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Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), is proud to participate with local organizations to share National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 30. The observation provides a reminder for community members to look through their medicine cabinets and safely dispose of medications that could cause harm to others.

Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University announced a $20,000 grant from the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation to support the Peace and War Center’s 2022 Overseas Cultural Immersion Trip. Eleven students will travel this year to Kyrgyzstan May 4 – 15. Since 2005, about 78 students have benefited from this grant and have traveled to Tanzania, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Croatia, Senegal, El Salvador, Chile, Turkey, Slovenia, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Israel and the Balkans.

Vermont Business Magazine Casella Waste Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CWST), a Rutland-based regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, today reported its financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2022. The company also updated certain guidance ranges for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. Revenues were $234.0 million for the quarter, up $44.5 million, or up 23.5%, from the same period in 2021. Net income was $4.2 million for the quarter, down $(0.1) million, or down (2.8)%, from the same period in 2021.

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health today is reporting 399 cases of COVID-19 for Wednesday (424 Tuesday, 327 Monday, 179 Sunday). Cases have edged up in recent weeks and 8.5 percent in the last week. There were four additional deaths from the virus. The total death toll is now 634 lives lost. April, with 13 to date, is still on track to have the fewest COVID-related fatalities since last July. Still, fatalities and hospitalizations have increased the last part of this month. More than half of all deaths have been of Vermonters 80 or over.

Senator Patrick Leahy “Marcelle and I extend our prayers and well-wishes to members of our Vermont Air National Guard and their families on this deployment to Europe. The nation has called on you in a time of need to provide our NATO allies with reassurance that the United States will stand side-by-side with them to prevent threats to their homes. You were called because you can be counted on to provide the highest level of professionalism and service. All Vermonters are also grateful to and proud of the families and communities that also serve and sacrifice."

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Corrections is conducting an internal review, to include administrative and medical reviews, following the death of an incarcerated individual at Southern State Correctional Facility (SSCF) in Springfield on Thursday. Matthew Castellini, 35, of White River Junction, was found unresponsive by Vermont DOC staff at approximately 6 am on April 28, 2022. Correctional and medical staff first responders began life-saving efforts and called for outside medical assistance. Castellini was pronounced deceased at the facility. The official cause of death will be determined by the Vermont State Medical Examiner but, at this time, the cause is suspected to be suicide.

​Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Labor and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (VOSHA) today join the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as the families and friends of fallen workers, and other statewide and national organizations in observing national Workers Memorial Day. Each year on April 28, Workers Memorial Day serves as a day to remember the lives lost as a result of a workplace accident. On average, 13 workers die each day in the U.S. as a result of workplace injuries. In Vermont, an average of six work-related fatalities occur each year.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets and NOFA-VT are encouraging Vermonters to buy direct from their local farms as much as possible this season amidst rising fuel and supply costs. Vermont’s farms are central to what many of us treasure about our state. They set the backdrop for our iconic scenery, feed our families, schools, and workplaces, provide the raw ingredients for the high-quality products for which our state is known, and create spaces for gathering. Farmers are the primary stewards of our working landscape and are on the front lines of building our state’s climate change resilience.

Vermont Business Magazine The second annual #Farm24VT, a 24-hour social media celebration of agriculture, food, and dairy in Vermont, is set to get underway on May 18 at 5 am. The event will run through 5 am on May 19. Vermont farmers, agribusinesses, and food producers will take to social media to share photos, videos, and stories, giving people throughout the region a real-time look at where their favorite food and farm products come from. All of the posts will include the #Farm24VT hashtag so members of the public can easily find them.

Vermont Business Magazine This Saturday, Vermonters will again be able to dispose of unused, unwanted and expired medications easily and safely at 55 locations throughout the state. April 30 marks the 22nd nationwide Prescription Drug Take Back Day, an opportunity for people to clean out their medicine cabinets and dispose of prescription drugs that might otherwise be misused or thrown away inappropriately.

Vermont Business Magazine GS Precision, Inc, a Brattleboro-based manufacturer of complex, high-precision components and specialty hardware used primarily in aerospace engines and defense systems, announced today that it acquired FT Gearing Systems, a provider of highly engineered gears to the aerospace and defense industries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. GSP is a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, a US-based private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets. FT Gearing marks GSP's second add-on acquisition since being acquired by AEI, including its acquisition of SMC Aerospace last month.

Vermont Business Magazine Gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 34 states and the District of Columbia in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, a new analysis from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) reveals. That year, gun deaths (including gun suicide, homicide, and fatal unintentional shootings) outpaced motor vehicle deaths (both occupant and pedestrian) in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.