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Vermont Business Magazine Karen Tucker, of Swanton, Vermont, Pauline Gaboury of Essex Junction, Vermont, Christy Richard of St.

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Vermont Business Magazine US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) issued the following statement Thursday after the Justice Department announced plans to end its use of private prisons: “Our criminal justice system is broken and in need of major reforms. The Justice Department’s plan to end its use of private prisons is an important step in the right direction.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont-based specialty food producer Gringo Jack’s announced today at Healthy Living market in South Burlington plans to expand their line of locally produced and sourced specialty food products.

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by Mike Faher/The Commons Entergy has agreed to give the state $600,000 for Vermont Yankee emergency planning over the next two years, and officials say some of that money will be allocated to towns in the vicinity of the shut-down nuclear plant.

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Vermont Business Magazine Recent heavy rainfall has created potentially dangerous conditions along streams and small rivers in the Mad River and Huntington River watersheds, especially at Huntington Gorge.

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Vermont Business Magazine Registration is now open for Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility’s (VBSR) 15th Annual Terry Ehrich Award Ceremony & Dinner. VBSR members and friends are invited to join the celebration on September 21st at the Historic Old Labor Hall in Barre, Vermont.

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Vermont Business Magazine Florida-based Architec Housewares announces two strategic acquisitions - Madeira Housewares and South Burlington-based Starboard Collection - set to help expand the scope of the 16-year-old company and establish their niche as the company renowned for its innovative product development and unique ability to balance a boutique sensibility, for

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Vermont Fish & Wildlife With most hunting seasons just around the corner, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is urging new hunters to sign up now for a hunter education course. F&W is also offering small game hunting tips and free fishing clinics.

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Vermont Business Magazine New York hedge fund Maglan Capital LP is calling for FairPoint Communications to remove four directors and to undertake a strategic stock repurchase plan. Earlier in the month it urged a repurchase and requested FairPoint appoint a person of its choosing to the board.

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Vermont Business Magazine Dr Bob Arnot, founder of Daktari and Dr Danger Coffee, donated $5,000 this last month to the Nderi Sacred Heart School and Children's Home. The direct beneficiaries of this donation are 82 children and youth who range from preschool to university age students, as well as 69 home residents.

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Vermont Business Magazine This Saturday more than 300 first-year University of Vermont students led by 80 upper class peer leaders will  begin their UVM experience as part of TREK, a unique first-year enrichment program sponsored by the Department of Student Life.  For 37 years, UVM’s TREK program has sent new students across Vermont to explore the wilderness, develop

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Vermont Business Magazine Online job finder, zippia.com, has developed a list of the top 100 highest paid professions in Vermont for 2016. Zippia, which bills itself as the career expert site, used  Bureau of Labor Statistics data to aggregate the information.