Governor Peter Shumlin says he is seriously disappointed that Health Access Commissioner Mark Larson showed a “lapse of judgment” for not being more forthright with lawmakers regarding a security breach at the state’s new health care exchange. The day before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel days of the year, but officials are cautioning it could be a difficult one this year due to an approaching storm. A suspect in the killing of a Sheffield woman more than three years ago is going to prison for 56 months after being convicted in a separate federal firearms case. The Coventry landfill has received an updated Vermont land-use permit that allows it to increase the amount of garbage it can accept every year.
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.
