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Vermont Business Magazine FirstLight, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in Vermont and across the Northeast, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquireNashua, NH-based 186 Communications.
Vermont Business Magazine Each spring Girls on the Run Vermont (GOTRVT) offers a 10-week empowerment program for Vermont girls in grades 3-8.
Vermont Business Magazine Saint Michael’s College is featured again in the 2018 Fiske Guide to Colleges, a highly selective guide to noteworthy schools in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
by Stephen Barraclough, General Manager, Burlington Telecom Right now, a battle is raging at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as the country’s large, incumbent telecommunications firms try to undo key customer protections that prevent American internet customers from facing new fees, website blocking, and traffic throttling.
Vermont Business Magazine Bennington County has been added to the FEMA Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) request after Vermont Officials identified additional damage this week. The PDA will be conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) beginning on Wednesday afternoon.
Vermont Business Magazine FreshTracks Capital announces its investment in Ogee, a Vermont-based company that makes luxury organic skincare and beauty products. This is the fifth company investment from FreshTracks Capital’s newly launched investment fund, FreshTracks IV, which opened in December 2016.
Vermont Business MagazineThe People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, announced Wednesday that it awarded $82,500 during its second grant cycle of 2017 to nonprofit organizations throughout Vermont.
by Bill Schubart I’ve been watching the national effort to politicize Burlington College’s demise and am saddened by the venality of our politics and our dangerous ignorance of non-profit governance.
Vermont Business MagazineThe Agency of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that Suzanne Reider of Goshen was fined $9,750 for making alterations to Stewart Pond Dam before obtaining necessary authorization from the State. Dams, even small dams for backyard ponds, are significant structures that can have major public safety and environmental implications.
Vermont Business MagazineSevere weather pummeled downtown Barre on July 8, 2017, with wind gusts that tore back a portion of the roof of a Main Street building that housed Gifford’s Project Independence (PI).
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business MagazineParis-based AREVA has signed a contract with NorthStar to segment, package and transport to offsite disposal the reactor pressure vessel and internal reactor components of the Vermont Yankee Boiling Water Reactor. This does not include the spent fuel.
Vermont Business Magazine Tuesday, Governor Phil Scott met with Dr Stephen Cha, Fatema Salam and Rivka Friedman of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), as part of the federal organization’s day-long visit to Vermont.
Governor Scott provided the following statement on the meeting and the in-depth discussions of health care reform: