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Dr Mark Levine, Health Commissioner, with Governor Phil Scott, at one of the first COVID-19 press conferences, March 16, 2020. VBM photo.
by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine It would have been a bigger surprise if Vermont had failed.
Think of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, and how Vermont and Vermonters rose to meet the challenge. Why would we expect anything less when COVID-19 came along?
We wouldn t, of course, which is why Vermont has been a leader in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic since it first reared its ugly head at the beginning of the year 2020. Governor Phil Scott proclaimed a State of Emergency on March 13, 2020.
Candy Thomas was having trouble signing up for U.S. Department of Agriculture s Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
In the summer she was able to access the program, she and her husband received a fresh box of food that lasted them two months.
This Thursday, though, the online registration portal wasn t accepting her information and denying her access. Concerned they wouldn t be able to access it this time around, she scanned the webpage for more details. It said if you have trouble to call 2-1-1, so that s what I did, Thomas, 62, of Swanton, said.
Thomas is part of a surge seen this past year in Vermonters seeking help from Vermont 211, a free information and resource helpline run by United Way of Vermont.
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People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
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People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.