Current News
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Chittenden Corporation (NYSE: CHZ) announced that Paul A. Perrault, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, and Kirk W. Walters, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, will be speaking at the RBC Capital Markets financial
institutions conference on Thursday, September 18, 2003. The conference will
be held at The Harbor View Hotel on Martha's Vineyard. Chittenden is
scheduled to make its presentation at 9:45 a.m.
RBC Capital Markets has established an audio web link to enable all
interested parties to have access to the conference. The web link is:
http://www.wallstreetwebcasting.com/webcast/dr14/
The Company may answer one or more questions concerning business and
financial developments and trends and other business and financial matters
affecting the Company, some of the responses to which may contain information
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The University of Vermont and Northfield Savings Bank
announced a partnership this week to assist Vermont family businesses with
transition, succession, and financial planning issues. Northfield Savings
Bank, joins Gallagher, Flynn and Company, and Gravel and Shea, both of
Burlington, as part of the Vermont Family Business Initiative (VFBI). The
VFBI, along with its partners, works with family and closely held
businesses throughout Vermont in identifying challenging issues and
developing successful strategies for navigating the complexities
successful business and financial planning.
Rocki-Lee Dewitt, Dean of the Business School, reflected on the new
partnership, "We're pleased that Northfield Savings Bank is joining our
efforts to assist family and other closely-held businesses in the state.
Their knowledge and experience will help us develop and deliver programs
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Vermont Toner Recharge announces the release of the Super Yield toner cartridge for the Hewlett-Packard Laserjet 1000, 1200, and 3300 series laser printers. This cartridge extends the page yield to 7500 pages, triple the page yield of the HP C7115A standard yield toner cartridge. The cartridge is available for immediate delivery and is priced at $100.
Vermont Toner Recharge remanufactures toner cartridges for laser printers, FAX, and copier machines and offers free delivery. Contact Vermont Toner Recharge at 864-7637 or vermonttonerrecharge.com.
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Cambium Group, LLC, a leading web site development firm specializing in innovative web site designs and content management systems has developed a nationally recognized web site for Telephone Credit Union (TCU) of Manchester, New Hampshire. The Telephone Credit Union site, www.tcu.org, recently received two individual awards for web site design and production.
The first award, from the CUNA Marketing and Business Development Council (CMC) recognizes TCU's web site with the "Merit Award" in the Internet Marketing category. Entries in the CMC's 2003 Diamond Awards were judged by nationally acclaimed credit union marketers, based on criteria such as strategy, creative concept, design, copy, and results. The CMC is a national network of Credit Union marketing and business development professionals.
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Washington Electric Cooperative (WEC) announced that it intends to develop a renewable energy project. The Co-op will build a plant that will generate electricity from the landfill gas (LFG) being produced and collected at the state’s largest landfill in Coventry, Vermont. The landfill is owned and operated by New England Waste Services of Vermont (NEWSV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Casella Waste Systems of Rutland.
The project will be a source of long-term, affordable, stable and predictably priced renewable baseload power, and is expected to meet a significant portion of the electricity needs of the Co-op’s member/consumers for up to 30 years. The facility is expected to begin generating in 2005.
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The 5x5x5 Growth Awards celebrates the top 5 fastest growing Vermont businesses in each of 5 categories: Technology, Contracting, Retail, Wholesale and Manufacturing.
The event is moderated by Lisa Ventriss, president of the Vermont Business Roundtable, and will feature presentations by the presidents and CEO's of Connor Contracting, Inc.; Vermont Pure Holdings, Inc.; Hubbardton Forge Corporation; Gardener's Supply Company; and Chroma Technology, Inc.
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The Vermont Council for Quality is now accepting applications for the Excellence in Action Award.
The Excellence in Action Award was established to generate performance
excellence among all Vermont organizations and drive higher levels of
quality in Vermont services and products.
a.. Receive a comprehensive review and a written feedback report giving
you expert insight into the strengths of the practice or process.
b.. Receive recognition at the VCQ Annual Awards Conference on February 18,
2004 by presenting your innovation at the Best Practice Spotlight.
Any Vermont organization is eligible to submit their practice, process, or
innovation that was implemented in the last three years.
For more information:
1) Contact VCQ at 802-655-1910
2) Email [email protected]
3) Download the attached Pre-Application form or
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The Vermont Credit Union League
Services Corporation, a subsidiary of the Vermont Credit Union League, has
signed an agreement with John M. Floyd & Associates, Inc. (JMFA) of
Houston, naming the profitability-consulting firm as its "Preferred
Business Partner" for the JMFA OVERDRAFT PRIVILEGESM program.
The League (VCUL), founded in 1947, is a statewide, full
service, financial trade association representing 37 Vermont credit
unions with 243,000 members and assets of more than $1.3 billion at the
end of 2002. Leagues in Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, New
Jersey, New Mexico and Texas also have recently endorsed JMFA. The firm's
non-discriminatory, automated service helps members avoid added costs and
embarrassment from bounced share drafts (checks).
"The public is demanding value-added services like overdraft
privilege," CEO John M. Floyd told both the Consumer Advisory Council to
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Tim and Diane Mueller, owners of
Okemo Mountain Resort are pleased to announce staff promotions and
additions at Okemo Mountain Resort.
Michael Kraatz has been named Director of Planning and
Permitting. In his new position, he will oversee all aspects of Okemo's
real estate planning and development. Michael came to Okemo in 1985 and
was formerly Manager of Rental/Repair and oversaw Okemo's retail and food
and beverage operations. Michael will also serve as a Division Manager at
Okemo. Michael replaces Dan Petraska, Okemo's VP of Resort Development
and Planning. Dan has been with Tim and Diane Mueller for the past 30
years and will be retiring in the Fall.
Ethan Mueller has been promoted to the position of Assistant
Director
of Operations where he will oversee Okemo's Cutting Edge Learning Center,
Racing and Mountain Services departments. Ethan has worked in many phases
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Duane Marsh has been chosen the new President of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Marsh, a resident of Midland, Michigan succeeds Christopher Barbieri who resigned in April to relocate to Shanghai as the Vermont Chamber's International Trade Liaison.
Marsh will assume his new position with the Vermont Chamber of Commerce on Monday, September 29, 2003.
Marsh was formerly President of the Midland (Michigan) Area Chamber of Commerce which he headed from 1997 until 2003. Midland is an 850 member chamber with 10 employees and an annual budget of $850,000. He holds an MBA from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI.
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ECSMarin has been named on The Zweig Letter’s Hot Firm list for the third consecutive year. The annual national survey identifies the 100 fastest-growing architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms in the United States. ECSMarin moved up 21 spots from last year to land at number 40 on the 2003 list.
The ranking is based on an equal weighting of percentage revenue growth and dollar revenue growth from 1999 to 2002. The complete list will be announced in an upcoming issue of a weekly newsletter published by ZweigWhite, a firm specializing in management consulting, information, and education for the design and construction industries.
ECSMarin will be honored along with the other 99 winners at The Zweig Letter Hot Firm Conference and Celebration October 22-24 in San Francisco, California.
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InfoSTEP, Inc announced the availability of eLustroHarmony and eLustroCSA solutions built on Sun Microsystems’ Java™ and Sun ONE platforms (Nasdaq: SUNW) to help companies with Sarbanes Oxley Act compliance requirements. These offerings empower CEOs, CFOs, Corporate Controllers and process owners with tools to monitor internal controls and manage business risks within acceptable tolerance levels.