Around the NEK

March Introduces New Clinic

Details: Created on Saturday, 17 April 2021 16:38; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST.JOHNSBURY- February was the start of Northern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care teaming up to provide vaccination sites all around Caledonia County... but the month of March welcomed a new clinic at the Green Mountain Mall.

St. J Rotary Offers Vaccine Registration Assistance

Details: Created on Wednesday, 14 April 2021 11:28; Written by Alexandra Huff

ST. JOHNSBURY - With more Vermonters eligible for the vaccine, some have found that the registration process is not as easy as it may seem. The St. Johnsbury Rotary Club saw this need in the community and has put together a group of volunteers to help.

Covid Inspires ArtPort

Details: Created on Monday, 05 April 2021 03:48; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY'S-Local mall in Vermont has empty storefronts closed awaiting to be filled, but a Regional Arts Organization knocks down three walls to make one open space.

St. J Maple Fest Pivots to Smaller Activities

Details: Created on Monday, 15 March 2021 11:56; Written by Alexandra Huff

ST. JOHNSBURY - The St. Johnsbury Maple Festival has once again had to pivot its normal festivities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizer Scott Beck says that there are three focuses for this year's events: donut weekends, maple menu takeovers, and "Did You Know?"

Keep Yurt Distance

Details: Created on Monday, 15 March 2021 03:15; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-Since the pandemic started the Community Restorative Justice Center has been holding all gatherings online. But wanted to find a more comfortable way for victims to share their stories.

Covid-19 Testing At NVRH On Site

Details: Created on Monday, 08 March 2021 05:09; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-"This allows us to do testing for covid, in house, right here at the hospital," Chief Medical Officer, Michael Rousse explained. As he is one of Northern Vermont Regional Hospitals Doctors that has been working closely with their new high tech machine called the DiaSorin. The DiaSorin allows the hospital to receive covid-19 testing results for patients after just less than three hours of them getting tested.

Fairbanks Brings Animal Diversity

Details: Created on Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:16; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-Fairbanks Museum has finally re-opened its doors after being closed for the winter months, preparing to present their new items added to their exhibits. The goal is to bring a new variety of animals to create animal diversity in the museum.

Fast Chargers Coming to St. Johnsbury

Details: Created on Tuesday, 23 February 2021 19:25; Written by Nick Fish

ST. JOHNSBURY - A new fast charger may be coming to a town near you. Governor Phil Scott announced on Monday that 11 new plug-in electric vehicle charging stations will be coming to the state over the next two years.

St. Johnsbury Has Had Enough Of Online

Details: Created on Saturday, 13 February 2021 19:57; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY - The St Johnsbury School has decided to finally let their Pre-K through 6th Graders go back to school. “I am tired of remote learning. I am tired of it for my own kids. I'm tired of it for St. Johnsburys children. I am feeling the push to get students back into the classrooms, as safely as we can,” Brian Ricca, St. J Schools Superintendent explains.

Covid Brings Quarantine Toys To Santa Fund

Details: Created on Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:19; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY - The tradition of fire fighters reaching out to the community during Christmas time will not be delayed this year, despite the rising cases of Covid-19.

Local Hospital Response To Rising Cases

Details: Created on Sunday, 08 November 2020 20:22; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-The Northeast Kingdom has now reached up to one hundred Covid cases, as cases rise around the country. Although Vermont continues to be a model state during the covid-19 crisis, its hospitals must be better prepared for the possible uptick in covid cases.

Bringing Recreation To The Rink

Details: Created on Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:12; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-A recreational group is hoping their big idea to pull people into the St. Johnsbury area will push more economic development in the future.

Winter Brings New Way To Feed Kids

Details: Created on Wednesday, 28 October 2020 12:27; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY - With the new hybrid model that St. Johnsbury school is offering to students in order to deliver them the best education they can give during the pandemic, the school has had to make some adjustments while preparing for the winter months.

The Voice For Regular Vermonters

Details: Created on Saturday, 24 October 2020 21:42; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST, JOHNSBURY-Law Attorney, Brice Simon, is taking a whack at running for the legislature this year. Hoping to focus on being the voice for regular Vermonters.

Campaigning During The Elections

Details: Created on Saturday, 24 October 2020 20:11; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-Running for re-election, Representative Scott Campbell gives some insights on what campaigning has been like this year during the pandemic.

Scott Becks Big Ideas

Details: Created on Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:44; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-Scott Beck, House Representative, has had a seat in the legislature for many years. His main focus for this years general election is to help the state of Vermont spend less money in the future.

Veggie Van Go

Details: Created on Saturday, 17 October 2020 02:37; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY - Northern Vermont Regional Hospitals Veggie Van Go program comes at a critical time during Covid-19. The four year old program is hosted by the hospital and put on by the Vermont food bank, and is a partnership between the food bank, the hospital and schools in the area.

St Johnsbury School COVID-19 Negative

Details: Created on Wednesday, 30 September 2020 18:28; Written by Chris Bouzakis

St. Johnsbury-- On Monday, St. Johnsbury School Superintendent Dr. Brian Ricca sent out an email and automated phone call to the St. Johnsbury School community informing that a member of their school's community had tested positive for COVID-19.

Dr. Ricca said the positive case was isolated to the 5th grade and that all 5th grade students and staff would stay remote for the remainder of the week. That all changed on Wednesday when Dr. Ricca announced the COVID case turned out to be a false positive.

Northeast Kingdoms Newest Bike Trail

Details: Created on Monday, 28 September 2020 23:12; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-The Northeast Kingdom is known for its various bike trials that run all over the state of Vermont. Tourist from all over the United States come to the Kingdom all year round for the trails, but now a new addition to the NEK bike trails is open and ready to ride.

Hazardous Waste

Details: Created on Monday, 28 September 2020 16:39; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY-Household products that include warnings like toxic, danger, hazard, poisonous, reactive, corrosive and flammable are all worthy of staying away from. If you happen to have anything in your house like paint, oven cleaner, or bleach, there is a safe, and easy way to dispose of them.

St. J School Renovations

Details: Created on Friday, 15 May 2020 11:37; Written by Alek Wolfe

ST. JOHNSBURY - St. Johnsbury School has been in operation for twenty years. This past November voters in the town of St. Johnsberry voted on a construction project for the St. Johnsbury school. This project will upgrade and relocate the main office, change the heating system, and add more security to the entrance.

"We will have secure entrances not only at the front door but at the secondary door at the main office area," said Brian Ricca, Super Intendant of St. Johnsbury School said. Ricca continued.

"If for some reason the person who is sitting at the desk isn't satisfied with what they see or the person's explanation for them being in the building, they will not be allowed further access into the building," Ricca said.

Ricca also added that this change will also help make people feel more welcome and safe when they are in the school.

Another addition to these changes includes a new heating system. This new system will run off of wood chips or pellets. Ricca says, for will decrease our need to rely on oil, which we know is not great for our environment."

The school construction project hopes to be ready in time for students when they return. However, Ricca says that the main priority is the main entrance.

"There's a little bit more time allowed for the heating system simply because we're not planning on using heat until probabley until early October." Ricca said.

Job Fair Was A Success

Details: Created on Wednesday, 13 May 2020 21:06; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY - The May 11th Northeast Kingdom job fair was a success in the eyes of the organizers.

Heather Spinney, who works in human resources at Northern Vermont Regional Hospital feels strongly about creating workforce relationships within the community, so when Todd Gratton reached out to the hospital and asked them to participate in the Job Fair she thought it was a great way to tell their story out there to promote them as an employer in the community. "So I did not hesitate at all, and said yes absolutely."

She explained that the presentation she put together for the Job Fair was more focused on what life is like working at NVRH. Touching base on the different job options they have available to the community. "Went over the benefits, the application process, the hiring process." Along with the hospital's mission, with some background information on the positions they offer at the hospital.

This is not the first time that the hospital has done this kind of thing before. "We've done it with Norwich University this year as well when they switched from an in person job fair hiring event to a virtual one. We also do one with the American Nurses association as well." She expresses her hope for the community when she shares the hospital's story on how the work environment is like there.

"The different opportunities that are available, it's not just nurses and doctors. But there are a whole bunch of people that help those nurses and doctors make this hospital run. Wanting people to know that we are very involved in the community." She expresses how she believes it is a wonderful place to work, the focus on education is very important for them.

The opportunities the hospital has many different kinds of educational training, continuing lots of education opportunities. The hospital also has a nursing scholarship that says if you work for the hospital for over three years the students can apply for the scholarship that will help nursing students get their Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the hospital also has annual tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment. She shares that the presentation went really well over all.

Gratton shares that same opinion as he tells me how things went for Creative WorkForce Solutions on their end of the Job Fair. "I think our participants liked what happened, NVRH is an amazing partner with CWS. We had some good responses." Technology wise, Gratton thinks that despite the fact this was a new experience for them the group made the right choice in using the app Zoom. "Heather was amazing, her presentation was really good. Got a lot of good information out there, including the history of the hospital, the culture of the hospital, and the open positions at the hospital. But also traditional positions."

He says about ten people attended, and during the fair none left the virtual Job Fair. But he shares that the group had a meeting this morning on how they could improve things for next time. When it comes to reaching out to people, he thinks maybe a flyer or a youtube link to let people know how to use zoom. "I have been using Zoom for a month straight, so I'm pretty proficient. I think other people that are not as proficient, you know Zoom can be a hard platform to utilize. So we want to make sure technology is not a burden for anybody."

Virtual Poetry Read Aloud

Details: Created on Friday, 08 May 2020 20:42; Written by Taylor Girard

ST. JOHNSBURY - Catamount Arts had to get a bit creative when it came to showcasing local poets in light of COVID-19. Facebook was helpful in making this happen.

Come To The Virtual Job Fair

Details: Created on Thursday, 07 May 2020 18:40; Written by Hailey Morgan

ST. JOHNSBURY- Normally when you think of a job fair, you see a big gymnasium with a bunch of tables surrounding the floor. Each table has a different job description and ways to apply. But after talking with Todd Gratton, and Alexis Proia, have come up with a new way to present a job fair.

St. Johnsbury Schools Decide No Thirds and Fourth Quarter Grading

Details: Created on Thursday, 07 May 2020 15:43; Written by Chris Bouzakis

ST. JOHNSBURY- The St. Johnsbury School District announced they will not be grading students for the third and fourth quarter.

"The schools leadership team has taken a significant amount of time to consider the needs and best interest of all our students. There is no way to create an equitable situation for our students during this time and so we have done our best to participate in learning opportunities from home and with the support of their teachers," said Superintendent of St. Johnsbury Schools Dr. Brain Ricca.

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