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Vermont Business Magazine The holiday season is a time for celebrating old traditions and making new ones. This year, add giving blood to your holiday activities! Your gift can bring hope and healing to patients in need. The 2025 Gift of Life Marathon Blood Drive will offer four days of giving – with hundreds of donation appointments available.

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Vermont Business Magazine The First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on November 24, 2025, Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Serhat Gumrukcu, 43, of Los Angeles, California, to life imprisonment for his role in the January 6, 2018, murder of Gregory Davis in Barnet, Vermont.

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Vermont Business Magazine Secretary of Administration Sarah Clark today released Vermont’s revenue results for October 2025. All three funds were below monthly consensus revenue expectations, although General Fund receipts remain ahead of target on a cumulative basis.

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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) I wanted to mention to you an issue of enormous consequence that I believe is not getting the attention that it deserves. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are going to have a profound and transformative impact on our country and the entire world. The question is not whether these technologies will advance. They will.

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Vermont Business Magazine Sixteen Vermont news organizations have been honored with the Local Civic Journalism Awards, a new program designed to steer state and philanthropic dollars to news outlets that inform Vermonters and foster civic engagement. The recipients represent a broad cross-section of local and regional news organizations — including newspapers tha

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Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.13/g, up 3.1 cents per gallon from last week's $3.10/g. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $2.83/g while the highest was $3.29/g, a difference of 46.0 cents per gallon. The national average price of gasoline is unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.03/g today.

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Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets The Request for Applications is now available for the 2026 Trade Show Assistance Grant! $30,000 is available to provide Vermont agricultural, food, and forestry businesses with funds to exhibit and sell their Vermont products at trade shows targeting out-of-state wholesale buyers.

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by Gabby Blanchard, Community News Service, Rutland On Tuesday evening, Treviso Vermont was filled with the smell of fresh cheeses and the roaring laughter of local businesswomen. Made possible by a Vermont Women’s Fund grant, the night marked the Downtown Rutland Partnership’s third and final Women in Business Mixer of the year.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Vermont Awards, recognizing the state’s most innovative manufacturers and the next generation of technical talent.

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by Emily Bradbury Long before Beta Technologies put Vermont on the aerospace innovation map, Harbour Industries in Shelburne was already there – designing the cables that run through the world’s most advanced aircraft. For nearly six decades, Harbour Industries has manufactured high-performance cables for commercial and military aircraft.

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Vermont Business Magazine AARP Vermont has awarded Winter Placemaking Grants to eight organizations across the state to support creative, inclusive programming that fosters community connection and combats social isolation among older adults during the coldest months of the year.

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Vermont Business Magazine Place Creative, a Vermont-based branding, design, and communications firm dedicated to supporting mission-driven organizations, has announced that it has officially earned two major distinctions: B Corporation Certification and recognition as a Certified Woman-Owned Business.