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Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on December 2, 2025, Jason McGrath, 45, of South Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier to a term of 120 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement: “Many of our Afghan friends and neighbors served side by side with Americans fighting terrorists in their homeland and both they and their families faced extreme danger in doing so.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced his appointment of Michael Hoyt, of West Hartford, to fill the vacant Windsor-4 seat in the Vermont House of Representatives. Hoyt replaces Heather Surprenant who resigned in September 2025. Hoyt grew up in Norwich before attending the University of Vermont and Vanderbilt University Law School.
Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office today announced that Matthew Medina (also known as Madison Medina), 32, of Springfield, Vermont, was arraigned on four felony counts of possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials and one felony count of promoting a recording of child sexual conduct.
Vermont Business Magazine As of December 31, 2025 Social Tinkering, a nonprofit organization based in Rutland County, Vermont, is dissolving.
Vermont Business Magazine In 2025, local American Red Cross volunteers became a lifeline for nearly 350 Vermonters reeling from disasters.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health reported last week that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations have edged up. Other indicators like wastewater virus show an increase in COVID-19 and Norovirus in Vermont and nationally, while COVID outbreaks decreased.
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, welcomed $20.7 million in federal funding for Vermont to support the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Veterinary Medical Association (VVMA) is awarding of nearly $30,000 in grants to two Vermont food animal veterinarians: Dr. Emma Cijka of Shoreham and Dr. Eleni Casseri of St. Albans. These grants were made possible through funding by the Vermont Legislature to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture.
Vermont Business Magazine Today, Treasurer Pieciak announced that nearly $60 million of Vermont Citizen Bonds will be offered for sale on December 4, 2025. Proceeds from the bonds will support capital needs including infrastructure, climate resilience, and housing.
Vermont Business Magazine In Vermont, 2 in 5 individuals experienced food insecurity in 2022, and recent national data shows that food insecurity has increased each year since then (Source: Vermont Foodbank).
Vermont Business Magazine The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025. That number is 4,011 more Veterans than VA housed last year.