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by Bruce Edwards, Vermont Business Magazine How tough was last year for some of the state’s commercial contractors? For PC Construction, one of the largest, it was a year when the company took a significant hit – the direct result of the now year-old pandemic.

by C.B. Hall, Vermont Business Magazine While the Agency of Transportation's list of highway projects this year is prodigious, the agency does a lot more than replace worn pavement and fix bridges on Vermont's state, federal and interstate roadways.

by Bruce Edwards, Vermont Business Magazine Burlington has been holding its collective breath for a transformative housing, retail and commercial project in the heart of the downtown to literally get off the ground and get vertical.

Vermont Business Magazine Ahead of Wednesday’s presidential address to a joint session of Congress, 17 senators Sunday sent a letter to President Biden asking him to include proposals to expand Medicare in his forthcoming American Families Plan.

Vermont State Police Early Sunday morning at approximately 0304 hours, Vermont State Police dispatch received a report of a one-car motor vehicle crash with entrapment. Putney Fire Department, Rescue Inc., and State Police responded to the scene. The passenger was extricated from the vehicle and immediately transported to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital while receiving life saving measures, however, was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival. The operator was also transported to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was subsequently processed for suspicion of driving under the influence.

Vermont Business Magazine The Rutland Area NAACP, Vermont Department of Health (VDH), and Middlebury College are partnering to offer a COVID-19 vaccination clinic to all BIPOC residents of Addison County age 16 and older on Wednesday, April 28. The Vermont Department of Health will administer the Pfizer vaccine at the Middlebury College Athletics Complex on South Main Street. The clinic is open just to BIPOC individuals and members of their households by appointment only.

Vermont Business Magazine People in the news for March 2021: Southern Company Newsline, Northern Company Newsline, Statewide Company Newsline.

Leonine Public Affairs The Senate Appropriations Committee worked through the week to finalize the FY2022 budget. The committee hoped to approve the bill - H.439 - by Friday but delays in Senate policy committees on a variety of bills that include appropriations resulted in the vote being pushed to Monday, April 26. Once the Senate Appropriations Committee approves the budget it will go to the Senate floor. After the budget passes the full Senate a conference committee will be appointed for the House and Senate to reconcile their respective versions of the bill. When the budget goes to conference, it usually indicates there are two to three weeks until the end of the legislative session.

by Amanda Kuhnert When Dawn Wagner took a job at Lake Champlain Chocolates as a student at the University of Vermont, she had no intention of becoming a chocolatier. Her focus, at the time, was theater. After graduation, Wagner moved to New York City, where she worked as a stage manager for on- and off-Broadway productions for the next 20 years. But her chocolate-making experience in Vermont sparked a light. In New York City, she took a side job with a chocolatier who supplied chocolates to the Bellagio.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont International Film Festival [VTIFF] is launching the inaugural Made Here Film Festival, the only film festival dedicated exclusively to films and filmmakers from the Northern New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts; Northern New York; and their neighbors in Québec. The Festival is a partnership with Vermont PBS.

18+ can sign up today; NEK drive-through clinic opens Tuesday. Action follows CDC findings that risk of developing blood clots is very rare

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health has announced it will resume use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine the week of April 26. The decision was made following the announcement late Friday by the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it has studied and confirmed the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine is recommended for people 18 years of age and older, and that the pause on its use since April 13 can be lifted.

Vermont Business Magazine Retreat Farm’s Thursday evening Food Truck Roundup in has become a signature event that signals the start of summer for the Brattleboro community. With the generous support of Brattleboro Savings & Loan and Park Place Financial Advisors, the Square will once again be filled with food trucks, musicians, and families, couples, and new residents eager to connect with neighbors and friends.