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Vermont Business Magazine For the sixth year in a row, Kids VT, Vermont’s free monthly parenting magazine, took home the top writing prize at the Parenting Media Association’s Design and Editorial Awards Competition. The national competition recognizes excellence in journalism, photography and design in PMA member publications.

Vermont Business Magazine Bromley Mountain Ski Resort’s President Bill Cairns (center) presented $8140 to President and CEO of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) Thomas A Dee (right) with the SVHC Foundation’s Carson Thurber (left) on Fr

Vermont Business Magazine David S Silverman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank announced today that, on February 15 the Board of Directors of Union Bankshares, Inc appointed Nancy C Putnam of Jeffersonville to the Board of Directors of Union Bank.

Vermont Business Magazine On a recent bleak winter day, spirits were lifted at HOPE with the news of a $2,000 grant award from Merchants Bank. Grant funds will support HOPE’s Project Real Job initiative – one of HOPE’s most utilized programs, will assist working low income residents of Addison County.

Vermont Business Magazine In a 7-4 party-line vote today, the House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs voted favorably to advance H196, a bill that would create a family and medical leave insurance program.

Vermont Business MagazineGovernor Phil Scott today issued the following statement on legislative action on economic priorities for the state: “As we reached the halfway mark of Vermont’s legislative session this week, it’s important for those of us in Montpelier to prioritize our efforts to make a real difference in the lives of Vermonters in the final eight weeks of this legis

Vermont Business MagazineThe Vermont Agency of Natural Resources announced today that Walgreen Eastern Co, Inc, the owner of three Vermont Walgreens stores, was fined $20,000 for producing and selling batteries in Vermont without an Agency-approved battery stewardship plan.

Vermont Business Magazine Airbnb has announced that Vermont’s 3,000 active hosts earned over $17 million dollars in supplemental income in 2016 by welcoming approximately 140,000 visitors to the Green Mountain State -- a 87 percent year-over-year increase in inbound guest arrivals.

Vermont Business Magazine Michael S Pieciak, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), announced Thursday the appointment of Christina R. Rouleau as deputy commissioner of the Insurance Division. Rouleau joined DFR in 2009 as assistant general counsel and became director of the Market Conduct Section in 2012.

Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General Thomas JDonovan, Jr, and Secretary of State Jim Condos will hold a meeting of the Committee on Campaign Finance Education, Compliance and Reform on Tuesday March, 21 in the Winooski city offices at 6pm. This is the second meeting in a statewide tour of the committee.

Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University in Northfield will once again host this year’s Vermont Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fair on Saturday, April 1. The day-long event runs from 9 am to 4 pm, anchored in Norwich’s state-of-the-art science complex, Bartoletto Hall, with an awards ceremony in Dole Auditorium starting at 2 pm.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Attorney General TJDonovan has joined a coalition of states to oppose President Trump’s directive for federal agencies to reconsider vehicle emission standards.