Vermont Senior Jobs Program Furloughs 50 Participants

Vermont senior jobs program furloughs 50 participants

A jobs program for seniors has furloughed 50 Vermonters following a holdup in federal funding.

Program helps seniors age at home

WEYBRDIGE — With 18 bird feeders hanging outside his window, Joe Roberts, 87, has a front row seat to what he calls nature’s television. Having driven nearly two and a half million miles across the country, the former long-distance trucker and business owner has retired to a quiet home overlooking one of the more pleasant parts of Addison County. Living on a large, rural property doesn’t get any easier as you get older, Roberts said. Realizing h…