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Vermont Business Magazine VermontJobs.com Spring Job Fair will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the University Mall in South Burlington from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. The fair will take place throughout the main thoroughfares of the mall. The job fair is a great opportunity for job seekers of all ages to seek out a new job or even a new career. The VermontJobs.com Job Fair provides access to employers from a wide variety of companies, organizations and industries who are seeking committed and enthusiastic employees to fill hundreds of positions.

Vermont Business Magazine BHAKTA Spirits, the world’s preeminent House of Vintages, has launched its inaugural whiskey vintage — marking a milestone in the portfolio’s boundary-breaking evolution into vintage spirits, a burgeoning category widely seen by experts, collectors, and consumers as the next frontier of craft spirits. This landmark single-year whiskey curated from the global cellars of Whistlepig Whiskey Founder Raj Peter Bhakta signals the beginning of BHAKTA Spirits’ ‘Drink Vintage’ campaign; his first-ever bourbon, this singular vintage release symbolizes the tycoon’s return to his infamous métier — whiskey — which vaulted him to prominence as an iconic progenitor of the American craft spirits movement.

Vermont Business Magazine Kühler Technologies, Inc in Brookfield has launched their handheld performance-enhancing device: Kühler. Kühler accelerates core temperature cooling during exercise by rapidly extracting heat from the hand. As discovered by Stanford researchers, the palms of hands function as radiators, designed to dissipate excess body heat quickly. Active palm cooling greatly accelerates core temperature cooling, restoring the enzyme activity required for peak muscle contraction, and promoting greater strength, better endurance, and faster recovery.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health reported March 8, 2023, that COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations were largely unchanged over the last week. COVID-19 activity remains in the "Low" range, according to the VDH. Hospitalizations increased by 6 cases to 43 last week (they were as low as 30 last fall). Total cases fell to 346 (from 350). There were 4 COVID-related deaths in the last week for a pandemic total of 929 as of March 4.

Vermont State Police On Friday morning, March 10, 2023, the victim in this incident, 55-year-old Jeffrey Hall, died at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Hall had remained hospitalized since he was injured in December. An autopsy will be performed at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington to determine the cause and manner of Hall’s death. Following the completion of autopsy, the Franklin County State’s Attorney’s Office will determine whether to file amended charges against the suspect. The Vermont State Police investigation into this incident remains active and ongoing

Vermont Business Magazine Saint Michael’s College is adding its first hybrid-learning undergraduate program to better meet the interests of today’s students and the demands of the industries they’ll eventually enter. The Saint Michael’s Cybersecurity major is part of a new partnership between the College and a consortium of over 135 colleges and universities through Rize Education. Rize assists member colleges in providing online curricula to one another that prepare students for successful careers. The Cybersecurity program will begin to be offered in the fall 2023 semester. Through this new program, on-campus professors provide an educational foundation for their students while experts from all over the country advance that education in online courses populated by students from consortium schools.

Vermont Business Magazine The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative—a working group of fisheries professionals from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service—will host a State of the Lake meeting March 25 for anglers and other individuals interested in the fisheries of Lake Champlain. This meeting is an opportunity for agency and university staff to provide updates on the status and trends of the fisheries and to hear from anglers. Information will be provided on restoration, research, assessment, and other work that has been accomplished over the past year, as well as work planned for the coming year. Species to be discussed include lake trout, landlocked Atlantic salmon, sea lamprey, muskellunge, walleye and bass. Time will be allotted for questions from the public.

Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont is among the most sustainable campuses in North America, according to the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), a program that measures accomplishments in sustainability in higher education. For the fourth time in a row, UVM earned a “Gold” rating in the highly regarded STARS measures. STARS, managed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), is the primary means for tracking sustainability performance for campuses across the country and is used by more than 900 institutions of higher education.

Ciara McEneany, Community News Service Legislators may be looking at a bill to provide two hours paid leave for employees to vote in primary, general and Town Meeting Day elections. The bill, H.298, was referred to the House Committee on General and Housing in late February aiming to give Vermonters more opportunities to vote. Its sponsor, Representative Joseph “Chip” Troiano, D-Stannard, said he drafted the bill after years of hearing comments about lacking attendance for Town Meeting Day and other elections. Advocates believe having to work on election days can be a barrier for working class Vermonters, who either decide against voting because they would lose income or simply can’t leave work to begin with.

Vermont Business Magazine The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative—a working group of fisheries professionals from Vermont, New York and USFWS—announced their decision to further reduce the number of stocked lake trout released annually in Lake Champlain. This decision was prompted by a continued increase in natural reproduction and the documentation of multiple age classes of wild lake trout in the lake. A stocking program was established in the 1950s to restore lake trout in the lake following the loss of native populations due to water quality and habitat changes. Although the lake was stocked with 82,000 fin clipped fish annually, there was little evidence of successful natural reproduction during the first 60 years of this program. In the last 12 years, UVM researchers have documented an increasing number of unclipped juvenile lake trout, suggesting successful natural reproduction and the establishment of a wild population.

Vermont Business Magazine In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Charity Clark today announced the top 10 consumer complaints received by her office’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) in 2022. CAP, a partnership between the Attorney General’s Office and the University of Vermont, offers a free mediation service for Vermont consumers, including small businesses. In 2022, CAP received 1,206 complaints and recovered more than $452,000 for Vermont consumers, nearly doubling the total amount of recoveries for Vermonters compared to 2021 ($240,000). Claiming the list’s top spots are complaints involving vehicles, home improvement, and retail respectively – collectively representing approximately 52 percent of all complaints filed in 2022.