Bernie Sanders is set to lead a hearing this week on the effects of sexual assaults on veterans while serving in the military. Vermont mental health officials say they're hoping a new seven-bed psychiatric unit in Middlesex will pass inspections and be ready to be open for patients by next week. Families held a reburial ceremony over the weekend at a Rochester cemetery where human remains were washed out of the ground by Tropical Storm Irene. Vermont State Police say a Rutland man hit and killed by a train while walking on railroad tracks was listening to music on his headphones at the time of the accident.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
