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Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center has published its second annual Journal of Peace and War Studies (JPWS), a scholarly journal covering a range of topics relating to US-China relations.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health reported that there were nine new cases of COVID-19 Monday and 30 since Friday. There are no hospitalizations,and deaths are holding at 58. On Monday, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we celebrated and honored Indigenous cultures. We acknowledge that we are living and working on the unceded ancestral land (N'Dakinna) of the Abenaki. The Abenaki and other Indigenous peoples in Vermont face systemic and structural racism and manage racialized trauma, which affect the conditions in which people are born, grow, live and work.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont State Police investigation into the apparent homicide/suicide in Barre Town is ongoing and will remain active overnight. Detectives continue to interview witnesses, examine records, and speak with neighbors, family and friends of the deceased, while the Crime Scene Search Team processes the location where the shooting occurred.
State police are able to provide the following preliminary identifications of the people involved: Julie Fandino, 51, a resident of the downstairs apartment at 84 Websterville Rd. in Barre Town where the shooting occurred; and Jeffrey Strock, 58, of Brookfield.
Initial investigation indicates that Strock, while on duty with the Berlin Police Department, drove his department-issued cruiser to the two-unit apartment house and shot Julie Fandino on the back porch, then shot himself.
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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott on Monday announced action on a range of bills, passed by the Legislature. He also issued a signing letter in response to S.254, An act relating to union organizing, urging the Legislature to make changes in January to prevent the disclosure of the personal information of public employees without their consent.
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Vermont Business Magazine With more than six months’ experience observing and studying COVID-19 infection, physicians and researchers now have a good understanding of the disease’s symptoms, but lack knowledge about what SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus), the virus that causes COVID-19, is doing inside human cells to make people so sick.
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Vermont Business Magazine The last thing we wanted for Vermont was for it to look like China, where hospitals were overwhelmed. We were looking at the anxious faces of Italian citizens and doctors. And we would soon see in New York City families devastated by losses and not allowed to see their loved ones as they lay dying. Inpatient care was being delivered in hallways; there was a debilitating lack of personal protective equipment; and refrigeration trucks were compensating for overfilled morgues.
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Vermont Business Magazine The search is on for the next leader of University of Vermont Extension. Since its founding in 1913, UVM Extension has developed strong relationships with a wide variety of constituents, assessing their needs and developing programs to address critical issues they face.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of its prestigious Leadership Awards. The VMS invites you to join us in honoring five individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of Vermonters and the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vermont Business Magazine With the coronavirus continuing to drive uncertainty for Vermont workers, the McClure Foundation and the Vermont Department of Labor are releasing today their updated list of Vermont’s most promising jobs for the next 10 years. The free, easy-to-use print and online resource lists 60 plus occupations expected to pay at least $22/hour and have at least 220 openings over the next decade.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) awarded a Small Grant for Smart Growth to the Upper Valley Apple Corps, a group that purchases, hosts, plants, and cares for fruit- and nut-bearing trees in the Upper Valley region of Vermont to promote community-wide access to free-for-the-picking produce.
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Agency of Commerce & Community Development ACCD has posted updated guidance for traveling to Vermont and essential travel, as well as a clarification on which employees should complete health surveys. New guidance for large indoor businesses over 17,100 square feet regarding the number of people allowed to gather has also been posted. Please review the ACCD Work Safe memo for all current guidance in place.
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Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) I have served in the Senate for 46 years, a span that includes 20 Supreme Court nominations and 16 confirmation hearings. None – not one – looked anything like this one. We are less than two weeks removed from Justice Ginsburg being laid to rest. It is true that it is the responsibility of this Committee to consider her replacement on the Supreme Court. But this is not how we should do it. We should not have had a nomination ceremony before Justice Ginsburg was even buried