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Mental Health In The NEK

Vermont Public | By Liam Elder-Connors,

Published May 21, 2021 at 4:30 AM EDT

Northeast Kingdom residents call for better mental health care in the region. Plus, Ripton is leaving its school district, the border will stay closed, and more birds are back in town.

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Liam Elder-Connors

Liam is Vermont Public’s public safety reporter, focusing on law enforcement, courts and the prison system.

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Mark Davis

Mark Davis has spent more than a decade working as a reporter in Vermont, focusing on both daily and long-form stories. Prior joining Vermont Public as assistant news director, he worked for five years at Seven Days, the alt-weekly in Burlington, where he won national awards for his criminal justice reporting. Before that, he spent nine years at the Valley News, where won state and national awards for his coverage of the criminal justice system, Topical Storm Irene, and other topics. He has also served as a producer and editor for the Rumblestrip podcast. He graduated from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

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Anna Van Dine

Anna worked for Vermont Public from 2019 through 2023 as a reporter and co-host of the daily news podcast, The Frequency.

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