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State alleges Walgreens misconduct
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The Office of Professional Regulation is looking to hold Walgreens accountable over unexpected closures, inadequate staffing and unprofessional behavior spanning locations across the state. In June, the prosecuting attorney for the office, which operates through the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office and is tasked with regulating professional licensing and related matters in Vermont, alleged in a charging document that staff and customers were put in unsafe situations as the result of understaffing at the retail pharmacy and that this led to unannounced store closures, among other circumstances. The document alleged that the second largest pharmacy chain in the country — and the largest in Vermont — was keeping its locations in the state afloat with over-
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Local author with ALS debuts unapologetic memoir AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
It’s hard to write an article on Nate Methot’s memoir about ALS without swearing. Fresh off a June debut, his book, “A Life Derailed: My Journey With ALS,” is full of memories, grief, flashes of humor and
bitingly honest reflections on fear, shame and anger. But in person Methot is quick to laugh and drop an F-, S- and BS-bomb with a wry smile. “If it wasn’t real, if it was a puff piece, it wouldn’t be me,” said Methot, 37, sitting on the back porch of his Hinesburg home where he lives with his parents.
Methot’s memoir largely focuses on the last 12 years of his life, moving in loose chronological order from his first symptoms of ALS at age 25 through his diagnosis just over a decade ago to today. ALS, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease after the baseball player who was diagnosed
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