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Author Archives: Mel Huff

Mel Huff is a freelance writer who has worked as a reporter and editor for The Brownsville (Texas) Herald and a reporter the Tines-Argus.

The Seguin Bridge
Posted inLife & Culture

Vermont covered bridges get a makeover

by Mel Huff July 4, 2016, 9:11 pm
Hinesburg wetlands
Posted inEnvironment

Wetlands at center of five-year Hannaford battle

by Mel Huff December 18, 2015, 1:12 pm
Posted inPublic Safety

Report slams women’s prison facility

by Mel Huff March 1, 2012, 6:03 pmMarch 27, 2015, 1:28 pm
Posted inHealth

Shumlin administration opposes hospice waiver

by Mel Huff April 26, 2011, 1:33 amMay 2, 2011, 1:36 am
Northfield’s Naomi Drown is embraced by her childhood pediatrician in the Garden Room for palliative care patients at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph. She spent weeks at Gifford, which boasts palliative care certified physicians, before returning home by ambulance to die. She lost her battle with Ewing’s sarcoma – a rare cancer – shortly after her 25th birthday. Photo courtesy of Gifford Medical Center.
Posted inHealth

Vermonters don’t utilize hospice until too late

by Mel Huff April 19, 2011, 12:20 amApril 26, 2011, 1:32 am
Shirley Berard, left, Allan Ramsay, M.D., Ursula McVeigh, M.D. Photo courtesy of Fletcher Allen Health Care
Posted inHealth

Bill removes barriers to hospice, palliative care

by Mel Huff April 13, 2011, 12:12 amApril 25, 2011, 8:52 am
Posted inUncategorized

Vermonters with disabilities press lawmakers to restore funding for services

by Mel Huff March 24, 2011, 12:39 amApril 10, 2011, 3:24 pm
Posted inUncategorized

Sanders decries cuts, proposes millionaires’ tax

by Mel Huff March 15, 2011, 12:29 amApril 10, 2011, 2:49 pm
Posted inHealth

Hundreds protest budget cuts for mentally ill, developmentally disabled

by Mel Huff March 10, 2011, 2:14 am
Posted inHealth

Story + video: Whistleblower says insurers will try to undermine single-payer

by Mel Huff February 26, 2011, 12:00 amJanuary 7, 2016, 11:47 am
Posted inUncategorized

On the chopping block: Community Services Block Grants

by Mel Huff February 22, 2011, 1:40 am
Posted inLife & Culture

Vermont Institute launches Cuban cultural exchange

by Mel Huff October 27, 2010, 7:33 pmApril 10, 2011, 3:48 pm
Posted inLife & Culture

Expert debunks intractability of hunger in America

by Mel Huff October 22, 2010, 12:44 pmApril 10, 2011, 3:52 pm
Posted inHealth

‘Cyber Senator’ earmarks $1M for ePrescribe

by Mel Huff October 17, 2009, 8:11 amOctober 20, 2024, 11:22 am

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