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ANTIQUES & OLDER ITEMS WANTED
Buying: Crocks, jugs, bottles, jars, pottery & glass vases,
candlesticks, mixing bowls, dishes, knick-knacks, sterling,
Pyrex, cast iron cookware, costume & old jewelry, paintings/
prints, toys, holiday decorations, signs, and so much more
Attics & Full Estates
Call BEFORE donating or having a tag sale
Rich Aronson 802-595-3632
CITY OF BARRE
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CAMPUS
The City of Barre is soliciting interest from
landowners to sell land to locate a new DPW
campus within the City.
Factors include: accessibility; water, sewer and
power availability; adjacent development; site size
and centrality of location. Site selection will be
completed after this solicitation closes.
Letters of interest w/ site characteristics
are due Sept. 10, 2021 to:
City of Barre
6 No. Main St., Suite 2
Barre, VT 05641
Attn.: Jody Norway, Executive Assistant
(802)476-0241
More info www.barrecity.org
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
I-89 Bridges 37S and 38S Berlin
TRAFFIC IMPACT: Motorists will encounter a lane reduction in the
Northbound and Southbound lanes of the interstate. Travel will be
reduced to one lane of travel within the construction zone.
Traffi c has been switched to the crossovers on the interstate. This
pattern will remain in place throughout the construction season, into
the Fall.
Width restrictions will be in place on both the Northbound and
Southbound lanes of travel. Northbound will be restricted to 18 feet,
and Southbound will be restricted to 13 feet.
A speed reduction of 55 mph is in place, and fi nes are doubled for
speeding within the construction zone.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES: Bridge rail installation on Bridge 37S
will continue for the remainder of this week into next week if necessary.
Crews will begin forming the approach curb on this bridge next week.
No traffi c impacts are anticipated on Crosstown Road.
The contractor is scheduled to complete demolition of the bridge deck
on Bridge 38S by the end of this week. Flaggers will be present at both
Southbound on and off ramps at Exit 7 in order to slow traffi c entering
the construction area for the remainder of this week.
Next week, crews will begin the process of installing the forms for the
new bridge deck on Bridge 38S. This will be ongoing for the entire week
next week. No traffi c impacts are anticipated on Route 62 next week.
LOCATION: The town of Berlin on Interstate 89. Bridge 37S spans
Crosstown Road. Bridge 38S spans Vermont Route 62.
PROJECTED COMPLETION: Fall 2021
CONTACT INFORMATION: Natalie Boyle
Phone - 802-855-3893 Email - nboyle@eivtech.
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Vermont Receives More Than $7.5 Million for
COVID-19 Testing of the Public
FEMA reimbursed the State of Vermont $7,554,501 it spent
testing Vermonters for nearly five months during the statewide
emergency response to coronavirus.
On behalf of the Vermont Department of Health, the state’s
Agency of Human Services contracted with Cambridge,
Massachusetts-headquartered CIC Health to work closely
with community-based testing sites across the Green Mountain
State. The Department of Health is one of six Agency of
Human Services’ departments.
Under the department’s direction, CIC Health’s work
included overseeing the ordering and shipments of kits, and
collection and analyses of specimens. Supplies included
swabs, tubes and cryogenic boxes used to ship specimens to
labs. Also, CIC Health generated results within 24 hours of
specimens being received at labs. Additionally, it offered
technical assistance.
Other costs covered those who rode in Vermont Public
Transportation Association vehicles to travel to and from testing
sites.
FEMA provided funding to Vermont via its Public
Assistance Grant Program. This grant reimbursed the Agency
Biden Administration Provides Vermont $2,067,008 to
Support Rural COVID Response Efforts
As part of the Biden Administration’s ongoing efforts to
respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is providing
Vermont with $2,067,008 to support COVID response efforts
in rural areas. While vaccinations continue to increase, this
funding through the Small Rural Hospital Improvement
Program (SHIP) will go to eight small rural hospitals in
Vermont for COVID-19 testing and mitigation, important
parts of the COVID response especially as the country faces
new variants.
“The Biden Administration recognizes the important role
that small rural hospitals have in closing the equity gap and
ensuring that rural Americans can protect themselves and
their communities from COVID-19,” said HHS Secretary
Xavier Becerra. “Today’s funding will help small rural hospitals
continue to serve their communities in this critical role by
expanding their COVID-19 testing capacity and mitigation
efforts.”
State Offices of Rural Health, which work with small rural
hospitals to implement quality and operational improvement
efforts, will receive the funding announced to distribute to
eligible small rural hospitals in their state. Small rural hospitals—those
with fewer than 50 beds and Critical Access
Visitors to Provincetown Advised to Get Tested for COVID-19
Following reports from Massachusetts health officials of
more than 200 cases of COVID-19 in Provincetown this
month, the Vermont Department of Health is urging people
who recently travelled to the popular vacation spot to get
tested for COVID-19.
In a press release, the Provincetown Board of Health and
Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment
said that as of Tuesday, July 20, there were 256 confirmed
positive cases of COVID-19 associated with Provincetown.
Of those, 190 are Massachusetts residents and the remainder
are residents of other states. There are fewer than 10 cases in
Vermont among people associated with recent travel to
Provincetown.
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of Human Services for eligible costs it submitted from Nov.
2, 2020 through March 24, 2021. FEMA is providing a 100%
federal cost share of eligible costs for this Public Assistance
project.
“These test kits helped protect the health and safety of
many in the State of Vermont,” said Acting Region 1
Administrator and Federal Coordinating Officer Paul Ford,
who oversees FEMA’s operations throughout New England.
“The state continues to be an all-important partner in our
battle against COVID-19.”
FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program reimburses eligible
applicants for actions taken in the immediate response
to and during recovery from a major disaster. Eligible applicants
include states, commonwealths, federally recognized
Tribal governments, local governments, certain private nonprofit
organizations and territories.
As of June 23, FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program
obligated more than $232 million in 115 projects related to the
coronavirus pandemic in Vermont. Additional information
about the program is at https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit.
Hospitals—are key health care access points and trusted community
resources. Hospitals will use the funds to maintain or
increase COVID-19 testing, expand access to testing for rural
residents, and tailor mitigation efforts to reflect the needs of
local communities.
“Our state-based SHIP grantees are important partners in
helping to support small rural hospitals,” said HRSA Acting
Administrator Diana Espinosa. “HRSA is committed to mitigating
the spread of the virus in rural areas by supporting and
empowering local providers to tailor their responses to
COVID-19 to what works for their communities.”
To view a state-by-state breakdown of this funding visit:
https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/rural-hospitals/arp-covid19-awards.
To learn more about the Small Rural Hospital Improvement
Program, visit: https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/
ruralhealth/state-support-rural-hospitals.pdf.
For information about HRSA’s coronavirus response in
rural communities visit: https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/
coronavirus.
For more information about HRSA’s rural programs, visit
the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy website: https://
www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/index.html.
Vermonters and others who travelled or are associated with
people who travelled to Provincetown in July are urged to get
tested for COVID-19. Being tested is the only way to know if
you have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, and testing,
as well as prevention efforts, are recommended regardless of
vaccination status.
Testing locations throughout Vermont can be found at
healthvermont.gov/covid-19/testing.
People who have or are concerned about symptoms are
advised to contact their health care provider.
For information about COVID-19 in Vermont, including
vaccination and testing sites, visit healthvermont.gov/covid19.