BARRE The Vermont Agency of Transportation announced that Amtrak passenger rail service and inter-city bus service in Vermont will resume effective July 19.
Aaron Frank, Town Manager
While April 18 is officially the start of Volunteer Appreciation Week, we re using the next three weeks to honor our dedicated and hard-working volunteers that sacrifice their time to support the Town of Colchester, including Rescue staff, firefighters and all those who serve on our many boards and commissions. We couldn t do it without you! Thank you.
Volunteer Appreciation Week - April 2021
Colchester Rescue Squad
On behalf of the Town of Colchester, we would like to recognize the thirty-eight volunteer Emergency Medical Service providers of Colchester Rescue Squad! Â
We have always appreciated the dedication and service provided to the community by the volunteer members of Colchester Rescue. The past year has been trying and we couldnât have made it through without you!
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WILMINGTON â Hearing no objections to plans to fully reopen town buildings to the public later in the summer, Town Manager Scott Tucker said he would be âholding the fort until July.â
At the Select Board meeting held remotely Tuesday, Tucker said he listened to the governorâs news conference earlier that day in which the Vermont Forward Plan was announced to outline three phases of reopening sectors of the economy after restrictions were prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
MONTPELIER â The Vermont Forward Plan sets forth a schedule for reopening sectors of the ecoâ¦
The Latest: US 7th Fleet: 14,000 personnel fully vaccinated
PHILIPPINE SEA The U.S. 7th Fleet that operates throughout the Indo-Pacific says more than 14,000 of its service members have received their full doses of the coronavirus vaccine, which it began administering on January 5.
“We are in a pandemic and our principle weapon for ending this and saving lives is the vaccine,” vaccine coordinator Capt. Joseph F. Penta was quoted as saying in a news release. “We owe it to ourselves, our family and country to make every effort to stop the pandemic.”
Receiving the vaccination was voluntary and medical personnel were on hand to answer any questions about the process, the release said.
ROADMAP TO REOPENING
Vermont Business Magazine Friday, April 9th, marked the start of the Vermont Forward reopening plan, which Governor Scott announced earlier this week. With this plan, our tourism industry has much to look forward to starting today. VDTM would like thank all – innkeepers, hospitality staff, food service professionals, front-line workers, owner-operators, Vermonters, visitors and everyone in between, alike – for your patience, tenacity, creativity, advocacy, and generosity of spirit in supporting each other as we worked toward this moment, and our bright future ahead.
Highlights of the plan include:
New Travel Policy: Effective today, quarantine is no longer required. Instead, unvaccinated visitors will need to obtain a negative COVID-19 test result within three days prior to arrival in state. The certificate of compliance for lodging establishments is still required until travel restrictions are fully lifted, currently scheduled for June 1st.