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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott appointed David Soucy on Monday as Senator for the Rutland District, serving Rutland County. He will serve alongside Senators Peg Flory (R) and Brian Collamore (R).Soucy will be sworn in this week, and was one of three nominees put forward by the Rutland County Republican Committee.
Vermont Business MagazineVermont Attorney General TJ Donovan joined a coalition of states in filing alawsuitagainst the USDepartment of Energy (DOE) for failing to publish finalized energy efficiency standards for five products: portable air conditioners, uninterruptible power supplies, air compressors, walk-in coolers and freezers, and commercial packaged boilers.
Vermont Business Magazine DrJoanne Mather Conroy has been selected as the second Chief Executive Officer and President of Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Board of Trustees Chair Anne-Lee Verville has announced. The appointment was made by a unanimous vote of the Board at a special meeting on June 14.Conroy will assume her role at D-H on August 7,2017.
Vermont Business Magazine The northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC has adopted a new policy that awards up to 12 weeks of paid leave to new parents.
Vermont Business Magazine Dragonheart Vermont’s Board of Directors announces the closure of Survivorship NOW, a wellness center for cancer survivors in our community. Begun in 2011 and based in Williston, Survivorship NOW has helped 400 Vermonters with their cancer recovery. Survivorship NOW will continue its free wellness programs until July 31, 2017.
Vermont Business Magazine Healthy Living Market and Cafe has partnered with Hope Lodge in Burlington to provide educational resources for patients and their families.
Vermont Business MagazineUSCitizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will present 82citizenship candidates to the USDistrict Court Vermont District during two separate naturalization ceremonies in Chittenden County,June 21 and June 23. The first will be at Essex High School and the second will be atEthan Allen Homestead in Burlington.
by Senator Christopher Bray, New Haven Two weeks ago Governor Scott vetoed both of the state’s “must-pass” bills—the budget and the tax bill. His vetoes set us on a course for a shut down of state government on July 1st. This did not need to happen. The governor’s vetoes are both surprising and disappointing.
Vermont Business Magazine Valley Vista, the 99-bed inpatient alcohol and chemical dependency treatment center in Bradford, is partnering with CDPHP, a Capital District health plan with nearly 400,000 members, to provide addiction recovery services to the health plan’s managed care members.
Vermont Business MagazineTwenty-nine students from the Class of 2017 who received diplomas at Southern Vermont College’s (SVC) commencement exercises onMay 13 in Bennington also celebrated the support they received from the TRIO Program, the federal outreach and student service support program, which provides services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Vermont Business Magazine The number of Vermonters working in the clean energy sector increased by 1,366 since last year, a 29 percent increase since 2013.
Vermont Business Magazine Mayor Miro Weinberger today announced that the City of Burlington has joined 13 cities from across the country, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, St.