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The robotics team at Great Brook School in Antrim is about to attend its first competition, right after the school received a grant that will go toward expanding the team.The team has seen a lot of interest recently, according to Rick Mellin,...

Rudy Ruggles Special to the Crier While operating within a less-than-perfect national and state-wide system, the Weston Board of Health has been responsible for well over 1,800 Moderna shots in shoulders. Supported by school nurses and the volunteers of the Weston Emergency Reserve Corps, almost a thousand townspeople have been vaccinated here in just a couple of months. When the state Department of Public Health put out the word in January that they were looking for local health departments ...

The worst of the pandemic might be behind us, but the need for fresh vegetables and fresh air has never been higher, Vermont garden advocates say.

Two schools announced additional COVID-19 cases recently. Long Trail School Head of School Seth Linfield said LTS had three students in two families test positive and Flood Brook School has announced three additional positive tests. Both schools were able to maintain in-class school with quarantines for the individuals involved and close contacts. LTS Linfield said the students had been on campus but the schools health team in coordination with the Vermont Department of Health determined that i...

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Read Article FARMINGTON — Students attending Mt. Blue High School and Foster Career and Technical Education Center will go to fully remote learning for one week beginning Monday following positive COVID-19 tests. Three people associated with Regional School Unit 9 have tested positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing is complete and 86 close contacts were identified and contacted, according to a health notice posted on Mt. Blue Regional School District’s Facebook page. Two of the positive cas...

COVID-19: Resident dies at Windsor memory care home; Dartmouth eyes commencement changes Modified: 1/21/2021 10:02:23 PM WINDSOR — After testing positive for COVID-19, a man over the age of 90 in the memory center at the Village at Cedar Hill died on Wednesday and another resident has been hospitalized amid an outbreak there, the facility’s co-owner said. As of Thursday, 12 residents and six employees of the Judith Brogren Memory Care Center had tested positive for the disease, said Patrici...

Jennifer Batty THE family of Jennifer Batty who died after being hit by a car at a busy Amblecote road junction just before Christmas have paid a heartfelt tribute to her as they confirmed details for her funeral. Jennifer, who ran the Totally Uniform shop in Kingswinford and was a popular member of the Amblecote and Wordsley community, suffered multiple injuries in the December 18 collision which happened as she walked her beloved dog Rebel but despite the best efforts of emergency medics ...

All kids should get COVID-19 tests before returning to school this month, N.J. teachers union says Updated Jan 04, 2021; Posted Jan 03, 2021 Nicholas Costa, center, a first grade student at St. Benedicts Preparatory School in Newark got a COVID-19 throat swab test as his mother, Analisa Branco, watched on Dec. 16. The private school is among those with in-school coronavirus testing for students, staff and their families.Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media Facebook Share , a special resource guid...

In-school coronavirus testing is embraced by private schools. Public schools, not so much. Updated Dec 29, 2020; Facebook Share The sign outside the main entrance to the gym at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School pointed test-takers to another door well off to the side. From 2 to 4 p.m. on a recent afternoon, the glass double doors at the Newark home of the St. Benedict’s Gray Bees basketball team were for egress only, with the more modest side entrance reserved for people entering the gym. ...