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Antibodies for the diagnosis of cardiovascular and infectious diseases,
Microscope imaging systems to help researchers find cures to devastating diseases such as Alzheimer s, Parkinson s and Autism,
Diagnostic test devices for the prevention of heart attack, stroke and the complications of diabetes,
Precision optics to help diagnose cancers and assist genetic research,
Infusion syringe pumps for automated medication delivery.

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) on June 10 will begin reconstructing Springfield’s Community Center Bridge, which is located at the intersection of South Street, Clinton Street and Route 11 (Main Street) at the south end of Springfield village. Eastbound traffic, as a result, will be detoured away from the bridge.
Beginning June 10, cars and light trucks eastbound on Route 11 will be detoured from the intersection of Main and Park Streets to the intersection of South and Clinton Streets. The detour will use Park, Mineral and South Streets as a replacement for Route 11 East, but this detour will have a weight restriction of 24,000 pounds.
Westbound traffic on Route11 will continue to use the bridge and Main Street during the reconstruction. A sidewalk will be provided for pedestrians throughout the duration of the project.
The affected streets and changes to them are:

Conair Corporation and Keurig, Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), today announced entering into a licensing and distribution agreement that will enable Conair to develop, market and sell, in the United States and Canada, single-cup coffeemakers under the Cuisinart brand. The launch is currently planned for spring 2010. The products will be co-branded Cuisinart® and Keurig® and will be designed to work with the 200+ varieties of gourmet coffees, teas and hot cocoa packaged in Keurig s patented K-Cup® portion packs.
Cuisinart holds the number one brand position in the coffeemaker category in the department and home specialty channels.

The Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich has received a NASA grant worth $492,704. NASA has selected 13 informal education providers to share $6.9 million in grants through the Competitive Program for Science Museums and Planetariums. The Montshire program is called, The Dynamic Earth: You Have to See It to Believe It! The five-year grant is intended to produce a comprehensive and high-quality Earth Science program at the Montshire Museum that supports state-wide goals for learning in science.
Participating organizations include museums, planetariums, Challenger Centers, aquariums, and other institutions of informal education. Selected projects will partner with NASA's Museum Alliance, an Internet-based, nationwide network of more than 350 science centers, planetariums, museums, aquariums, zoos, observatory visitor centers, NASA visitor centers, nature centers and park visitor centers.

City Market customers helped to donate 530lbs of food to the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf at the first of three Fill a Truck for Hunger food drives. The Vermont Foodbank was on hand at the Co-op to collect food from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 1. A variety of non-perishable food items were collected and donated to the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.
While we don t often think of summer as a time of high food insecurity, as children recess for the summer, many families are left scrabbling to fill the void left when school meals are no longer available, said John Sayles, Vermont Foodbank CEO. Hunger knows no season, so programs like Grow an Extra-Row and the City Market Fill a Truck offer much needed assistance for Vermonters in need of food.

FairPoint Communications recently donated $1,250 to Everybody Wins! Vermont. The donation was made to recognize the volunteer efforts of FairPoint employee Beth Fastiggi of Burlington. Beth began volunteering as a Reading Mentor for Everybody Wins! Vermont in 2003 and currently serves as its Board President.
During her six years as a reading mentor, Beth has worked with several children. This year, she has been spending Wednesday morning breakfast with her friend, Teko at J.J. Flynn School in Burlington. As a board member since 2003, Beth has also been closely involved with the growth and success of the organization.

Week Ending May 30, 2009. There were 932 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 26 from the week before. Altogether 15,020 new and continuing claims were filed, 366 less than a week ago and 7,590 more than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,688 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 59 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 661 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program which is a decrease of 434 from the week before. The Unemployment Weekly Report can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/. Previously released Unemployment Weekly Reports and other UI reports can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/lmipub.htm#uc

Commercial and agricultural development projects totaling $38.5 million throughout the state will receive more than $17 million in financing assistance from the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA). Included in this round of approvals is more than $2 million in low-interest agricultural stimulus financing to Vermont farmers seeking immediate assistance.
The Authority is making investments in projects that will add jobs in almost all sectors of Vermont s economy, said Jo Bradley, VEDA s Chief Executive Officer.

Seventh Generation of Burlington, Vermont, the nation's leading brand of non-toxic and environmentally safe household products, today announced the appointment of Chuck Maniscalco, former President and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo's Quaker Tropicana Gatorade business, to the role of Chief Executive Officer.
Maniscalco, who was also elected to the company's board of directors, will be charged with oversight for the company's day-to-day operations, strategic growth and expansion, supply chain and retail distribution expansion, and infrastructure evolution in the highly competitive and rapidly growing environmental product category. According to the market research firm Mintel International, the sector for green cleaning products grew 262 percent from 2003 to 2008 and is projected to grow 873 percent by 2013.

A 2009 change in the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation regulations has confirmed the quality of the wood ash from McNeil Station as a valuable fertilizer, and it has been used as that with the help of Resource Management, Inc.
Burlington Electric Department has partnered with RMI for the past decade to remove all wood ash from the McNeil Generating Plant and recycle it into a useful product. Wood ash, which is produced during the generation of electricity at McNeil Station, is in high demand by farmers who use it as an organic fertilizer. RMI removes it from the power plant and takes it directly to the farmers to spread on their fields before planting their crops.
Barbara Grimes, general manager of BED, said, It is important that we take every measure possible to reduce waste, reduce greenhouse gas, and promote the economic vitality of the region. Turning this wood ash by-product into something useful for area farmers complies with these goals.

The Vermont Legislature voted this afternoon to override Governor Douglas' veto of the state budget. The House vote came earlier and garnered the exact number to override on a 100-50 vote, with all Democrats and all Progressives, plus one independent, voting to override. The Senate vote came at 2:10 and was a foregone conclusion, with the final vote 23-5. Democrats hold 23 of the seats. One Republican joined the Democrats (Snelling R-Chittenden) and one Democrat (Carris D-Rutland) and one Republican (Illuzzi R-Essex-Orleans) did not vote.

Governor Douglas' promise to veto the Vermont state budget unless lawmakers made drastic changes to the $4.5 billion piece of legislation were made official late yesterday afternoon when he returned the bill to the Clerk of the House without his signature. This is the first time in Vermont history that a governor has vetoed the budget. The governor has repeatedly said the budget spends too much, taxes too much and where it does make spending cuts, it makes the wrong cuts. Democratic leaders have been equally faithful to their belief that spending must both meet the added cost in state spending related to things like unemployment and welfare because of the recession, and also that state government, much like the federal government is doing, must assist in economic stimulus by infusing money into the system.