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Customers wait outside of Walmart at the Berlin Mall in Berlin, Vermont, after being evacuated July 12. Photo by Carla Occaso
A blaring alarm rang out a little before 10 a.m. Monday, July 12, at the Berlin Mall, causing Walmart to evacuate all customers and personnel.
“We have to evacuate whenever there’s an alarm,” a staffer told The Bridge. The alarm went off for at least a half hour, which the staffer said is because they can’t turn it off themselves. Instead they have to wait for the Berlin Fire Department.
The Berlin Fire Department could not be reached for comment, but Sgt. Mark Monteith at the Berlin Police Department said his records show it was a false alarm a motion alarm that was reported at 9:48 a.m.
By Tamara Gregor
The Duncan Banner Dec 31, 2020
Dec 31, 2020
A local middle school teacher prepped choir students for singing amid a global pandemic earlier in the school year.
Megan Monteith, Area Specialist in Health Disparities Southwest Area, said her husband, Mark, is the Duncan Middle Schoolâs vocal music director and has taken the pandemic seriously from day one.
With several students in his program, Monteith has continued to find the best and safest ways for his students to still sing at performances.
âHe worked with a retired family and consumer sciences teacher from this county to create 150 specially made singerâs masks for his students,â Megan Monteith said.