Some people think that all Vermonters are nuts about winter sports. If you grew up here, surely you must be an expert snowboarder, cross-country skier,.
As the holiday season approaches, Vermont post offices are struggling with staff shortages that customers blame for gaps in mail delivery, unscheduled post office closures.
Matt Mignanelli Kelly Brigham has lived her entire life in Burlington s only mobile home park. The resident-owned North Avenue Cooperative has 114 homes, including Brigham s gray single-wide, purchased with an inheritance from her late mother in 2016. At the time, the city assessed the home for $69,300. Brigham, 54, has since paved her parking lot, installed a privacy fence and added an entrance ramp. Still, when the results of Burlington s first citywide reassessment in 16 years arrived in mid-April, she was one of hundreds of homeowners who gasped at the numbers on their notices. The valuation of Brigham s home had more than doubled, rising by nearly $100,000. She wasn t alone: Around her neighborhood, the average mobile home had doubled in value, according to the city s data. Some valuations had more than tripled.
Almost as soon as we found out, it was taken away, she said. Jane Trepanier, a shared living provider who lives in West Rutland, had a similar reaction after losing a January 27 vaccination date at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Here I was, all set. I thought I was in, she said. It upset me. It took an emotional toll. State officials have tried to chalk up the canceled appointments to a miscommunication, even though the health department sent hospitals a note last week explicitly asking them to temporarily pause with the 1A group clinic planning. At press conferences last week, Human Services Secretary Mike Smith implied that hospitals misinterpreted the guidance. Yet his own health department had confirmed to