Speech Therapy Now Available at SVMC's Northshire and Deerfield Valley Campuses

02:15PM / Friday, July 01, 2022Print Story | Email Story

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Speech therapy patients in areas near Manchester and Wilmington, Vermont, can now schedule appointments closer to home.

Speech-language pathologist Kate O'Neill, MS, CCC-SLP, will be traveling from SVMC Outpatient Rehabilitation in Bennington to the primary care offices in Manchester and Wilmington. All three practices are part of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) and Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) in Bennington.

Appointments in Manchester and Wilmington are open to all SVMC speech and language patients, regardless of where they receive primary care.

O'Neill works with adults and geriatric patients who have impairments in communication, speech, language, swallowing, voice, and cognition. She treats patients with voice disorders, hearing loss, head and neck cancer, and neurological conditions, including stroke, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), traumatic brain injury, Bell's palsy, and dementia. She conducts videofluoroscopic swallowing studies with the radiologists to evaluate swallowing in real time on an x-ray.

O'Neill earned bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Communication Sciences and Disorders from The University of Vermont in 2012. She went on to receive her master's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, in 2014. She holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and has clinical licenses in Vermont, New York, and Massachusetts. She is a certified Vital Stim provider, a form of neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy, and is trained in Myofascial Release. She began working for Southwestern Vermont Health Care in 2016 at The Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, The Centers for Nursing and Rehabilitation, and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center.

For information about becoming a speech-language patient at SVMC Northshire Campus or SVMC Deerfield Valley Campus, call 802-447-5140 to schedule.

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Fall Trout Stocking in Select Lakes and Streams In Vermont

Staff Reports02:37PM / Sunday, October 11, 2026

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department continues its new fall trout stocking program this year.

This will mark the third consecutive year that trophy-sized brook trout and rainbow trout averaging 13-14 inches will be stocked into four ponds and one stream in southern Vermont in the fall.

"We're stocking more than 2,000 one-and-a-half-year-old trout between Knapp Ponds #1 and #2 in Cavendish, Lakes Paran and Shaftsbury in Bennington, and East Creek in Rutland," said Lael Will, a fisheries biologist with the department. "This is a great opportunity for anglers to spend time fishing for some really nice stocked trout surrounded by Vermont's amazing fall foliage. And, they can continue right through the winter, catching trout in waters where late season trout fishing was not an option before."

Fish from Bennington, Roxbury and Salisbury fish culture stations will be stocked starting in mid-October to allow for some harvest before the season switches to catch and release only in November.

"Last year anglers shared with us that they loved the fall and winter opportunity created by this late season stocking," said Will. "We're excited to continue these stockings and hopefully hear from more people taking advantage of these new trout fishing opportunities."

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