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Saint Michael's College is requesting assistance from the public to identify the people pictured in the attached photos.

Vermont Electric Co-op members continue to express interest in VEC’s Co-op Community Solar Program two years since the program was launched, and just over the past six months about 50 new members have sponsored solar panels and have begun saving money on their electricity bills.

With extreme cold hitting Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan is warning that older adults and those with chronic medical conditions are especially susceptible to hypothermia.

color:black">At a press conference on Wednesday, Governor Phil Scott, Education Secretary Dan French and employers in Vermont’s tech sector proclaimed January 30^th as “Make Computer Science Count” Day in Vermont. 

Healthy Living Market & Cafe today announced plans to open its third store in Shelburne, VT. This will be the company’s second location in Vermont; the flagship location is located on Dorset Street in South Burlington, the other in Saratoga Springs, NY.

A new corporate social responsibility report published by National Life aims to take a much more holistic view of the company’s sustainability efforts.

In an effort to combat rising wealth inequality, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation Thursday to establish a progressive estate tax on the fortunes of the top 0.2 percent of Americans and significantly increase rates on billionaires.

Governor Phil Scott, Secretary of Administration Susanne Young and Human Resources Commissioner Beth Fastiggi announced an “Infants in the Workplace” program for state employees.

All of the plastic manufactured since Bakelite debuted during the Depression still litters the earth. The world is choking on an invention that’s barely a century old.

Today, shoppers worldwide use 500 billion single-use plastic bags a year or a million bags a minute. A million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals die annually from plastic entanglements and these are just the ones we find. There are about 46,000 pieces of plastic in every square mile of ocean. Fleece particles are appearing in the flesh of Atlantic fish.

Vermont Business Magazine The Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) and the Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District (RNRCD) have expanded their outreach and services to landowners, municipalities, and the public in support of the Vermont Clean Water Act (VCWA) and tactical basin planning efforts for Basin 3, which includes the Otter Creek, Little Otter Creek, and Lewis Creek watersheds. The work is funded through two grants provided by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VDEC). Activities began in late 2018 and will extend through 2019.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Foodbank and Capstone Community Action are hosting the 15^th graduation ceremony for the Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) program in Barre. This 12 week program prepares underemployed and unemployed Vermonters for careers in the food service industry, teaching them new life skills while they transform rescued food into meals for local food shelves and meals sites.

“My experience in the CKA program was phenomenal,” says Alysia Cushman, a CKA student who will be addressing her classmates at their graduation. “It gave me what I was looking for – encouragement!”

Since its inception, Community Kitchen Academy Barre boasts a 91% success rate, which is defined as students graduating and finding employment or going on to further educational opportunities. 

When: Thursday, January 31st, 2019, 1:00PM

Vermont Business Magazine Ski Vermont joined six other state ski trade associations from across the country Wednesday to express united support for the formation of the Outdoor Business Climate Partnership to provide leadership on climate change. Following the announcement by the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), SnowSports Industries America (SIA) and National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) of its partnership, leaders of several state ski area trade associations including Ski Vermont released the following statement.