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Vermont Business Magazine The Public Service Department has announced the next meeting of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) has been scheduled for Thursday, December 5, 2019, from 6 PM to 9 PM in the Brattleboro Area Middle School Multi-Purpose Room, 109 Sunny Acres Road, Brattleboro.

Vermont Business Magazine Step back in time and celebrate the traditions of the season when the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site hosts the “Coolidge Holiday Open House” on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.  The open house has been selected as a 2019-2020 “Top 10 Winter Event” by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. 

Vermont Business Magazine VNRC has great news about Giving Tuesday, the global day of generosity (December 3). Magic Hat Brewing Company, a founding member of the just-launched Vermont Brewshed Alliance, is donating $1 from every draft sold on Giving Tuesday to VNRC.

Vermont Fuel Dealers Association A tentative agreement has been reached with the 3,200 Canadian National rail employees who were on strike for more than a week. CN employees returned to work yesterday afternoon. Delays are expected as the surge of backlogged traffic works its way through the rail network. It will take some time before everything gets back to normal. In collaboration with NPGA, PGANE and our state association partners, VFDA is still working on a regional waiver for propane transports from federal hours of service regulations in response to the logistical issues posed by the work stoppage.

Vermont Business Magazine Ask Kimberley Diemond about the benefits of youth mentoring, and excitement registers in her voice. She answers by recounting some of the many success stories she’s witnessed as Executive Director of nonprofit mentoring organization and Loan Fund borrower Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermont (BBBSVT).

Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment fell modestly last week. After a long period of very low numbers, claims have higher over the last month. Meanwhile, the upcoming holidays typically bring with them wild swings in claims, as retailers hire and then fire seasonal workers.

Vermont Business Magazine Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are asking the Department of Justice’s Office of Pardon Attorney what role it played in President Trump’s extraordinarily controversial decision to pardon US soldiers charged or convicted with serious war crimes. In light of U.S. military leaders’ vocal opposition to President Trump’s interventions in these cases, Leahy and Whitehouse are seeking answers about what advice the President received – and from whom – in making this decision to exercise his clemency powers.

Vermont Business Magazine New data released from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that despite an overall decrease in fatal vehicular crashes, the number of people killed while walking and biking has increased – a trend that Vermont health and transportation officials want thrown into reverse. 6,283 pedestrians were killed in the US during 2018 while walking – the highest number since 1990. In Vermont, nine pedestrians were struck and killed while walking along roads in 2017, and 133 pedestrians and 179 bicyclists were hospitalized or went to an emergency department after a crash involving a vehicle.

Vermont Business Magazine In an ongoing effort to identify and support the most vital water quality projects in the region, the Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) will assist the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation in collecting and cataloging data from area municipalities in the Rutland Region between now and August 2020.

Vermont Business Magazine Castleton University has received a $100,000 grant from the Bowse Health Trust to support the Early Childhood and Special Education Initiative. The initiative pairs Castleton's new Bachelor of Arts and dual major in Early Childhood Education and Special Education with a public childcare center and learning lab, which will launch in July 2020.

Vermont Business Magazine During this year’s open enrollment season, many older Vermonters will be seeing and hearing more radio and internet ads than ever with offers of various kinds of “Medicare” coverage. The department issued a Consumer Alert that explains the varying types of Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Supplemental insurance.

“Our goal is to help older Vermonters protect themselves against scams and deceptive advertising when determining the health insurance coverage that is best for them,” said Commissioner Michael Pieciak.

Vermont Business Magazine Nothing is more powerful than love, especially when it’s given away. The Subaru Share the Love event is back, and Rutland Subaru is excited to be one of the many retailers participating nationwide.