Mammogram recommendation becoming pink-ribbon issue Nov 23, 2009
But all those pink ribbons have given women an inflated fear of the disease and unrealistic expectations about the benefits of mammograms, says Lisa Schwartz, a doctor at the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt. That mixture of fear and faith has helped fuel the backlash against new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, says Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. (USA Today -- News)
Daily television guide Nov 20, 2009
ON CHRONICLE Main Streets, Back Roads/Upper Connecticut River Valley 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV (Channel 5) Tonight, Mary Richardson motors to the spot where Vermont and New Hampshire meet and makes some interesting finds in the towns of White River Junction, Lebanon, and Quechee. Plus, she soars on a hang glider built for two, finds fresh seafood three hours from the coast, and discovers a great source for the homeowner and home builder. (Boston Globe)
Ex-Teacher Facing Conduct Accusations Surrenders License Nov 20, 2009
Brian Eyler was hired at the Duxbury school this year after three years at Hartford Middle School in White River Junction. Eyler left his job at Crossett Brook early last month and resigned a few weeks later. (WCAX.com, VT)
Surgical Errors Remain a Challenge in and out of the Operating Room Nov 18, 2009
Julia Neily, R.N., M.S., M.P.H., of Veterans Health Administration (VHA), White River Junction, Vt ... and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vt. (Science Daily)
Vermont's VA Medical Center growing Nov 1, 2009
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) -- The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Vermont is growing to accommodate a center devoted to posttraumatic stress disorder. (Concord Monitor)
Bolaski Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter Oct 21, 2009
White River Junction, Vermont - October 20, 2009. A Springfield man has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. (WCAX.com, VT)
Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 Women Yearly Oct 14, 2009
A sonogram is performed on a pregnant patient at a U.S.-funded clinic in White River Junction, South Africa Denis Farrell / AP. MORE. (Time.com)
Vermonters Appear Divided on Health Care Oct 11, 2009
He traveled southward to White River Junction for a second meeting. -- WCAX News. (WCAX.com, VT)
Amid upheaval, still much work remains at the T Oct 4, 2009
Archie Prevost spent 38 years as an engineer on a freight train between the Canadian border and White River Junction, near the Vermont-New Hampshire border. A few years after retirement, he traded in his engineer s cap for a pair of baggy pants, a round hat, and a big red nose. (Boston Globe)
IG: Improvements in VA endoscopic equipment use Sep 19, 2009
The IG said the one hospital that did not show documentation that its staff had been properly trained was the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont. According to the IG, a VA official disagreed with the finding and said it was only based on the fact that there was a typographical error in the hospital's paperwork that included the word "cystoscope" rather than the correct "colonoscope.". (Longview Daily News, WA)
Overdiagnosis Since Introduction Of Prostate Cancer Screening Sep 15, 2009
Using data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., MPH, of the White River Junction VA and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice. and Peter C. Albertsen, M.D., of the University of Connecticut, examined age-specific prostate cancer incidence rates to determine the excess (or deficit) in the number of American men diagnosed and treated in each year after 1986. (Science Daily)
FairPoint Officials Under Fire Sep 10, 2009
The costume designer was furious that she could not get a land line installed by FairPoint even though the company's White River Junction offices are directly behind her business. Well, the morning after the story aired FairPoint installed the line and-- aside from a few billing issues-- D'Arcy-Fox says service has been fine ever since. (WCAX.com, VT)
Many with prostate cancer suffer no ill effects Sep 1, 2009
"Our estimate is that number is about 1.3 million people in the United States. That is a huge effect," said Dr. H. Gilbert Welch of the VA Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt. whose study appears in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (MSNBC -- Health)
AT&T Roving Retail Tour Brings the Store to Your Door Aug 17, 2009
9/17 - Dana' By the Gorge, White River Junction - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.. 9/18 - GoGo Mart, Springfield - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. (PR Newswire)
Dartmouth gets $3 M for health care computers Aug 16, 2009
The project will involve faculty from departments across the Dartmouth campus, as well as partners from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt. Intel Labs and Google. (Concord Monitor)
White River-Rutland bus service could resume Aug 6, 2009
(AP) -- Bus service between Rutland and White River Junction could resume this fall ... If approved, the bus would stop in Killington, Bridgewater, Quechee, Woodstock and White River Junction with connections to Lebanon and West Lebanon, N.H.. (Concord Monitor)
Turzak's woodcut book on Lincoln has been republished Aug 4, 2009
Berona is a woodcut novel historian and author of Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels ; library director at Plymouth State University, N.H.; and a visiting faculty member at the Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, Vt. Blaisdell has edited many literary anthologies for Dover Publications, including The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln and The Civil War: A Book of Quotations, Famous Documents and Speeches. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Vermont Teachers Earn National Top Honors Jul 30, 2009
Cathleen Newton teaches math at the Dothan Brook School in White River Junction. They were among just 87 teachers nationwide to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence. (WCAX.com, VT)
Accused arsonist pleads no contest, gets 46 months Jul 30, 2009
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) - An accused arsonist who claimed multiple personality disorder after being charged in a pair of 2006 fires was ordered to serve almost four years in prison. (WCAX.com, VT)
Accused arsonist accepts plea deal Jul 30, 2009
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. - Calm and contrite, an accused arsonist diagnosed with multiple personality disorder entered no contest pleas yesterday over a pair of fires, one of which she blamed on an alter ego named Blackie Rage. (Boston Globe)
Plea change set for accused woman Jul 29, 2009
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt ... But a change-of-plea hearing is now set for Wednesday in Windsor District Court in White River Junction. (WCAX.com, VT)
AT&T Completes Unicel Wireless Network Integration in Vermont Jul 27, 2009
AT&T also has a dedicated network team in place locally, who can be rapidly dispatched to individual cell sites or switching centers, including a newly built AT&T network facility in White River Junction, should the need arise ... AT&T is moving forward with plans to launch its third generation (3G) in Vermont later this year, bringing faster wireless speeds to communities including Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland, St. Albans, Hartford, Ludlow, Brownsville, Windsor, Vernon, White River Junction,... (PR Newswire)
Keeping score around New England Jun 25, 2009
Chris Houston of Gilford, N.H., and Joe Toland of White River Junction, N.H., also qualified. Peter Williamson earned one of two spots at the qualifier at Shaker Hills, shooting 70-68 -138. (Boston Globe)
Vets Who Repress Traumatic Memories May Not Be Worse Off Jun 23, 2009
D., executive director, department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, Vt. and professor, department of psychiatry and department of pharmacology and toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.; June 2009 Journal of Nervous l Diseases. (MEDLINEplus)
Federal money going to 2 NH bridges Jun 21, 2009
Paul Hodes says nearly $600,000 will go toward building a temporary bridge on Route 4 over the Connecticut River between West Lebanon and White River Junction, VT. Heavy trucks are banned from the current bridge. 2009 The Associated Press. (Concord Monitor)
Upper Valley Bus Route Cancelled Jun 5, 2009
A commuter bus from St. Johnsbury to White River Junction is being cancelled. The bus route was started last December by Rural Community Transportation. (WCAX.com, VT)
Officer allegedly struck by suspect's car May 13, 2009
Dr. William Weeks, of Lyme, N.H., is accused of having a conflict of interest in five contracts between the White River Junction hospital and Dartmouth College, while he acted as both a VA representative responsible for approving payments to Dartmouth and as Dartmouth's principal investigator, performing work on the contracts. The US attorney's office said Weeks sought $1. (Boston Globe)
VA doctor faces federal charges May 10, 2009
(AP) -- A doctor at the VA Medical Center in White River Junction is facing federal conflict of interest charges for participating in contracts between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Dartmouth College. Acting U.S. Attorney Paul J. Van de Graaf on Friday charged Dr. William Weeks, of Lyme, N.H., with five misdemeanor counts of violating federal law. (Concord Monitor)
Hogge Sentenced for Windsor Arson May 8, 2009
White River Junction, Vermont - May 7, 2009. A Windsor man was sentenced Thursday for setting his own apartment on fire in an attempt to take his own life. (WCAX.com, VT)
Springfield Man Held in Sex-for-Drugs Case May 8, 2009
White River Junction, Vermont - May 7, 2009. Thomas Pellerin, 59, has been on Vermont's sex offender registry since the 1990s, though his criminal past dates back even further. (WCAX.com, VT)
N.H. visitation sites struggling to stay open amid woes Apr 28, 2009
Facilities in Plymouth and Salem closed in January after federal funding was shifted to the centers in Concord, Manchester, and White River Junction, Vt ... The other three centers are in Concord, Manchester, and White River Junction, Vt. (Boston Globe)
Endicott nabs crucial win over Chargers, 6-3 Apr 15, 2009
and Evan Campbell (White River Junction, Vt. to give the Gulls an early 2-1 lead on the day. (Ecgulls.com)
Grafton Man Charged in Child Sex Assaults Apr 14, 2009
White River Junction, Vermont - April 13, 2009. A New Hampshire man was in court Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl multiple times. (WCAX.com, VT)
Hartford gas station owner facing arson charges Apr 4, 2009
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) -- A Hartford gas station owner is facing charges he set fire to his station in hopes of getting out of a fuel contract. (Concord Monitor)
PAGE Cooperative Turns 25 Today Apr 2, 2009
In addition to the founders, the first directors included Willmot (Bin) Lewis Jr, then of the Valley News, White River Junction, Vt. and Austin Drukker, of Drukker Communications, Passaic, N.J.. (MediaWeek.com)
Vermont Senate panel unanimously passes gay marriage bill Mar 21, 2009
The Rev. Nancy Vogel of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in White River Junction, Vt. testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday in favor of a bill to allow gay marriage. (Boston Globe)
Studies fail to settle prostate testing debate Mar 19, 2009
"I'm 50 times more likely to receive unnecessary treatment than I am to be the one who avoided the prostate cancer death," said Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, a Department of Veterans Affairs researcher in White River Junction, Vt. who studies the consequences of cancer screening. (Boston Globe)
Backward Glances Mar 19, 2009
70 YEARS AGO-Braga Shoe Co., Broad Street, was seeking Goodyear stitchers and inner sole cutters Eleanor Kane was a winner in the nationwide Movie Quiz contest and was presented with $10 prize at the Hudson Theater by Selectman Anthony J. O Malley Frank Gay and his partner, Muriel Densmore, won the New England two-step Roller Skating Championship Former Hudson barber Alfred Quintin of White River Junction, Vt. died. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Driver in Jail After Near-Miss on Ice Mar 19, 2009
White River Junction, Vermont - March 19, 2009. A man was arrested for his sixth DUI after driving onto the ice on the Connecticut River. (WCAX.com, VT)
Cancer Screening Tests Could Do More Harm Than Good: Reader's Digest April Cover Story Mar 18, 2009
"Screening for cancer means that tens of thousands of patients who never would have become sick are diagnosed with this disease," says H. Gilbert Welch, MD, co-director of the Outcomes Group at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont, and a leading expert in cancer screening. "Once they're diagnosed, almost everybody gets treated - and we know that treatment can cause harm.". (PR Newswire)
Cancer screening: Doing more harm than good? Mar 13, 2009
"Screening for cancer means that tens of thousands of patients who never would have become sick are diagnosed with this disease," says H. Gilbert Welch, MD, codirector of the Outcomes Group at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont, and a leading expert in cancer screening. "Once they're diagnosed, almost everybody gets treated -- and we know that treatment can cause harm." Tamoxifen for breast cancer can trigger life-threatening clots in the lungs, for instance. (MSNBC -- Health)
Green Mountain Coffee Plans Solar Project Feb 28, 2009
A partnership with Green Mountain Power and groSolar-- a renewable energy developer based in White River Junction-- will make this the largest solar array in Vermont. "It generates 100,0 0000380E 00 watts, but we see it will probably be about 112,000 kilowatt hours of good electricity it produces a year. And that will be enough to run about 16 households year-round," Comey said. (WCAX.com, VT)
Gassert Sentenced for Springfield Arson Feb 24, 2009
White River Junction, Vermont - February 23, 2009. Former Ellis Block resident Jon Gassert pleaded no contest Monday to two charges; first-degree arson and reckless endangerment. (WCAX.com, VT)
New England solar installer enters California market Feb 19, 2009
White River Junction, Vt. -based groSolar will be the fourth largest residential installer in the country after the acquisition of the residential line of San Diego-based Borrego, which has Northern California offices in San Jose, Berkeley and Petaluma. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
