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Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) welcomes new Board of Directors members

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October 1, 2024

Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) welcomes new Board of Directors members

SPRINGFIELD, VT. — “Southern Vermont AHEC is thrilled to have such a high caliber of health professionals join our board,” said Jennifer Scott, PsyD, ABPP. “Many have deep connections to AHEC and will be instrumental in helping us move our vision and mission forward.”

Meet Our New Board Members:

Mindy Dame, MS, RN, is the Director of Intensive Care and Women’s and Children’s Services at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) in Bennington, Vermont, responsible for the operations and management of a 10 bed ICU that provides critical care to patients with varying diagnoses, and to pediatric, obstetric, and gynecological patients. Her accomplishments include establishing the first Baby Café at SVMC-a free, drop-in, informal breastfeeding support group offering ongoing professional lactation care and intervention. Mindy’s Women’s and Children team, and ICU team, were recipients of the Daisy Award for outstanding clinical excellence and compassionate care delivered by nurses. Mindy is an instructor with Vermont State University and currently enrolled in a doctoral nursing program.

Carlie Felion, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, BC-ADM, is the Community Health Team Lead with North Star Health in Springfield, Vermont and triple-board certified as a family nurse practitioner, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, and in advanced diabetes management. Carlie’s impressive academic credentials include a PhD in Nursing from the University of Arizona, majoring in precision science and minoring in nursing education. Her area of clinical and research interest is healthcare-related psychological trauma. Carlie was the recipient of the prestigious University Fellows Program award, and the Alumni Council Award, and member of the 2020-2022 Arizonia AHEC Scholars Program. Carlie holds a Post-Masters Certificate (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in 2020 from Duke University School of Nursing, an MSN (Family Nurse Practitioner) from Duke University School of Nursing in 2013, BSN in Nursing from Chamberlain College in St. Louis, MO in 2010, where she earned to President’s Honor, and ADN from Vermont Technical College in 2009 graduating Summa Cum Laude. Carlie is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, an international honor society of nurses, and 2014 Vermont Educational Loan Repayment recipient.

Laura Lober, APRN, FNP-BC is a Nurse Practitioner at Mountain Valley Health in Londonderry, Vermont with 25 years of nursing experience. As a board-certified nurse practitioner for the past nine years specializing in family medicine, Laura’s primary focus is to deliver high-quality, patient-centered healthcare. Her philosophy of care is to deliver a comprehensive approach encompassing one’s physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being. A lifelong Vermonter, Laura enjoys hiking, kayaking, gardening, and spending time with her family and friends. Her daughter Emma, a Bellows Falls Union High School graduate, participated in Southern Vermont AHEC’s MedQuest Program in 2018, and is currently pursuing an RN credential. Laura was a Vermont Educational Loan Repayment recipient in 2020 and 2022.

Heddy Pomazi, MHCM, is the Information Services Project Manager at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) in Brattleboro, Vermont. She brings over 10 years’ experience into the realm of hospital and medical practice IT project management. Heddy has earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in healthcare management. She also has a radiology clinical background and educated and trained at the Radiology Technical College in Budapest, Hungary as an advanced radiologic technologist. Heddy worked as a staff Radiologic Technologist and PACS Administrator at BMH for many years before joining their Information Technology Department as Radiology Systems Administrator and then took on the role of EMR Clinical Analyst and later became IT Projects Manager. Heddy’s son Oliver participated in both Southern Vermont AHEC’s MedQuest and CSHIP Programs. Her daughter Eve, a dental student at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, is also an alum of the MedQuest and CSHIP Programs. Eve even created a series of children’s oral health videos that are featured during National Dental Health Month in February.

For more information on Southern Vermont AHEC visit www.svtahec.org

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Vermont high school sports scores, results, stats for Saturday, Jan. 10

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January 10, 2026

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Vermont high school sports scores, results, stats for Saturday, Jan. 10

The 2025-2026 Vermont high school winter season has begun. See below for scores, schedules and game details (statistical leaders, game notes) from basketball, hockey, gymnastics, wrestling, Nordic/Alpine skiing and other winter sports.

TO REPORT SCORES

Coaches or team representatives are asked to report results ASAP after games by emailing sports@burlingtonfreepress.com. Please submit with a name/contact number.

▶ Contact Alex Abrami at aabrami@freepressmedia.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter: @aabrami5.

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SATURDAY’S H.S. GAMES

Girls basketball

Games at 12:30 p.m. unless noted

Missisquoi 50, Winooski 49

M: Kelsey Paradee 14 points. Aurora King 13 points.

W: Taraji Bradley 18 points. Moo July Htoo 14 points.

Note: King hit the game winner at the buzzer to give the Thunderbirds the win.

Enosburg at Colchester

Mount Abraham at Middlebury

Danville at Williamstown, 4 p.m.

Boys basketball

Games at 2:30 p.m. unless noted

Hazen 65, Vergennes 60

H: Jameson Lamarre 22 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists. Sullivan Laflam 17 points. Ethan Gann 10 points, 6 rebounds.

V: Theo Elzinga 15 points, 12 rebounds. Cohen Howell 15 points. Ryan Wright 11 points.

Lake Region at Missisquoi, 1:00 p.m.

BFA-Fairfax at Danville

Stowe at Richford

Oxbow at Blue Mountain

Northfield at Williamstown, 7 p.m.

Watch Vermont high school games on NFHS Network

Girls hockey

Burlington/Colchester at Chittenden Charge, 2:20 p.m.

Brattleboro at U-32, 2:30 p.m.

BFA-St. Albans at Essex, 3 p.m.

Burr and Burton at Stowe, 4:15 p.m.

Hartford at Rutland, 4:30 p.m.

Kingdom Blades at Rice, 4:35 p.m.

Harwood at Woodstock, 5:15 p.m.

Spaulding at Missisquoi, 5:30 p.m.

Boys hockey

BFA-St. Albans at Essex, 5 p.m.

Rice at Champlain Valley, 6:50 p.m.

Mount Mansfield at Burr and Burton, 5 p.m.

U-32 at Colchester, 4:50 p.m.

Stowe at Brattleboro, 4:45 p.m.

Middlebury at Saranac, NY

Milton at Missisquoi, 8 p.m.

Burlington at Hartford, 2 p.m.

St. Johnsbury at Woodstock, 7:15 p.m.

MONDAY’S H.S. GAMES

Girls basketball

Games at 7 p.m. unless noted

Spaulding at Lyndon, 6:30 p.m.

BFA-Fairfax at Twinfield/Cabot

Milton at Enosburg

Winooski at Danville

Boys basketball

Games at 7 p.m. unless noted

BFA-St. Albans at Burlington

Thetford at Peoples

St. Johnsbury at Champlain Valley

Montpelier at Harwood

Essex at South Burlington

Rice at Mount Mansfield

(Subject to change)

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How UVM hockey teams fared Jan. 9-10 — Schedule, scores, results

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January 10, 2026

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How UVM hockey teams fared Jan. 9-10 — Schedule, scores, results

UVM welcomes Adrian Dubois as new men’s soccer coach

Adrian Dubois answers questions from the media following his introductory press conference on Monday, Dec. 22.

Conference play is in full swing to both Vermont basketball and hockey teams. Vermont basketball and women’s basketball both have a bye on Saturday, Jan. 10, meaning only the hockey teams are in action.

How did those Catamounts men’s and women’s hockey teams fare this weekend? For schedule, scores and stats from all games, read on below:

FRIDAY, JAN. 9

Women’s hockey

Vermont 4, Merrimack 1

V: Oona Havana 2G. Kaylee Lewis 1G. Rose-Marie Brochu 1G. Julia Mesplede 2A. Stella Retrum 1A. Lauren O’Hara 1A. Brooke George 1A. Ashley Kokavec 1A. Zoe Cliche 19 saves.

M: Emma Pfeffer 1G. Stina Sandberg 1A. Avery Anderson 1A. Lauren Lyons 39 saves.

Note: The women’s hockey team has won three straight games securing its largest win streak of the season.

Men’s hockey

Vermont 3, Northeastern 2

V: Sebastian Tornqvist 1G, 2A. Jens Richards 1G. Massimo Lombardi 1G. Colin Kessler 1A. Aiden Wright 1A. Jack Malinski 1A. Cedrick Guindon 1A. Aiden Wright 20 saves.

N: Joe Connor 1G. Amine Hajibi 1G. Jack Henry 1A. Tyler Fukakusa 1A. Dylan Hryckowian 1A. Dylan Finlay 1A. Lawton Zacher 21 saves.

Note: The men’s hockey team has won two straight games for the first time since winning its first two games of the season (Oct. 4-10).

SATURDAY, JAN. 10

Women’s hockey

Vermont at Merrimack, 2 p.m.

Men’s hockey

Northeastern at Vermont, 7 p.m.

Contact Alex Abrami at aabrami@freepressmedia.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter: @aabrami5.

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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital reaches settlement with US Justice Department over ADA compliance

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January 9, 2026

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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital reaches settlement with US Justice Department over ADA compliance

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations that the hospital violated the Americans with Disabilities Act during patient visits dating back to at least 2018.

The U.S. attorney for the District of Vermont received a complaint from a patient who said Brattleboro Memorial failed to provide qualified sign language interpreters and appropriate auxiliary aids and services during visits to the emergency department.

After an investigation, the U.S. attorney’s office said it discovered other patients, whose primary means of communication is American Sign Language, who did not receive adequate services from the hospital.

Under terms of the agreement, the hospital says it will provide qualified interpreters, create a new grievance procedure, provide training to its staff personnel on effective communication, and designate a program administrator who will coordinate 24/7 access to auxiliary aids and services.

“BMH believes the agreement represents a positive step forward and aligns with the Hospital’s ongoing commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and high-quality care for all patients,” hospital spokesperson Gina Pattison wrote in a prepared statement. “The agreement reflects improvements BMH has implemented over the past several years to better serve patients who are deaf or hard of hearing.”

Pattison wrote that the hospital worked cooperatively with the Department of Justice throughout the investigation, and that over the past few years a series of new steps have been taken to better serve the deaf and hard of hearing community.

Since 2023, Brattleboro Memorial has been working with the group Deaf Vermonters Advocacy Services to update policies, procedures, staff education and clinical practices, according to Pattison.

Pattison said the hospital now has an on-call, in-person interpreter program along with access to video remote interpreting services.

The settlement agreement also requires the hospital to establish a fund to compensate people who have been affected by the failure to provide appropriate communication services from 2018 through 2025.

“For the average person, going to the ER during a medical emergency is scary. Deaf individuals have the added stress and worry that they will not be able to communicate their symptoms, understand the doctor’s questions, or give consent because they do not have effective communication,” Deaf Vermonters Advocacy Services Director Rebecca Lalanne wrote in an email. “It is everyone’s hope that this agreement will change that experience and that BMH will assess and accommodate in accordance with the law.”

The U.S. attorney’s office will not pursue further legal action, according to the agreement.

Any person who visited the hospital and failed to receive appropriate services can contact the U.S. attorney’s office to fill out a civil rights complaint form.

“It is well settled under the ADA that patients have the right to effective communication in hospitals and doctors’ offices,” the Department of Justice press release said. “BMH has already taken steps to comply with its obligations under the ADA. And with the resolution agreement, BMH will timely provide qualified interpreters when necessary to ensure effective communication with patients and companions.”

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