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Vermont Access NetworkThe Vermont Public Utility Commission (formerly the Vermont Public Service Board) on Thursday refused Comcast Cable’s motion to make changes to its upcoming 11-year Certificate of Public Good (Docket 8301).

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Vermont Business Magazine Students graduating veterinary school have an average student loan debt of over $162,000 according to a survey of the American Veterinary Medical Association. This is a crushing amount of debt for young veterinarians just starting out in their career and can take decades to pay off.

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Vermont Business Magazine Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc, has admitted to violations of Vermont’s Hazardous Waste Management Rules at its Barre, Vermont location. Safety-Kleen has agreed to pay the State $25,000 in civil penalties for the violations.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Natural Resources Board (NRB), the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and the Vermont Attorney General’s Office announced today that they have reached a settlement with the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST) that resolves VAST’s Act 250 challenge concerning the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT).

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Vermont Business Magazine The abandonment this week of the VCSummer nuclear project inSouth Carolinaheralds the likely demise of "new" nuclear inthe United States(including the Vogtle project inGeorgiaandNorth Anna3 inVirginia) and also should put an end to state or federal bailouts for the failing nuclear industry, according to four experts who held a media briefing Thursday,

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by Jack Hoffman Public Assets Institute Economist Art Woolf wrote recently that Vermont spends too much on education because taxes are too low for many residents.

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Vermont Business MagazineThe Vermont Department of Taxes is pleased to announce a statewide listening tour for small businesses. The public meetings, which will be held in St. Johnsbury, Montpelier, Burlington, Rutland and Bennington, are designed to let the department leadership hear from businesses.

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Vermont Business Magazine According to a statement from Enrique Corredera, news and public affairs director at the University of Vermont, a fire is in progress at Torrey Hall on the University of Vermont campus. The fire has been contained, and the Burlington Fire Department is actively working to fully extinguish it.

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Vermont Business Magazine Bill Shean ’79 and Laurie Shean ’80 have donated $1 million to UVM Athletics to support the University of Vermont Board of Trustee’s recent decision to move forward with the formal planning of a multi-purpose center on the UVM campus.

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Vermont Business Magazine Casella Waste Systems, Inc(NASDAQ:CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company based in Rutland, on Wednesday reported its financial results for the three-month period ended Ju

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont will host the Catalysts of the Climate Economy (cc:econ), a three-day national innovation summit on September 6-8. Taking place at the University of Vermont in Burlington, the summit brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders working to accelerate economic development by addressing climate change.

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Vermont Business Magazine Berkshire Bank Foundation, the parent company of Berkshire Bank with branches in southern Vermont, has announced it has awarded $1,035,229 in grants and pledges to 340 nonprofit organizations across its footprint from January 1, 2017, through June 30, 2017.