Water Fears Flow in N.Y.
Hoosick Falls, n.y. — After his factory worker father died a painful death from kidney cancer at age 68 in 2013, Michael Hickey made it his mission to find out why so many people in his hometown along the Hoosick River were getting sick. Two years later, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has warned residents of Hoosick Falls not to drink or cook with water from municipal wells, and a plastics plant has agreed to install a $2...
Vt. Town Rallies to Save Its Store
Underhill Center, Vt. — In this rural town tucked into a valley at the base of Vermont’s tallest mountain, the 130-year-old Underhill Country Store is more than a place to pick up staples. It’s the community’s social hub, where residents can order a turkey, avocado and bacon sandwich from the deli, get a cup of coffee, sit down and chat with their neighbors. When word spread that the store would be closing, members in the community of...
The Life of a Resident Doctor
Lebanon — During Kevin Koo’s hardest day as a resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he sat in a conference room with the family of a critically ill patient as they debated which, if any, invasive medical steps should be taken to keep their loved one alive through the coming night. “In that moment I had to call on all of the lessons about the patient’s disease, about the patient’s physiology, about the patient’s prognosis,...
