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Vermont Business Magazine On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, the members of LIFT (Locally Impacting the Future Together) Giving Circle presented a collective donation of $18,500 to Steps to End Domestic Violence (Steps)’s Children’s Program. Steps offers a wide range of support to families experiencing domestic violence. LIFT’s donation will allow Steps to restore programs that had been cut from its Children’s Program, including playgroups which help children witnessing domestic violence process and understand their feelings.

Vermont Business Magazine Keeping up to date with regulations, industry trends and new technology can be significant effort, so Utility Services Inc in Waterbury was established to help businesses stay ahead of their statutory requirements. We can now announce that the Vermont based Utility Services has been named by Business Worldwide Magazine, based in London, UK, as one of its "20 Most Innovative Companies to Watch, 2019."

by Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts It is the season of giving thanks. The autumn harvest is complete, and we thank farmers, particularly our Vermont farmers, for providing us with food. Thanksgiving is special time for family and friends to reconnect, pause and enjoy a few hours together over a meal - a meal, thanks to a farmer.

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.