Current News
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SymQuest Acquires Business Operations of UBIQ Imaging Solutions
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT Larry Sudbay, President and Chief Executive Officer of SymQuest Group, Inc. has announced that the company has recently acquired the business operations of UBIQ Imaging Solutions, with offices in Portland and Bangor, Maine. In addition to serving its clients throughout Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, the acquisition of UBIQ Imaging Solution's business operations will allow SymQuest to also service clients in the Seacoast region, as well as the immediate inland areas of both New Hampshire and Maine.
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Randolph Center, VT - The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) has announced the election of manufacturing executive David Blittersdorf, Founder of NRG Systems in Hinesburg, Vermont, to its Advisory Board. VMEC also announced the hiring of Anne Wood as Office Manager and Erin Quatrini as Marketing & Training Manager. In addition, Board Member and manufacturer Mike Rainville, Owner and President of Maple Landmark, Inc. in Middlebury, VT, has been re-elected 2008 Chairperson of the 12-member VMEC Board. Existing Board member Ed Townley, Senior Vice President and Controller of Cabot Creamery, Inc., was re-elected for another 2-year term on the Board.
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Montpelier, VT Vermont business development projects totaling $21 million will receive $5.2 million in financing assistance from the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA). Principals of two of the manufacturing projects approved for VEDA financing estimate 100 new jobs will be created within three years of the investments.
VEDA is especially excited and pleased to offer financing assistance that helps stimulate jobs creation in the manufacturing sector of Vermonts economy, said Jo Bradley, the Authoritys Chief Executive Officer.
Among the projects approved by VEDA are:
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Howard Printing Earns First and Second Place Awards
BRATTLEBORO, VT -- Howard Printing, Inc, a commercial offset printing company serving clients in Brattleboro, Keene (NH), Greenfield (MA), and throughout the tristate region, won a first-place "Pinnacle" award and a second-place "Award of Recognition" in the inaugural Awards of Excellence Competition presented by the Printing Industries of New England (PINE).
PINE selected Howard Printing for the "Pinnacle" (Best of Category) award for the Bears in the Valley Auction Catalog, which was produced for the Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce. The catalog was designed by Howard Printing in collaboration with Sarah Shippee, the Chamber point person. The principal photographer was Mark Linton of West Dover, with additional photographs supplied by Shippee. Limited copies of the catalog are still available for sale at the Chamber office on Main Street in Wilmington.
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IBEW LOCAL 300 'PLUS 5' CONTRACTORS OFFER FREE SIX-YEAR WARRANTY
South Burlington, Vt. - (Jan. 28, 2008) - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300 contractors are reminding customers about their best-in-class Plus 5 Electrical Protection Plan.
Unique to the IBEW, Plus 5 is a complimentary extended maintenance agreement on materials and workmanship that services the wiring in a new or remodeled home for an additional five years beyond a builder's standard one-year warranty. The plan adds nothing to construction costs and involves no administrative or legal procedures on the part of the consumer. In the event that a problem arises during the coverage term, a certified Plus 5 contractor will immediately fix the issue at no cost to the homeowner, builder or developer.
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(January 14, 2008)-- Secretary of Administration Michael K. Smith released General Fund revenue results for the month of December, the sixth month of fiscal year 2008. General Fund revenues totaled $104.21 million for December 2007, +$0.11 million or +0.1 % more than the $104.10 million consensus revenue target for the month. This brought the fiscal year-to-date total in the General Fund to $559.12 million (+1.6%) above the cumulative revenue forecast of $550.17 million.
The monthly consensus cash flow targets reflect the most recent fiscal year 2008 Consensus Revenue Forecast that was agreed to by the Emergency Board on July 24, 2007. The States Consensus Revenue Forecast is updated two times per year, in January and July. The January Emergency Board meeting was held on Wednesday, January 16, 2008.
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VERIZON WIRELESS EXPANDS VERMONT VOICE AND WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICE
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January 23, 2008
Vermont Continues Its Pursuit of Boston Talent
Networking Event Seeks To Woo Professionals North
BOSTON – Dim lighting and hip music formed the backdrop as the well-dressed young man and young woman munched seared tuna appetizers and sipped wine.
After a brief introduction and some small talk about work, she cut right to her bottom line.
Would he consider moving to Vermont to work for her company?
Welcome to the brave new world of economic development, Vermont-style.
For the second time in less than a year, economic development officials from the State of Vermont, with employers in tow, came south looking to poach a few of Boston's young workers.
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Governor Douglas Testifies in Support of GHG Emissions Standards
Says EPA Waiver Denial Is 'Legally and Factually Unsound'
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Governor Jim Douglas today (January 24, 2008) urged Congress to hold the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accountable to the Clean Air Act.
Testifying before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Douglas said Vermont is a leader among the 12 states that have adopted California's tough tailpipe emissions standards and in 2005 was the first state to sign on to California's amendments.
Under the federal Clean Air Act, California has the right to set its own vehicle emissions standards, as long as it obtains a waiver from the EPA. The Clean Air Act also allows any state to opt-in to the California standard, which becomes fully enforceable once California obtains a waiver. Over the past 30 years, the EPA has granted California more than 40 such waivers, denying none.
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Governor's Budget Address
Achieving Prosperity Through Affordability
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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(January 18, 2008)--Senator Patrick Leahy and the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce are trying to halt the Department of Homeland Securitys plan to implement untested security procedures at the US-Canadian border. The DHS argues that the plan, which will be put into affect starting February 1, is ultimately beneficial to the country because it will allow billions of dollars in economic business and trade to continue to flow from Canada during USs recent economic slow-down. Canada provides the US with 50 billion dollars of transportation trade each month. The LCRCC is concerned with how the new border laws will affect the greater Champlain region. The LCRCC is a non-profit concerned with creating a health environment that makes the region a good place to live, work, and conduct business.
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Manosh closes hardwood sawmill in Morrisville
by Kevin Kelley