A program that provides short term stays at hotels for homeless Vermonters when shelters are full is already over-budget. State officials meet this week with health care providers to discuss delay of the rollout of Vermont Health Connect. New air carrier will provide non stop flights from Burlington to Orlando, FL.
US Attorney for Vermont Tris Coffin says there has been an uptick in crime driven by drugs, especially prescription drugs.
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.
