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Colchester, VT- November 20, 2007 Delivering the easiest and most hassle-free online shopping experience was only one item on the list for MyWebGrocer. The nations number one Web Service provider to the Retail Grocery Industry has also experienced rapid growth in its new Grocery Ad Network. And so, seeking to deliver a quicker, more powerful and more integrated advertising and shopping experience to its e-commerce customers, MyWebGrocer has announced a relationship with DoubleClick, a world leader in digital marketing. Specifically, MyWebGrocer has deployed DoubleClicks integrated DART® platform.
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Colchester, VT November 5, 2007Life for new parents just got a little easier, and customer communication just improved for the customers of ShopRite supermarkets. MyWebGrocer of Colchester, VT and ShopRite of New Jersey announced the arrival of ShopRite.MyBaby.com, a grocery social networking site for parents. ShopRite.MyBaby.com is a place where parents can organize, share, discuss, and find things to do with their kids. ShopRite.MyBaby.com was launched October 31, 2007.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Shannon Vassar, General Manager
Courtyard By Marriott, Burlington @ Tafts Corner
(802) 879-0100
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT, BURLINGTON @ TAFTS CORNER DONATES FITNESS EQUIPMENT
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The City of Burlington, CCTA and Church Street Marketplace kicks off the Holiday Season with FREE Parking and FREE Bus Rides!
IT is SO convenient to enjoy the Holiday Season in Downtown Burlington!
CCTA offers FREE SHUTTLE passes to new riders in Downtown Burlington
Burlingtons municipal parking garages and Burlington Town Center garage also offer two hours free parkingv
ALL of the parking meters are free during holiday weekends.
850 additional FREE PARKING SPACES are available to downtown holiday shoppers starting November 19th v
Downtown Burlington offers holiday shoppers, 4,850 available parking spaces.
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Kristian Omland has joined the Statistical Services Group at Macro International, Inc. The Statistical Services Group is based in the companys downtown Burlington office. Omland blends statistical and ecological expertise and will complement Macros existing strength in fisheries and other natural resources surveys. He has an MS from UVM and a Ph.D. from UConn.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. Champlain College is rolling out a new degree in Digital Filmmaking. This fall, 30 students have switched into the new major as part of a soft launch of the new program a full year before the programs official start in Fall 2008.
In Champlains program, students will earn a bachelor of science in Digital Filmmaking, unlike the bachelor of fine arts with a concentration in filmmaking this is common in other film programs. Students will also choose to focus in one or more of four genres of filmmaking: narrative/dramatic, documentary, experimental or industrial/educational.
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Comcast and Microsoft Launch Microsoft Communication Services From Comcast for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
New offering provides SMBs with hosted corporate-grade e-mail, scheduling and document-sharing services backed by 24x7 support.
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Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne is celebrating their 25th year of business in Vermont as artisan picture framers and restorers of antique frames. An art gallery became an additional part of the business beginning in 1991.
Brad Sourdiffe and Joan Furchgott met in Vermont in 1975, and left for 6 years before returning in 1982. At that time they initially set up a frame restoration business operating out of their then home in Buel's Gore.
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The itinerary, with open press availability, includes:
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
1:30 - 2:20 p.m. Vermont State House, Montpelier
2:45 - 3:30 p.m. Ben & Jerrys, Waterbury
3:40 - 4:30 p.m. Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Waterbury
Vermont is the Shanghai Small Enterprises Trade Development Service Center (SSETDSC) delegations first stop on a 14-day tour of 8 other destinations. Many of these stops include high profile tourism destinations around the country, but here in Vermont, their visit is all business.
Chris Barbieri, Director of the Vermont Chambers Asia Division, noted This delegation is coming to Vermont because of the relationship we have with the SSETDSC, and to pursue potential mutual business opportunities between the greater Shanghai region and Vermont.
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Hilversum, Netherlands - Nov 9th 2007
Tergooi hospital, a 330 000 sq-ft medical center in northern Holland, has adopted a Wi-Fi based tracking infrastructure that is assisting them in locating infusion pumps. Installed and integrated by Ship2Save, an RFID solution provider, in collaboration with École Polytechnique, a Montreal based University; the system uses Aeroscout asset tags to monitor movement and usage of intravenous pumps across various locations in the hospital.
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MONTPELIER The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration is extending the public comment period associated with the Circ-Williston Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation.
The original deadline for filing comments about the Circ-Williston Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was November 8. That deadline has been extended to November 21, 2007. The Circ-Williston DEIS has been publicly available since August 10, 2007.
We received indication that some people want additional time to provide detailed comment, said VTrans Secretary Neale Lunderville. With a study of this size, giving the public an additional two weeks to file comments regarding this important project is reasonable and appropriate.
The DEIS can be directly downloaded from the projects website at www.circeis.org.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Bruce Seifer, Assistant Director for Economic Development, 865-7179
Does Your Organization Need More Innovative Thinkers?
Burlingtons Community and Economic Development Office is sponsoring a free workshop hosted by Forward Leap Consulting.
Five Ways to Unleash the Creative Potential Within Your Organization
When: Friday, November 9, 2007
7:30AM-9:30AM
Where: City Hall, conference room 12
Coffee and refreshments served
This interactive workshop will allow participants to discuss and generate solutions to innovative issues. A recent survey found 89% of responding employees felt that innovation was among their top five work priorities, 44% of those same respondents gave their organizations a low rating in how well the innovation process was understood.