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Vermont Business Magazine US Attorney Christina E Nolan has announced that the District of Vermont collected $105,483,842.21 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2020. Of this amount, $27,111,668.98 was collected in criminal actions and $78,372,173.23 was collected in civil actions. The collections include amounts recovered in matters handled by the District of Vermont together with its federal partners at the Department of Justice and other United States Attorneys’ offices.

Vermont Business Magazine The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury, sitting in Burlington, returned an indictment charging Dorian Johnson (aka “Jon”), 27, of Bloomfield, Connecticut with distributing cocaine base within 1,000 feet of the Brewster Pierce Memorial School in Huntington, Vermont on November 5, 2020.

The indictment also charges Johnson with possession with intent to distribute, 28 grams or more of cocaine base on January 1, 2021, related to a traffic stop in Richmond, Vermont.

According to court records, the government alleges that on November 5, 2020, the defendant distributed approximately 28 grams (with packaging) of cocaine base at a residence on Main Road in Huntington, which was within 1,000 feet of the Brewster Pierce Memorial School.

Vermont Business Magazine The Parent Child Center of Rutland County is receiving $367,000 in disaster grant funding and a $833,000 direct loan from USDA Rural Development’s Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program. Grant and loan funding will be used to renovate and modernize PCC’s Chaplin Campus into a community facility that includes a food pantry, affordable daycare programs and services for families disrupted by economic stress and substance abuse.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott announced today that the State of Vermont will provide a suite of identity protection services to all unemployment insurance claimants who will receive a 2020 1099-G from the Vermont Department of Labor (VDOL). This service is being provided in response to the inadvertent disclosure that occurred on January 29 when VDOL mailed incorrect 1099-G forms to some unemployment claimants.

​Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) is pleased to announce this year’s VCV Lifetime Achievement Award winner: former State Representative Mary Sullivan of Burlington, Vermont, who retired in 2020. The VCV Lifetime Achievement Award is presented bi-annually to a Vermonter with an impressive legacy of championing policies that further environmental protection in Vermont.

by Dave Rose If your company were hacked tomorrow and all your data was encrypted would you go out of business? If your company data were stolen and being threatened to be sold on the Internet, what would you do? Hackers are no longer some vague concept or entity to be aware of. They are a harsh reality. Do not think it is only hospitals and big business that are targets. We are all at risk. All of us. Be prepared. Here is what you need to understand, and 16 action items you can take to protect your business.

Vermont Business Magazine SILO Distillery, a farm to bottle spirit and cider producer located in Windsor, is now offering delivery of all products, including spirits, across their home state. The move comes in response to the coronavirus pandemic and in an attempt to bring their spirits into the homes of Vermonter’s looking for a high-quality, local option.

Vermont Business Magazine On February 3, New Breed, a marketing, sales and customer success firm, was named HubSpot's 2020 North American Partner of the Year in this year's Impact Awards. This is New Breed's second consecutive year being awarded this honor. New Breed has been a HubSpot partner since 2012 and has been leveraging that partnership to better serve customers.

Vermont Business Magazine LIFT (Locally Impacting the Future Together) has reached a significant donation milestone this year with more than $50,000 donated to local organizations. Over the last three years, LIFT has grown from a desire to bring women together to do something positive and impactful to over twenty members making a difference in the Greater Burlington, Vermont community.

Vermont Business Magazine Splash Car Wash, headquartered in Milford, CT, has announced the recent acquisitions of Eco Car Wash with two express locations in Plattsburgh, New York and Williston, Vermont, and Westport Wash & Wax, a full service location in Westport, CT. The Eco Car Wash sites were owned and operated by Aaron Vincelette.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health is reporting a relatively low number of COVID-19 cases today. There were 59 new cases but also three deaths for a statewide total of 186. Cases in Vermont and across the region and across the nation are falling. But fatalities are still high, but they too are expected to fall. Cases in Bennington and Rutland counties, which have been high of late, appear to be due more to general community spread than to any large outbreak. Also, vaccine doses are being boosted by the federal government as Walgreens will now be a distribution site for those 75 years or older. You must still pre-register.

Vermont Business Magazine With COVID-19 travel restrictions and capacity limits in place, the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing continues to encourage businesses to consider the Paycheck Protection Program, Shuttered Venue Operators Grants, and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the US Small Business Association. The Vermont District Office of the SBA holds twice weekly webinars for businesses navigating these programs.