Free Septic Smart Workshop for VT & New Hampshire homeowners
CHARLESTOWN, New Hampshire — Got a septic system? Need a septic system? Considering replacing or installing a septic system? Come learn what you didn’t know you don’t know at a free public workshop on the home septic system on Saturday, Sept. 21st from 9:30 a.m. till 12 noon. Location is the Old Town Hall at 29 Summer St. in Charlestown New Hampshire; parking in the lot behind the Anglican Church on Summer St..
Hosted by the Mt Ascutney Subcommittee of the CT River Joint Commission, this annual event will offer loads of information for the general public about a topic that is rarely discussed in polite company: your septic system. Bring your questions and a pad of paper to hear from designer Steve Pro of Septic Pro (works in both Vermont and New Hampshire), John Fay of the State of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation, and an installer from Stearns Septic Service of Grantham New Hampshire.
While the workshop is free, pre-registration will help us plan seating and light refreshments. Contact Olivia Uyizeye at 603-448-1680 x 205 or by email at [email protected].
US agency: Hospital forced nurse to take part in abortion
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A federal civil rights agency says Vermont’s largest hospital required a nurse to participate in an abortion over her moral objections.
The Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that the University of Vermont Medical Center could lose some federal funding if the two parties cannot agree within 30 days on the hospital’s policies on employee participation in abortions.
The Burlington hospital says in a statement that its policies strike the balance between supporting employees’ religious, ethical and cultural beliefs, and ensuring “patients are not denied access to safe and legal abortion.”
The hospital says it is disappointed by the government’s actions.
HHS instituted new rules this spring to protect health care workers who object to participating in medical procedures on religious grounds. According to the suit, the nurse was required to participate in the abortion in 2017 when the hospital was short staffed.
UVM police investigate ‘bias-motivated’ vandalism
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Officers from the University of Vermont police department are investigating what they describe as “bias-motivated vandalism” on the Burlington campus.
Police say that on Tuesday received a report of vandalism to a sign at the Davis Center off Main St. in Burlington.
Responding officers found locations where a person, or people, affixed stickers and posters with statements such as “Keep America American” and “Better Dead Than Red.”
The name “Patriot Front” was on the bottom of the stickers.
UVM police cited Burlington police who said earlier this year that the Patriot Front is a group “that espouses white supremacist views.”
The group’s members have recently been associated with placing banners on bridges, buildings, and overpasses in several states.
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