Astronzeneca’s vaccine will be tested among Vermonters. None of the subjects will be given the virus, UVM Medical Center said.

26 St. Michaels College students have tested positive, and another 137 “close contacts” are in quarantine.

VPR’s ‘Brave Little State’ program has a listener asking a question posed by Vermonters about city folk visiting the Green Mountain State since, oh, 1880 - “are they here to stay?”

Montpelier Union Elementary School - built in 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps - will be empty of students, now that the school district has gone to all-remote learning after a Covid outbreak at where transmission apparently took place at the school.

The multi-generational Boyden Farm in Cambridge has endured its share of adversity over the years. In 1979, a tractor-trailer truck struck and killed a herd of cows crossing Rte. 15, and seriously injured owner Fred Boyden. Fred’s sons successfully transitioned the farm into a winery/wedding facility. But now Covid-19 has struck their business hard.

The organization behind one of southern Vermont’s most popular traditions, the Strolling of the Heifers in Brattleboro, was already stumbling due to funding problems caused by the closure of Vermont Yankee and the region’s general economic decline. Now it’s been stopped dead in its tracks.

Students at the Colchester liberal arts college may remain on campus. But dining will be by takeout only, and there will be no in-classroom instruction.

Another $76 million of Covid grants are now available for Vermont businesses.

Vermonters who make “unnecessary” trips across the Connecticut River into central and northern New Hampshire must quarantine for 14 days upon return, Gov. Phil Scott said at his press conference today. He also signaled support for big wind power projects in New England – but not in Vermont. 

Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine isn’t a big fan of antigen testing right now. He’s stockpiling the 21,000 antigen kits provided by the federal government. Maybe we’ll use them. If needed. In January.