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Vermont Business Magazine Sugarbush Resort announced this past Tuesday that it is 100% open. With 111 trails and 484 acres of skiable terrain, Sugarbush has the most open terrain in the East. The resort has received a combination of steady snowfall and cold snow-making temperatures over the last few weeks which has allowed ropes to continue dropping.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Gas is celebrating 50 years of bringing clean, affordable natural gas service to families, businesses and institutions in Chittenden and Franklin counties. The company first began serving customers in 1966 and today provides service to 18 Vermont towns, with expansion planned to several more communities in 2016.
Vermont Business Magazine Merchants Bancshares, Inc (NASDAQ: MBVT), the parent company of Merchants Bank, today announced net income of $2.31 million, or $0.36 per basic and diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2015.
Vermont Business Magazine People's United Financial, Inc (NASDAQ: PBCT), parent of People'
Vermont Business Magazine In his annual, and final, Budget Address, Governor Peter Shumlin delivered to the Vermont Legislature today his sixth balanced budget. He told legislators that the fiscal year 2017, $5.8 billion spending plan does not raise income, sales, or rooms and meals tax rates. The fiscal year begins July 1, 2016.
by Mike Faher/The Commons Three states are joining Vermont’s quest for a “robust” federal review of trust-fund spending at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.
Vermont Business Magazine Over the past four months, Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets (VAAFM) has embarked on an extensive outreach effort to solicit feedback on the new draft Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs). The response from the farming community and the public-at-large has been significant.
Vermont Business Magazine The Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday advanced bipartisan legislation authored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) to double funding for the federal Farm To School grant program as part of a larger package reauthorizing child nutrition programs through 2020.
Vermont Business Magazine With an eye toward the revitalization of the greater-Rutland County economy, Rutland Economic Development Corporation has adopted a new mission and vision and signed a partnership agreement with the Castleton University Center for Entrepreneurial Programs.
Vermont Business Magazine The Orvis Company, Inc of Manchester has announced the three recipients of its annual Customer Matching Grant program. Targeted to raise more than a third of a million dollars, these grants are the cornerstone of Orvis's annual commitment of 5% of its pre-tax profits to protecting nature.
Vermont Business Magazine Outdoor Journal, Vermont PBS’ venerable outdoor program, kicks off its 14th season on Tuesday, January 26, with stories that take viewers across the length and breadth of the northeast region. As always, hosts Lawrence Pyne and Gina Bullard explore the outdoors with an infectious sense of curiosity as they introduce
Vermont Business Magazine Yale University is number one and the University of Vermont is number 27 in a national ranking of campus-based natural history museums. Best College Reviews, a ranking service for American colleges and universities, has released a list of the top 30 College Natural History Museums. Statistics and definitions were gathered from