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Vermont State Police On August 27th, 2025, at approximately 0420 hours VSP St. Albans barracks was notified of a single vehicle rollover crash on Cambridge Rd. near the intersection of Rushford Rd. in the Town of Fletcher. Upon arrival it was determined the vehicle left the roadway,  rolled, and the operator was deceased. The male operator was identified as 39-year-old Eric Martin, from Enosburg Vt. Assisting agencies included the Cambridge Fire Department, Fairfax Fire Department, and Cambridge Rescue.  The vehicle was removed by Stones Towing Service. 

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS), a leader in graduate education, is proud to announce a new partnership with City Year Inc., a national organization that works with schools and communities to advance academic outcomes for all students and develop the next generation of leaders through service. Through this collaboration, City Year AmeriCorps members, alumni and staff will have the opportunity to pursue advanced degrees at VLGS with access to waived application fees, tuition discounts and tailored professional development opportunities.

Vermont Business Magazine Last week, the Community College of Vermont (CCV) honored its founding president, Peter Smith, by dedicating a room in his name. A celebration was held on Friday at the Montpelier academic center, where a large meeting space has been renamed the Peter Smith Gathering Place. CCV was created in 1970 by a special commission charged by then-Governor Deane Davis to deliver postsecondary education to Vermonters in their local communities. Smith was hired as the first president of CCV, which was seen as a bold experiment in higher education.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark today led a bipartisan coalition of 47 state attorneys general in calling on major search engines and payment platforms to take stronger action against the growing spread of computer-generated deepfake non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes known as “deepfake pornography.” In a letter to search engines, the coalition outlines the failures of these companies to limit the creation of deepfakes and calls for stronger safeguards – such as warnings and redirecting users away from harmful content – to better protect the public. In a separate letter to payment platforms, the coalition urges these companies to take stronger action to protect the public by identifying and removing payment authorization for deepfake non-consensual intimate imagery content. 

Vermont Business Magazine The Princeton Review has released the 2026 edition of its annual college guide, and Bennington College’s strengths shine through in its rankings, with Bennington’s theater program ranked #3 in the nation this year. “Bennington College was the first college to put the visual and performing arts at the center of a liberal arts curriculum,” said Laura R. Walker, President. “We are proud to see how this tradition of excellence continues to be manifested by our students and alumni today. Top three recognition of our theater program by The Princeton Review speaks volumes about the dedication of and collaboration between our faculty and students and the high quality of their work both in the classroom and onstage.”

Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont (UVM), the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, and University of Vermont Health Network have jointly launched a secure, collaborative data enclave designed to remove barriers to large scale, data-driven clinical and population health research while safeguarding patient privacy and integrity. This initiative marks a pivotal step in bridging academic research and sensitive, real-world data in Vermont, laying the foundation for evidence-based policymaking and research-informed healthcare delivery. The data enclave provides a protected environment for researchers to access and analyze clinical data. These enclaves are especially critical in health research, where data sets often include protected health information, insurance claims data, electronic health records, and other personally identifiable information.

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health reported last week that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations fell slightly after there were at a near record-low number of cases statewide in the late spring. Overall COVID trends are declining in Vermont, while being slightly elevated across the US. The Vermont COVID-19 pandemic death total stands at 1,301 as of August 16, 2025, with 0 reported deaths from the previous week (the most recent data available from the CDC). There has not been a COVID-related death in Vermont since mid-July. WHO also reported that global COVID-19 deaths keep declining. The VDH is no longer reporting COVID fatalities and cases in Vermont. Wastewater testing generally indicates that COVID-19 virus levels in Vermont also have fallen to very low levels after they had spiked in January. 

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) is sponsoring a new session of its Broadband Technician Apprenticeship/Pre-Apprenticeship Training in partnership with North Country Career Center. It will be comprehensive training for an entry level broadband network technician. The three-week course will be offered in Montpelier starting September 17 and is available to participants at no cost. This is the fourth session of the training and is scheduled as Vermont is ready to make the final push on the state’s broadband buildout. An additional $229 million in federal funding from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program is on the way to the state, construction is scaling up, and more workers are needed.

by Sam Donnelly, Executive Director of Building Burlington’s Future The City Council’s bipartisan, 9-2, vote today (Monday night) on the City Hall Park resolution (to increase enforcement) is a recognition that we need to do more to ensure our downtown spaces work for everyone. Recent incidents have raised concerns about safety and accessibility in City Hall Park. Families who once used the park as a place for play and connection are now choosing to stay away, which is a loss for our community. At the same time, people struggling with addiction and mental health challenges aren’t getting the support they need. Both realities point to the same conclusion: we have more work to do, and the city needs more resources to do that work.

Vermont Business Magazine University of Vermont Health Network welcomes 15 new providers from a variety of specialties, each committed to providing patients in the region with high quality care close to home. The health system’s intensive recruitment efforts are designed to enhance access to primary and specialty care for the one million residents of northern New York and Vermont. Provider shortages continue to challenge rural communities where 20 percent of Americans call home and 10 percent of providers practice, according to the National Rural Health Association. The gap is even higher for specialty care like orthopedics. Despite these challenges, UVM Health Network continues to make notable progress in hiring physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs).

Vermont Business Magazine Almost two years after its transition to a federally designated critical access hospital (CAH), University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center (AHMC) in Malone, NY, continues to evolve, building upon its long history of supporting the community’s health care needs, according to UVMHN.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott submitted a formal request to President Donald J. Trump for a Major Disaster Declaration to help communities in Caledonia and Essex counties recover costs for repairing public infrastructure damage caused by rainfall and severe flooding on July 10, 2025. A severe rainstorm on July 10th washed out roads and caused more than $1 million in damage in the town of Sutton alone as well as significant damage in surrounding communities. Federal assessors identified more than $1.8 million in statewide damages, exceeding the minimum threshold for a Public Assistance Disaster Declaration.