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Vermont Business Magazine The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is thrilled to announce Diana Krall, Pink Martini, and Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective as three of the headliners for the 34th annual event. The festival runs from June 2-11 and kicks off summer in Vermont style.

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Edible Green Mountains If you want to go deep on how food is produced, Barry Estabrook is your go-to resource.The comforting aroma of butter, cinnamon and fruit fill Marian Burros’s kitchen as she eases a warm torte from the oven. “I’ve made this recipe a thousand times yet I never tire of it,” she says, reaching for a pint of vanilla ice cream (local, of course).

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Vermont Business Magazine In the Green Mountain State, sweet signs of spring include maple forests awakening and a plethora of outdoor art awaiting visitors. With more than 3,000 sugarmakers in residence, Vermont is the top maple syrup producer in the United States, generating over one million gallons annually.

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Vermont Business MagazineVermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced the creation of Utopus Insights, Inc, based inValhalla, NY.

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Vermont Business Magazine The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Flood Watch for all of Vermont through this weekend. Rain, snowmelt, and thawing river ice could cause localized flooding in areas of Vermont from Friday evening through Sunday night. NWS says the greatest flood threat will occur during or shortly after heavy rainfall.

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Vermont Business MagazineJeff Taft, Chairman of the One Credit Union Board of Directors, has announced the appointment of Brett Smith as their new President and CEO. Brett will assume responsibilities on February 27, succeeding Jerry Cross, who retired following 32 years of service.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Climate Solutions Caucus of the Vermont General Assembly today announced its leadership and initial membership for the 2017-18 legislative biennium. Founded in 2012, the non-partisan Climate Solution Caucus supports legislation that promotes Vermont's economy while reducing reliance on fossil fuels.

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by Guy Page The advantage to Vermonters of the sale of Vermont Yankee to NorthStar can be summed up this way: sooner rather than later. As early as 2021, NorthStar, would begin a decade’s worth of decommissioning.

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Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims edged up last week, but fell from the same time last year, which has been the pattern so far in 2017. By industry, Construction reported the most claims, as it has since the beginning of the new year. Most times of the year, Services record the most claims.

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Vermont Business Magazine Community leaders gathered at 206 Park Street in Bennington to welcome Southwestern Vermont Health Care employees Russell Carrier and Leah Hart, along with their 9-month-old

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Vermont Business Magazine In response to the President’s announcement that he intends to rollback protections for transgender students, Attorney General Donovan re-affirmed the commitment of his office and the State of Vermont, to protecting the civil rights of all Vermonters.

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Vermont Business MagazineTo help the public better understand the benefits of cover crops and other environmentally friendly farming practices, three Vermont farmer watershed protection groups have partnered to produce a short video.The video,Protecting the Soil: Cover Crops for Clean Water, was developed by the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition (CVFC), Connecticut Riv