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Vermont Business Magazine For the seventh consecutive year, Clark-Mortenson Insurance is part of an elite group of independent insurance agencies around the United States participating in the

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Vermont Business Magazine The Community Health Team has developed an explainer program that provides support in helping individuals create an advance directive. An advance directive provides documentation and clear instructions for a designated agent to reference on a person’s behalf should they be in a position to where they are unable to make decisions for themselves.

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Vermont Business Magazine Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is offering a Chronic Pain Self-Management Program at Grace Cottage in the Holt Conference Room with a partnership with SASH (Support and Services at Home). This free workshop series is scheduled to start on September 21 from 3 pm to 5:30 pm and continue every Wednesday ending October 26, 2016.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Safety & Health Council EXPO, www.vshc.org  The Stoweflake Mountain Resort and Spa has been selected as the site for the 2016 VSHC Expo, 1746 Mountain Road, Stowe, Vermont.

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Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims stayed at a very low level last week after a steep drop the week before. Overall, claims are running higher in 2016 than in 2015. For the week of August 27, 2016, there were 385 claims, down 4 from the previous week's total and 38 more than they were a year ago.

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Vermont Business Magazine Democratic Candidate Sue Minter has announced that her campaign raised $101,819 for the September 1 filing period, out-raising her opponent, Phil Scott, by a nearly 2-1 margin. Minter has out-raised Scott in every fundraising period this cycle.

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Vermont Business Magazine It’s not enough that Jackie Freiberg, PhD, espouses the value of corporate cause.

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Vermont Business Magazine Trusted Choice Vermont Insurance Agents Association donated $7,500 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Vermont. Vermont Insurance Agents Association (VIAA) presented the check during the Vermont Lake Monsters baseball game against the Lowell Spinners on Wednesday, August 24. Kody Lyon, of the Noyle Johnson Group, threw out the first pitch.

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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine Jay Peak CEO Bill Stenger has entered into a settlement agreement that would resolve the Securities & Exchange Commission civil suit against him.

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Vermont Business Magazine In light of the new federal law establishing a “National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard,” the Grocery Manufacturers Association and other plaintiffs have agreed to voluntarily dismiss their lawsuit challenging Vermont’s Act 120, the state's GMO labeling law. As part of the stipulated dismissal, the attorney general secured plaintiffs’ agreement

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Vermont Business Magazine The Community College of Vermont (CCV) has accepted 119 high school seniors into its Early College program for the 2016-2017 academic year, a nearly twofold  increase over last year. Enrollment in the program has grown steadily since its inception in 2014.

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Vermont Business Magazine Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger announced Wednesday that after more than a decade of dramatic increases in payments to the city’s retirement system, even as its funded ratio fell, the system’s stakeholders have jointly implemented a set of reforms that have already resulted in significant savings for taxpayers and ratepayers and put the system on more