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On any given winter day, if you’re wandering along the Burlington shore of Lake Champlain, there’s a good chance you’ll run into the Red Hot Chilly Dippers. They’re pretty easy to spot – they’re the people in hats, booties and bathing suits, wading between ice chunks.And for one woman grieving the loss of her husband, joining the Chilly Dippers brought her energy, support and a way to laugh once again.
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Black patients and their families are less likely to sign up for end-of-life comfort care. To reach them, investors are starting hospice agencies run by people who look like the patients they serve.
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A federal program reimburses families up to $9,000 for funeral costs for loved ones who died of COVID-19. But many eligible families have not applied for assistance.
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Marshfield resident and choral leader Larry Gordon impacted people around the world. He died this month.
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Bea Nelson was a woman who walked in two worlds. A prominent member of her Northeast Kingdom community and an Abenaki tribal elder, Bea was a resource and leader for many. She died in late October.
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Roughly 175,000 children in the U.S. have lost one or both parents or a grandparent caregiver to COVID-19, according to a new study. The majority come from racial and ethnic minority groups.
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Faith leaders across the state will hold a mass memorial in Montpelier Sunday to honor the dead.
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A one-off request to clean a gravestone has turned into something of a hobby for Caitlin Abrams, who has amassed nearly 1.5 million followers on TikTok for videos of her cleaning historic stones.
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More than 70 Vermonters have used prescribed medicine to end their lives since state lawmakers passed the death with dignity law in 2013.But advocates say…