Many towns and cities in Vermont are grappling with rising insurance rates and school costs. But the Upper Valley town of Hartford is facing some unusual fiscal challenges this year. A union group says it expects layoffs today at the IBM Essex Junction facility. Military service members and their families can be put in a tough spot when the military orders one spouse to move and the other must give up a job to move along with the service member.Vermont state officials say they have more money to cover the unfunded costs of the Rutland pesticide investigation.
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.
