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Vermont Business Magazine The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Korey Stewart, aka “Skip,” “Dash,” “Slim,” “Gutta,” and “Corey Adams,” 37 years old, was sentenced last week to 110 months of imprisonment for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base, and conspiring to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking.
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Vermont Business Magazine A broadly successful year which included timely adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic, was among the themes highlighted VEC’s 82nd Annual Meeting of the Membership, held via video conference and telephone today. “Here we are, meeting remotely in midst of COVID-19 – and life is not the same as it was just a few short months ago,” Rich Goggin, President of the VEC Board of Directors, told members who attended virtually. “But we as individuals have adapted, and I’d like to commend the senior leadership team for creating a comprehensive plan during this situation and VEC employees for being willing to change the way they do things to assure that people are safe and we keep the lights on.”
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Vermont Business Magazine The Community Health Centers of Burlington (CHCB) has expanded their telehealth services. Beginning the week of March 16, 2020, CHCB took swift action to more broadly provide telehealth visits for medical, behavioral health and psychiatric services in response to COVID-19. By mid-May, telehealth visits are now accounting for almost 85 percent of total scheduled visits.
The enhanced use of telehealth is critical to increasing access to assessment and treatment of medical and behavioral health conditions while serving to reduce transmission of infectious disease such as COVID-19.
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Vermont State Police The Windsor County State’s Attorney’s Office has completed its review of the state police investigation and has informed the state police that no charges will be filed in connection with the Royalton incident. The investigation determined the shooting was a justified use of force in self-defense.
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Vermont State Police On May 24, 2020 at approximately 4:00 AM Robert Withington, a nearby neighbor, saw the exterior of the house at 32 Lincoln Avenue on fire. Withington ran to the house and alerted the occupants about the fire. A 911 call was also received regarding the fire at about the same time. The Rutland City Fire Fighters arrived on scene within a few minutes and began fighting the blaze.
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Vermont Business Magazine Do You Smoke or Vape? Because the novel coronavirus attacks the lungs, people who smoke or vape have a harder time fighting off the virus. There has never been a better time to quit, and Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) has the resources to help. Last year, 18% of our population smoked. In 2020, it’s down to 15%. The national benchmark we’re trying to hit is 14%.
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Vermont Business Magazine COVID-19 has caused much uncertainty and anxiety for patients in our community especially around travel and viral exposure. The Aspenti Mobile Unit offers clients an option to support their patients' treatment plans through accessible and convenient testing services. The mobile unit offers support at your doorstep for patients that are sheltering in place during the pandemic. Serving as an innovative solution for collection on wheels, it will make access to collections easier for patients who would otherwise struggle accessing patient centers.
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Vermont Business Magazine The LoveYourBrain Foundation, a Vermont-based national nonprofit, is proud to announce the launch of a new online program to support those affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI), alongside a new body of research on best practices to make yoga more accessible for the TBI population.
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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott did not hold his usual media briefing today in observance of Memorial Day. He has been providing updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for several weeks. With the health-related news trending in an increasingly positive direction, he has allowed more and more businesses to resume in-person operations. This weekend restaurants and bars were allowed outside seating and churches were allowed to congregate, but both with restrictions. Hair salons and more elective healthcare, including dentistry, can resume, but also with restrictions. As for the health news, the Vermont Department of Health reported today that there have been six new cases of COVID-19 since Sunday. There were no deaths, which remain at 54. There are only two people statewide hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Vermont Business Magazine Liquid Measurement Systems, Inc (LMS) has been awarded a contract by Stratolaunch LLC, of Seattle, WA to design, develop and deliver a primary fuel quantity gauging system for the Stratolaunch experimental hypersonic testbed aircraft. The new system will continuously measure and report fuel quantity in each of the aircraft’s six tanks, with improved accuracy throughout the flight envelope. LMS expects to complete work on the contract by mid-year, in time for the aircraft’s next scheduled flight this fall.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Skinny Pancake is launching a new initiative called the ShiftMeals GrowTeam in response to Vermont’s increasing food insecurity related to the COVID-19 pandemic. An extension of their ShiftMeals community meals program, ShiftMeals GrowTeam invites unemployed restaurant workers and others to cultivate a series of “Victory Farms” this growing season in collaboration with several farm-partners.
Beginning this week, the restaurant group will be hiring 15 people to work on three farms across Vermont. This new initiative will directly contribute to increased food production within the state and inspire other farmers and individuals to do the same.
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by Bruce Edwards, Vermont Business Magazine “Terrible.” With that one word, Adam Grinold summed up in mid-April the immediate fallout on businesses in Windham County from the Covid-19 pandemic. What’s more troubling is the near-term and long-term outlook which could take an even greater toll on businesses across a wide swath of the economy, said Grinold, the executive director of the Brattleboro Development Credit Corp. and current president of the state’s regional development corporations. In Windham County, he said employers and business owners are a close-knit group who remain hopeful and resilient.