Logan Cyrus for The Boston Globe
The twisted, fatal journey of the accused Appalachian Trail killer By Evan Allen, Laura Crimaldi and Alejandro Serrano, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent May 25, 2019
James Jordan ran, his feet pounding the dirt, his hunting knife ready. Ahead of him, prosecutors say, two frightened hikers barrelled down the narrow and twisting section of the Appalachian Trail, out of Jordan’s world and into the backcountry of Wythe County, Va.
Jordan stopped and turned. Crawfish Valley spread out below him, dense stands of poplars, oaks, white pines, and rhododendron thickets, the nearest overgrown service road miles away. He headed back toward the campsite. He wasn’t finished.
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The Vermont Senate must take up and pass H.225 this legislative session. This is a life saving bill and our families have waited far too long for the tools that they need to survive.
This legislative session a slate of bills was introduced that all aim at addressing the systemic barriers to surviving opioid use disorder. H.225 was the first of these bills to make it across the House and it is desperately needed as right now we are losing an average of three Vermonters a week to this disease. These deaths are preventable, if only we choose to prevent them. In Vermont it has been four years since any meaningful legislation has been passed and in that time well over 500 people have died preventable deaths as part of the overdose crisis. Public health measures are desperately needed right now.
CVS Health, the company announced today.
Metcalfe joined Aetna about five years ago to serve as its chief communications officer and led communications as the group integrated with CVS shortly after.
She has also held corporate affairs and communications leadership roles at Bristol Myers Squibb, Deloitte, Pfizer’s Diversified Businesses and Novartis.
In her newest position, Metcalf will be responsible for all internal, external, reputation and crisis communications for CVS Health.
> Baptist Health CEO and President
Brett McClung announced his resignation, active May 1. Michael Mayo, hospital president of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, will serve as the interim CEO and president during the search for a replacement.
Artist rendering of CityPlace. Courtesy.
by Bruce Edwards, Vermont Business Magazine Burlington has been holding its collective breath for a transformative housing, retail and commercial project in the heart of the downtown to literally get off the ground and get vertical.
But over the ensuing year the city’s hopes have been met with disappointment and frustration, leaving a gaping hole in the city center where the pedestrian mall once stood.
This time, however, developer Don Sinex promises a different outcome.
At one point, Sinex had turned over the project to his partners Brookfield Asset Management. But Brookfield backed out of the project leaving Sinex once again in charge with three local partners.
Unemployment rate falls another tenth to 3.1 percent
The Vermont Department of Labor has reported that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for February was 3.1 percent. This reflects a decrease of one-tenth of one percentage point from the prior month’s revised estimate of 3.2 percent. The comparable United States rate in February was 6.2 percent, which was a decrease of one-tenth of one percentage point from the revised January estimate. The decline is largely due to a sharp decrease in the Labor Force from January. The number of unemployed also fell. Both the Labor Force and total Employed represent about 30,000 fewer workers than a year ago, which was pre-pandemic.