The economic turmoil combined with the layoff of hundreds of workers from the region's largest employer two months ago is now hitting New Hampshire's northernmost hospital.
A bit of good news for some former Ethan Allen employees in Beecher Falls. The furniture plant closed its doors last month and laid off its manufacturing work force.
The governors of New Hampshire and Vermont, joined by members of their congressional delegations, are urging federal approval of their trade adjustment assistance petition.
The budget battle, part two, is now under way with economists reporting the plunge in state revenues that caused so much havoc earlier this year promises more havoc to come.
Vermont and New Hampshire community leaders are looking at the broader impact the pending layoffs of 250 workers at the Ethan Allen plant will have on the region.
Rising unemployment rates, battered investment portfolios and declining corporate profits have taken an alarming toll on income-tax revenue paid to Vermont.