COVID-19: Vermont eases restrictions on residents of border towns
Modified: 2/26/2021 9:50:04 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION There’s good news for Upper Valley residents who live near the Connecticut River. Vermont this week relaxed its COVID-19 travel restrictions slightly so that residents of border towns can travel across the river in a limited zone without quarantining.
“Those living in Vermont may travel 5 miles into adjacent states without quarantining upon return to Vermont. Those living in adjacent states within 5 miles of the Vermont border may travel 5 miles into Vermont without quarantining,” the Agency of Commerce and Community Development announced on its website on Thursday.
COVID-19: Dartmouth tightens restrictions as outbreak grows
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Modified: 2/25/2021 9:58:17 PM
HANOVER Dartmouth College has shuttered indoor gathering spaces and shifted in-person classes to a remote format at least until Tuesday in light of rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, according to the college provost.
As of Thursday, the college had 37 active cases of COVID-19 in students, with 112 students and employees in either quarantine or isolation, according to the school’s dashboard. Those numbers could rise, Dartmouth Provost Joseph Helble said in an email Thursday to the Dartmouth community. This is up from a previous high of 25 active cases in mid-January, college spokeswoman Diana Lawrence said.
COVID-19: Kendal at Hanover sees cases in residents
Modified: 1/14/2021 10:59:59 PM
UNITY An outbreak at Sullivan County nursing home in Unity has grown to include 35 people, including 21 residents and 14 employees, said Ted Purdy, the facility’s administrator, in an email. Five employees have recovered and returned to work, he said. Elsewhere in the Upper Valley, Kendal at Hanover now has an outbreak.
Kendal’s outbreak includes three residents, Kendal spokesman Jeff Roosevelt said in an email Thursday. He also said there was one new case in an employee in addition to the four he described earlier in the week.
Kendal, which is on Lyme Road north of downtown Hanover, was one of 11 long-term care facilities that state officials on Thursday added to the list of facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
Baylor in a still from The Mountain Dogs by Aynsley Floyd
Every so often, an animal captures the heart of the general public. This year, those creatures included the winner of Alaska s annual Katmai Conservancy Fat Bear Week tournament; Joe Biden s shelter dog, Major; and every feline who participated in the worldwide phenomenon of cat-butt Zoom-bombing.
On a sadder note, in Vermont and New Hampshire, 2020 saw the deaths of several prominent animals that had caught the public s attention over the years. They spanned species and geography, but one thing they had in common was the outpouring of love that followed their deaths. Here are our tributes to them.