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Vermont Business Magazine Blue Circle Health, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced its expansion into Maine and Vermont. Adults with T1D in these states can now enroll in Blue Circle Health’s virtual T1D care, education and support program, at no cost to them. This is the first time Blue Circle Health’s services are available beyond Florida, where it has enrolled about 300 people with T1D since January 2024. The expansion marks a significant milestone in the organization’s goals to provide as many people with T1D as possible with the skills, tools and confidence to thrive, as well as to build a scalable T1D care model that addresses unmet needs.

by Timothy Dean, Dartmouth “How can we more quickly and effectively move new, proven scientific evidence into routine healthcare practice? What obstacles must be overcome to embrace change and modify behavior? How can we scale a successful intervention so that more people will benefit?” These are some of the key questions future students will learn to tackle as enrollees of a unique new graduate degree program—a Master of Science (MS) in Implementation Science (IS)—which will be offered by Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine in partnership with the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies beginning in September of 2025. Implementation science is a burgeoning field that draws upon a rich and diverse set of established research traditions to address persistent gaps in moving evidence-based clinical practices into routine use in the real world.

Vermont Business Magazine Angie Aulis, RN of Northwestern Medical Center’s Family Birth Center was recently honored with The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. The award was presented to Angieat an event on Thursday, August 29 in NMC’s Courtyard Café and the family who nominated her was present to thank her for her exceptional care. Their experience at NMC was not an easy one and yet they said they were welcomed and treated like royalty. Angie never left their side, and gave them and their baby outstanding, compassionate care. 

Vermont Business Magazine Blue Circle Health, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), today announced its expansion into Maine and Vermont. Adults with T1D in these states can now enroll in Blue Circle Health’s virtual T1D care, education and support program, at no cost to them. This is the first time Blue Circle Health’s services are available beyond Florida, where it has enrolled about 300 people with T1D since January 2024. The expansion marks a significant milestone in the organization’s goals to provide as many people with T1D as possible with the skills, tools and confidence to thrive, as well as to build a scalable T1D care model that addresses unmet needs.

Vermont Business Magazine Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling, and resource management services company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Royal Carting and Welsh Sanitation and related real estate assets. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The pending acquisition includes two solid waste collection operations and two transfer stations in New York’s Middle and Lower Hudson Valley regions and western Connecticut, which will extend the Company’s service territory into new adjacent markets. The pending acquisition is expected to generate over $90 million in annualized revenues with a high concentration of commercial collection service and waste volumes that can be internalized into Casella’s landfills over time.

Vermont Business Magazine NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) and Evans Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE American: EVBN) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Evans will merge with and into NBT. This merger will bring together two highly respected banking companies and extend NBT’s growing footprint into Western New York. The combined organization will have the highest deposit market share in Upstate New York for any bank with assets under $100 billion and will result in a network of over 170 locations from Buffalo, NY to Portland, ME. NBT has branches in northwest Vermont. The aggregate transaction value is approximately $236 million based on NBT’s closing stock price of $46.28 on September 6, 2024. 

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas released the September Vermont 2024 Candidates and Campaign Finance. This report is a continuation of the Secretary of State’s ongoing efforts to improve transparency for campaign finance reporting during the 2024 campaign season. The September report reflects candidate filings as of the most recent filing deadline on September 1. Per state law, candidates are only required to file a campaign finance report if they “rolled over any amount of surplus into his or her new campaign or… made expenditures or accepted contributions of $500 or more during the two-year general election cycle.”

The Vermont Association of Broadcasters announced today that Mark Johnson, Rich Haskell and Gary Sadowsky will be inducted into the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame Saturday, November 16, 2024, along with this year’s award winners. These broadcasters will be celebrated during the VAB Hall of Fame & Awards Gala at the new Farmhouse located on the grounds of The Essex Resort & Spa in Essex, VT.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Arts Council announces more than half a million dollars in grant awards to 86 Vermont organizations—from arts nonprofits to arts schools, museums to makerspaces, from libraries to community art centers, and more. All are helping to expand arts access through specific programs or are bringing year-round, high-quality arts programs and services to Vermonters across the state. 

by Jackie Myers I opened my first child care program out of necessity. Recent public investment has made it possible for my program to thrive. I had a difficult childhood and was pregnant at 15 years old. I was intent on making sure my son had a better childhood than I did, and that determination grew into a passion for ensuring that every child gets a better start. I initially served six children. That’s how I met Michelle Prouty — who similarly served half a dozen kids in her home. We dreamed of starting a child care center together. With some risk and a lot of hard work, we have run the Myers Prouty Children’s Campuses for 30 years — which now consists of eight programs in the Bennington area. The Bennington Banner and Manchester Journal recently awarded us for the best child care.  

Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.31 per gallon, down 4.4 cents per gallon from last week's $3.35/g. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $2.89/g while the highest was $3.48/g, a difference of 59.0 cents per gallon. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 7.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.22/g today. The national average is down 22.5 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 58.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.

The Vermont State Police has recovered the bodies of four victims following an airplane crash in Addison County. A preliminary investigation determined that the four-seat, single-engine Piper aircraft had departed Windham Airport in Connecticut at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, for a flight of about two hours to Basin Harbor Airport in Ferrisburgh. Investigators determined the privately owned plane landed and the occupants arrived for a brunch reservation at Basin Harbor. The party departed the restaurant shortly after noon and were to fly back to Connecticut. A witness reported seeing the airplane on the runway at about 12:15 p.m. No reports were received indicating an aircraft in distress or that a plane had crashed.