MANCHESTER — Schools across Bennington County were set to reopen from the winter break on Tuesday amidst uncertainty about how the recent surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron
MANCHESTER – Schools across Bennington County were set to reopen from the winter break on Tuesday amidst uncertainty about how the recent surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron
touched hers quite like jonathan pinker the 27-year-old with autism has been on his own since his grandmother died recently, as he was leaving work one day, something felt very wrong. i just could hardly breathe. reporter: the diagnosis, heart failure. his only option a transplant jonathan had every requirement except one, family to care for him after surgery. alone and out of options, jonathan was dropped from the transplant list. somebody s got to step up to the plate and i was going to be that person. reporter: that s how nurse laurie got a new name. nurse laurie, i call her mama now. reporter: becoming jonathan s legal guardian how quickly did you make that decision two or three days. there was something in my heart that i just knew that he needed. reporter: months and a successful surgery later, jonathan has barely skipped a beat, all settled in with laurie and her son. she has went above and beyond for me, and i can t thank her enough for just bringing me into h