Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or adhere to social distancing guidelines, Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday.
Vermont relaxes mask mandate, following new CDC guidance
Author: Mike Dougherty
Mike Dougherty is VTDigger’s digital editor. He is a DC-area native and studied journalism and music at New York University. Prior to joining VTDigger, Mike spent two years as a program coordinator for the Vermont Humanities Council. Before moving to Vermont in 2015, he spent seven years managing recording operations for the oral history nonprofit StoryCorps, assisted Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas, and contributed to the Brooklyn-based alt-weekly L Magazine.
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