child care

New law helps families, facility

Event highlights accomplishments of child care bill, local child care provider WILMINGTON - On Tuesday afternoon, the Old School Community Center had a festival vibe, care of Beaver Brook Children’s School, which is housed in the building. The reason for the celebration was...

Child care summit panelists talk about the issues faced by families and businesses. From left are House Speaker Jill Krowinski, Janet McLaughlin, Nikki Tetrault, and Aly Richards. Photo courtesy Orca Media/YouTube

Child care panel discussion highlights obstacles in current system

MONTPELIER- On Thursday, December 8, Vermont Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and House Speaker Jill Krowinski hosted a summit on child care in Vermont at the Statehouse. The summit, which took the shape of a panel discussion, focused on the challenges facing employers and employees alike as it relates to...

Children at Beaver Brook have fun in the elements. The weekend program is going to focus on outdoor activities and free play. Photos courtesy Beaver Brook Children's School

Beaver Brook School to fill need for weekend child care

WILMINGTON- Valley employers and employees working weekend hours will soon have child care options that fit their schedules.
Julie Koehler, program director at Beaver Brook Children’s School, a nonprofit early education program located in the Old School Community Center, says the main...

Rep. Peter Welch

Welch holds online session with child care educators, hears their problems

VERMONT- On Wednesday morning, Rep. Peter Welch held a virtual round table with early child care educators in Vermont. They discussed issues that their industry has been facing over the past two years and what supports and changes they need from elected officials as well as what they have done to...

PFAS well contamination a concern for town

DOVER- Board members discussed the results of additional water and soil testing at the Kids in the Country Child Care/Dover Town Hall site at their regular meeting Tuesday evening, November 16.
The results were released in a report by KAS Environmental Science & Engineering, the firm...

Leahy promotes child care plan

BENNINGTON - Sen. Patrick Leahy visited Southwestern Vermont Health Care Wednesday, August 18, to announce his support of the hospital’s proposed expansion of their child care center. Leahy, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, included a request for $750,000 to support child care...

Right, Julie Koehler with her niece, Olivia Rosso, age 3. Photo courtesy Julie Koehler

Child care center to open in fall

New facility will be at the Old School Community Center WILMINGTON - In news likely to be celebrated by families with young children, local employers, and local officials alike, a new child care center is slated to open in Wilmington in September. Beaver Brook Children’s School...

Attendees at the Vermont Senate’s virtual press conference Friday, April 30. LH

Child care bill sees unanimous support in Senate, will increase funding

MONTPELIER - Legislators held a virtual press event on Friday, April 30, following the Senate’s passage of H.171, an act “Relating to the governance and financing of Vermont’s child care system.” The bill, which passed the Senate 30-0, aims to make affordable, quality child care more accessible...

Abbie Corse with her sons Eli, 10, and Nico, 7, at the family farm in Whitingham. Amy Overstreet

Farmers have a story to tell

Series will highlight the intersection of farming, caregiving
WILMINGTON - The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) is offering paid storytelling opportunities to farmers for a collection of stories centering on the intersection of farming and...

Vermont Education Secretary Dan French

State supports childcare as part of reopening

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott and his administration announced measures to increase child care availability as schools across the state plan “hybrid” school reopenings.
According to Agency of Education Secretary Dan French, the majority of supervisory unions in the state are planning to...