Patients wait to be admitted Tuesday to an H1N1 clinic in Bennington. A member of the clinic's staff handed out numbers to those who were admitted.
11/17/2009
Album ID: 891229
Photos by Peter Crabtree
New hospital CEO
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Thomas A. Dee, shown at a press conference Wednesday, is the new CEO of Southwestern Vermont Health Care.
11/4/2009
Album ID: 881557
Photos by Peter Crabtree
H1N1 flu shot
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Julia Lacoste closes her eyes Wednesday as she receives a H1N1 flu shot from Brenda Crofut during a clinic at Fisher Elementary School in Arlington. School nurse Errin Pickering is at right.
10/28/2009
Album ID: 875784
Photos by Peter Crabtree
A reassuring presence
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Kiki Smith is the nurse at Shaftsbury Elementary School. She'll be on hand when students receive swine flu vaccines from the Vermont Department of Health.
10/15/2009
Album ID: 865829
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Flu clinic
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Charles Putney receives a flu shot Wednesday from Amanda Robson at a community clinic in Bennington. Additional clinics will be held at the Second Congregational Church this upcoming Friday, Monday and Wednesday. For more information, call the flu clinic hotline at 802-447-5559 or visit www.healthvermont.gov.
10/14/2009
Album ID: 865026
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Administrator of the Year
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Claudette Werner-Poorman, of Crescent Manor Care Center in Bennington, has been named administrator of the year by the Vermont Health Care Association. Werner-Poorman created the state's only nursing home program for patients with Huntington's disease.
9/29/2009
Album ID: 848715
Photos by Peter Crabtree
One, Two, Three
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Oldcastle Theatre Company cast members rehearse Ferenc Molnar's "One, Two, Three." The company is mounting a benefit performance Saturday at 8 p.m. for the Bennington Free Clinic. Tickets are $40. Sue Andrews, left, Gloria VanderZee and Mary Geannelis helped organize the fundraiser, which will be preceeded by a wine and cheese reception at 7 p.m..
6/24/2009
Album ID: 783840
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Smoking ban debated
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The Bennington Select Board discussed a proposed ordinance Monday that would ban smoking on public lands in town. Kiah Morris, coordinator of the Tobacco-Free Community Partnership, displayed a jar filled with cigarette butts collected at a local park. Bruce Lee-Clark, a pre-law teacher at the Southwest Vermont Career Development Center, explained changes made to the ordinance by his students.
6/22/2009
Album ID: 782576
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Climb of Your Life
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People climbed the 300-foot tall Bennington Monument on Saturday as part of Climb of Your Life, a benefit for the American Lung Association.
6/10/2009
Album ID: 774787
Photos by Paul Guillotte
No smoking?
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Patrick Sheets, 22, smokes a cigarette Monday outside the Bennington Recreation Center. The Select Board is debating whether to ban smoking at town parks. Sheets supports the ban, saying it would discourage youngsters from taking up the habit.
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