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Vermont Business Magazine There's no denying the appeal of sweet Bing cherries and dark fudge flakes. Cherry Garcia held the #1 spot on the list of Ben & Jerry's Fan Favorites for 25 years and remains one of the company's most popular flavors of all time. But that reign may be in jeopardy now, thanks to Ben & Jerry's newest Limited Batch. Welcome, Cherry Crumble: an irresistible concoction of buttery ice cream with cherries and swirls of oat crumble.

Vermont Business Magazine Today Secretary of Education Dan French and Deputy Secretary Heather Bouchey addressed the following letter to Vermont’s educator and school staff community. Additional information can be found on the AOE recovery website: Dear Vermont Educators: We have come a long way.

Vermont Business Magazine Today, House Speaker Jill Krowinski issued the following statement:

“It is deeply disappointing to see bills vetoed. H.505 and H.534 were both important pieces of our criminal justice reform work this year. H.534, a bill expanding eligibility for expungement and sealing of criminal history records for nonviolent offenses, builds on the already existing system of people being able to petition to have their records cleared and/or sealed. We know that many Vermonters go through difficult times, and not giving them the ability to clear their name after getting on a better path, only sets them up on a course to be denied employment, housing, and a better quality of life.

Vermont Business Magazine The Burnor Farm in Fairfield, Vermont played host today to visitors and state officials to highlight the developments of the Vermont Phosphorus Innovation Challenge (VPIC), and what the future may hold for the technologies and business models that have been developed to date.

Launched in 2018 by Governor Phil Scott, the Vermont Phosphorus Innovation Challenge is an initiative to develop new technologies and practices that help to improve our state’s water quality. VPIC has facilitated the deployment of new technologies for removing phosphorus from our environment and utilizing the phosphorus residuals in value-added post-products. Improving the options for phosphorus management enables farmers and other land managers to better distribute phosphorus resources on the farm. These methods help prevent excess phosphorus runoff into the farm watershed, making the value-added phosphorus materials more readily transported, stored and applied to crops at appropriate times.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) announces the closure of VT 103 Bridge #16 over the Williams River just south of Smokeshire Road as part of the VT 103 Bridge #16 Deck Replacement Project. VTrans plans to implement a traffic shift on VT 103 onto the temporary roadway and bridge constructed to carry vehicles over the Williams River during the closure period.

Starting TOMORROW, Friday, May 20, VT 103 Bridge #16 over Williams River will be closed and traffic will be shifted onto the temporary bridge constructed downstream from the existing bridge. The closure and traffic shift will remain in place 24-hours a day, 7 days a week throughout the closure period. The closure period is anticipated to be in effect starting Friday, May 20, through October 2022. The start of the closure is weather dependent.

Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont Department of Labor released data on the Vermont economy for the time period covering April 2022. According to household data, the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for April was 2.5 percent. This reflects a decrease of one-tenth of one percentage point from the prior month’s revised estimate. The March seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate was revised down to 2.6 percent due to the inclusion of additional information.

Vermont Business Magazine Starting Sunday, May 22, at 6:00 p.m., night work will begin on Shelburne Street under lane reductions with the full roadway closure taking effect by 8 p.m. between Ledge Road and Hoover Street. Nightly closures of Shelburne Street will continue through the week, Sunday, May 22 to Thursday, May 26, between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Shelburne Street will reopen to a single lane with alternating one-way traffic between Ledge Road and Hoover Street throughout the daytime hours between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. starting Monday, May 23, and continuing through Friday, May 27. Please note, that the open travel surface will be gravel during this time. Motorists should expect significant delays. During the daytime hours, when Shelburne Street is reduced to one lane with alternating one-way traffic, motorists are strongly encouraged to continue to use the detour route and avoid the area. Delays through the work zone will be significant. Flaggers or a Uniformed Traffic Officer will be present at the intersection of Howard Street and Pine Street to direct traffic.

Vermont Business Magazine The Red Clover Inn, a premier Rutland/Killington destination, has reopened for accommodations and private events. New owners Mark Allen and Venetia Riso continue to restore and reimagine the property in a rustic, elegant style in Mendon.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott Thursday announced action on seven bills, passed by the General Assembly. He vetoed H.534, An act relating to expanding eligibility for expungement and sealing of criminal history records for nonviolent offenses and H. 505, An act relating to the creation of the Drug Use Standards Advisory Board within the Vermont Sentencing Commission; let H.744, An act relating to the approval of an amendment to the charter of the city of Burlington and H.523, An act relating to reducing hydrofluorocarbon emissions become law without his signature; and signed into law H.287, H.500 and H.553.

Vermont Business Magazine The estate of William E. “Bill” Kelly, PhD, a beloved political science professor at Alabama’s Auburn University, has presented a remarkable gift of more than $2.3 million to Saint Michael’s College, his undergraduate alma mater in Colchester, Vermont. Kelly completed two years of Air Force ROTC and earned a bachelor’s degree in government from Saint Michael’s, did graduate work at the University of Arizona, received his master’s from New Mexico State, and his doctorate from the University of Nebraska before joining the Political Science Department at Auburn University in the fall of 1973. He remained there until his death.