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Despite the alarmist and inaccurate recommendations of a widely-criticized report issued by Vermont’s Green Mountain Care Board’s consulting firm (Oliver Wyman), Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital is busier than ever, caring for a record number of patients in our community, for a wide variety of healthcare needs. We know that this area needs and […]

Remus Preda, Craig Arsenault, & Kathy Schirling (back row, left to right) of M&T Bank visited Grace Cottage today to present the bank’s $100,000 grant for the Primary Care Clinic project to Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital’s CEO Olivia Sweetnam and Board President, Martha Dale (front, left to right). We will be offering two Flu Shot Clinics […]

We are so happy to celebrate our 75th birthday! Grace Cottage Hospital opened its doors on August 7, 1949 and has been caring for the community, thanks to generous support from so many of you, for 75 years.

Thanks to all of the employees at Grace Cottage, our patients, our Board of Trustees, and the community, I have received a very warm welcome at Grace Cottage and I couldn’t be more pleased, excited, and honored that I was selected to lead this wonderful oganization into the future. As Chief Nursing Officer here since February, I am familiar with many aspects of Grace Cottage, but know that I still have a lot to learn as CEO. Fortunately, many people have stepped forward to help with that transition, including our excellent leadership team.

My last day at Grace Cottage will be June 28, and this is bittersweet, to say the least. The last six+ years working at Grace Cottage has allowed me to make a lasting impact on the organization by hiring additional providers, increasing access for patients needing care, overseeing major improvements in building and equipment infrastructure, […]