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Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal jury in Rutland today found Shequille Carter, 27, of The Bronx, New York, guilty of possessing with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl and 28 grams or more of cocaine base following a two-day trial. Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered that Carter, who has been detained since his arrest in January, remain in jail pending sentencing, which has not yet been scheduled.

Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan today announced that CR Bard, Inc, and its parent company Becton, Dickinson and Company, will pay the State of Vermont $600,000 for misrepresenting the safety and effectiveness of its transvaginal surgical mesh devices. Bard’s devices were used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence in women, often caused by childbirth, age, and other factors. Thousands of women implanted with transvaginal surgical mesh have suffered serious complications resulting from the devices.

​Vermont Business Magazine Castleton University and Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region are proud to announce a new partnership with an eye toward enhancing internship and career opportunities and an increased focus on community engagement. Kimberley Rupe, business development and community engagement manager of Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region, will work alongside Castleton's Pathway to Graduation team to engage Castleton students in a diverse range of opportunities, including job experiences, internships, and workplace readiness skill programming.

Vermont Business Magazine Wheels for Warmth, a program that helps keep Vermonters safe on the roads and warm in their homes, announced today it is suspending its 16th annual tire recycle and resale event out of respect for public safety in the face of COVID-19. Program officials have determined the Wheels for Warmth sales where hundreds have congregated in years past to find affordable tires are not possible at this stage of fighting the pandemic.

Vermont State Police Thursday night, Troopers from the Vermont State Police - Shaftsbury Barracks were dispatched to the area of Route 7 at mile marker 15.6 for a motor vehicle crash with injuries. Upon arrival, the male operator of Vehicle #1, Frederic Wu, was discovered laying in the middle of the roadway with the vehicle approximately 100 feet down an embankment.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont is currently experiencing abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions, and the Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation is reminding the public to exercise caution and follow all state laws and local ordinances with open burning. Open burning currently requires a permit from your town forest fire warden, and Vermonters should always check with their town forest fire warden before burning.

Aim is to determine most important community health issues in time of COVID-19

Vermont Business Magazine Many types of circumstances—unexpected and expected—can impact an individual’s and a community’s health, but a pandemic can turn things completely upside-down. After seven months of navigating in COVID-19’s

uncharted waters, the community’s strengths and weaknesses have become clearer. That’s why Vermont United Ways and the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont are providing Vermonters with a say in prioritizing community health needs via a survey that is the largest and most comprehensive public health project ever conducted by UVM medical students.

The goal of the project is to understand community health and social needs from the community’s perspective to best meet priorities for the coming year.

Senator Patrick Leahy I spoke on the Floor earlier this week about what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg meant to the courts, what she meant to the struggle for equality for millions of Americans, and what she meant to me. Standing just over five feet tall, she was nonetheless a giant of the law. She was also overwhelmingly good and kind. We will forever be in her debt.

Vermont Business Magazine During Pollution Prevention (P2) Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that five organizations in New England are among 42 organizations across 39 states to receive grant funding totaling $9.3 million, supporting pollution prevention across the country. In New England, almost $900,000 will fund projects in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation received nearly $200,000.

Vermont Business Magazine The eighth annual Vermont’s Greenest Building Awards, hosted by the Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN), have recognized two projects and design/build teams. The projects received awards for achieving the highest standard of demonstrated building energy performance for commercial and residential buildings and documentation of green building strategies including health, transportation, water and affordability.

Vermont Business Magazine For the first time ever, Burlington City Arts is opening up its annual art auction to the broader community by moving it online. Typically an invitation-only event hosted in a private home, the auction is live now through Tuesday, September 29. Featuring over 60 local artists working in a variety of media, including landscape photographs, abstract prints, handmade jewelry, and ceramics, the auction will support the exhibiting artists by sharing up to 50% of the value of art sold with the creator (unless the piece has been donated by the artist or collector, in which case BCA will receive 100 percent of the proceeds).

Vermont Business Magazine In the newest Weekly Data Summary Spotlight, the Vermont Department of Health focuses on Vermont COVID-19 cases among Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). There is a disproportionate number of BIPOC with COVID-19 in Vermont. There are a number of contributing factors to these disparities – including systemic and structural racism, socioeconomic disadvantage, historical injustice, and oppressive systems that affect the conditions in which people are born, grow, live and work.