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BRATTLEBORO — After a year of collecting and analyzing data on the state of aging in Windham County, Windham Aging is releasing the Windham Aging Report. Windham Aging is a collaboration of leaders from organizations that serve older people in Windham County.
DUMMERSTON — Homeowners in Windham and Windsor counties can now get as much as $500 for improvements intended to help bring their houses up to snuff to share with someone else.
Our hearing is so important. It connects us to those we love and enriches our lives. Beyond that, hearing loss is associated with declining health. According to Hopkins Medicine, brain scans show that hearing loss can diminish brain health. Hearing loss can also increase social isolation, di…
Finding places for a drink and an appetizer or a meal while taking in a breathtaking view is part of the New England experience. Here are some of the best places in Southern Vermont to look out on a great view while eating and drinking.
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is a respiratory virus that, in adults, typically produces the symptoms of a mild cold. But an unseasonably early spike in RSV among children — particularly those aged 5 and under — has been hitting communities across the U.S. pretty hard.
For many of us, the chill of fall and the yellows, reds and oranges of foliage signal the upcoming holidays and the feelings of joy that coincide with family, friends and traditions. It is a time to reflect, give thanks and gather with loved ones.
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RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is a respiratory virus that, in adults, typically produces the symptoms of a mild cold. But an unseasonably early spike in RSV among children — particularly those aged 5 and under — has been hitting communities across the U.S. pretty hard.
Have you figured out how to get food, heat, and health insurance to cover you through the upcoming winter months?
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The goal of health care is to prevent or reduce suffering and risk of death. But a huge debate revolves around gender-affirming care. Gender-affirming care supports and validates the gender with which patients identify.
BURLINGTON — As experts predict a severe flu season across the country, state health officials are urging Vermonters to take steps now to protect themselves and those at higher risk by getting their flu shot, along with the updated COVID-19 booster.
Did you get your flu shot yet? It’s important for the same reason as your COVID-19 shot. We all know the deadly statistics for COVID. Flu can also wreak havoc on our community.
TOWNSHEND — Grace Cottage Family Health is offering a flu vaccine clinic on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 am to noon. Pre-registration is recommended (802-365-4331); walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows.
About a week after my oldest son was born and in the grips of a disorientating new landscape called parenthood, I remember calling my mother in tears, demanding, “Why didn’t you tell me this was so hard?!”
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Employees prepare the Goodwill store and donation center on Putney Road on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.
A crew at Walker Farm's Elysian Hills in Dummerston prepares for a busy weekend on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, unloading trees brought in from a New Hampshire tree farm to help fill out its selection of trees and allow more people the opportunity to cut down their own tree from its lot.
Members of All Souls Church in Brattleboro make wreaths and other holiday decorations on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, for the annual Holiday Bazaar that will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The bazaar has been going on since the late '70s and people can also buy handmade g…
On Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, a large group of people gathered on the Arch Bridge in Williamsville for a ceremony marking the official opening of the new bridge over the Rock River.
Dick DeGray, Greg Worden, and Matt Paakkonen help put up lights around the holiday tree in Pliny Park in Brattleboro on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022.