies at the Latchis. She can be reached at 802-275-3711.
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate/The Masiello Group, headquartered in Keene, N.H., is the largest real estate company in northern New England, with more than 7,000 closed transactions in 2015, resulting in more than $1.3 billion in sales volume, according to the company.
For more information, visit the Brattleboro office at 218 Main St., or call 802-257-1111.
BMH earns 'A' grade for patient safety
BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro Memorial Hospital was one of 798 hospitals to receive a top ranking in a new nationwide survey, placing it among the safest hospitals in the United States.
New Hospital Safety Scores, which the hospital describes as “provid[ing] the most complete picture of patient safety in the U.S. health-care system,” were announced last week by the Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog.
The Hospital Safety Score rating system uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign A, B, C, D, or F grades to more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals twice per year. It is calculated by top patient safety experts, peer-reviewed, fully transparent, and free to the public.
For the first time, the Hospital Safety Score includes five measures of patient-reported experience with the hospital as well as two of the most common infections, Clostridium difficile (C.diff) and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
To see BMH's full score, and to access consumer-friendly tips for patients and hospital visitors, follow www.hospitalsafetyscore.org or search for the Hospital Safety Score on Twitter or Facebook.