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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin today applauded House and Senate action supporting divestment from coal and Exxon Mobil asset

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Vermont Business Magazine A $25,000 grant that the National Life Group Foundation awarded to the Vermont Foodbank will help to support the Backpack program. Under the program, students who might otherwise go hun

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Vermont Business Magazine As the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), Norwich University will celebrate ROTC’s centennial anniversary with the “ROTC Centennial Symposium: Preparing the Next Generation Leaders in a Complex World” April 21-23, 2016.

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Vermont Business Magazinne Governor Peter Shumlin met Wednesday evening with North Bennington-area residents concerned about the contamination of a number of private wells by a potentially harmful chemical known as PFOA.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Burlington Electric Department (BED) and Vermont Gas Systems announced today that their popular Energy Champ Challenge efficiency program, aimed at increasing energy efficiency in some of Burlington’s biggest residential rental units, has reached its increased goal of scheduling 100 energy audits.

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Vermont Business Magazine ALTOUR, the largest independently owned travel management company in the United States and one of

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by Lisa Ventriss, President of Vermont Business Roundtable Art Woolf’s latest critique of K-12 education spending and outcomes, and Act 46 implementation in particular (“Is VT getting what it pays for in education?” Burlington Free Press 3/10/16) made me remember some important milestones along Vermont’s path to education reform. 

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Vermont Business Magazine Seven Days, Vermont’s free, independent weekly newspaper, has announced the dates of the 7th Annual Vermont Restaurant Week, a celebration of the state’s vibr

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont will host the 14th Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop March 22 to 24 at the Hilton Hotel in Burlington.&

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by Basil DN Waugh There is a growing buzz at the University of Vermont as scientists join the global effort to stop bee declines. In the past year, UVM researchers have released groundbreaking studies -- highlighting bees' importance to food, health and the environment -- which have attracted international headlines, from the New York Times to the BBC.

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Vermont Business Magazine Yesterday, Swanton cheese manufacturer Swan Valley and the owner of the property agreed to pay $100,000 to settle penalty claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it v

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont's tech industry is relatively larger than most states and pays a lot better than the average private sector job here, but it has lost ground in recent years until rebound