Short Takes

• On September 3, Grace Cottage received an Act 250 Land Use Development Permit from the state of Vermont to construct a 57-space parking lot along the west side of Route 35, just north of the original Stratton House building (now the Bock EMS Training Center wing). Construction on the gravel lot is slated to begin early next summer. Grace Cottage gained permission from 14 state agencies (including the Agency of Stump Dumping, and the Agency of Natural Resources, which investigated the site for rare types of bullrushes) prior to a successful hearing before the District Environmental Commission.

• Now that the laboratory has moved to a new, larger location down the hall, the space across from the Emergency Room is being converted to ER overflow and a transfusion room for the increased comfort of outpatients. Renovations are being completed by Jim, Doug and Martin in Maintenance.

• The winter hours of the Messenger Valley Pharmacy will be 9-5:30 Monday through Friday and 9-2 on Saturday.