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Vermont Business Magazine The Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center, organizers of the annual Burlington Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Remembrance, have announced that Ilyasah Shabazz – civil right activist, author, and 3rd daughter of Malcolm X – will deliver the 2016 Dr.

Vermont Business Magazine Lake Sunapee Bank Group (NASDAQ: LSBG) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of fourteen cents ($0.14) per share payable January 29, 2016, to stockholders of record as of January 25, 2016.

Vermont Business Magazine A statewide poster contest challenges Vermont students to illustrate how money is earned.

Vermont Business Magazine A report from the Kauffman Foundation focusing on small business activity in states and metropolitan areas ranks Vermont number 1 among 25 smaller US states. Vermont is number 5 overall and moved up seven spots from 2014.

Vermont Business Magazine The US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday released the 2012 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey. This survey compiles 2012 data for wastewater and stormwater projects planned for the five years following the survey. The five-year cost for these projects across the nation was $271 billion, of which Vermont’s share was $154 million.&

Vermont Business Magazine One of the most beloved and generous Vermonters and a Burlington native died Monday, January 11.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont residents are the 5th-best at managing money in the US, according to a new CreditCards.com report. Vermont’s average credit score is 19 points better than expected (based upon the state’s median income). Vermont also has the nation’s 3rd-best credit score despite a median income that’s just 7 percent above the national median.

by Mike Faher/The Commons, Brattleboro The next round of job cuts at Vermont Yankee has been scheduled for May 5, when 150 employees — roughly half the remaining workforce — will be laid off. Also, around that same time, plant owner Entergy will be vacating its offices on Old Ferry Road.

Vermont Business Magazine Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. The annual awards honor the actions taken by Vermonters to conserve and protect natural resources, prevent pollution and promote sustainability. The deadline for applications has been extended to Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says preliminary numbers show 12,710 deer were taken during Vermont’s 2015 deer hunting seasons. Reports from big game check stations indicate hunters had successful deer seasons in 2015, taking 3,398 deer in archery season, 1,277 in youth season, 6,592 in rifle season, and 1,443 in muzzleloader seas

Vermont Business Magazine Saint Michael’s College physics professor John O’Meara has teamed with researchers Neil Crighton and Michael Murphy from Australia in the recent discovery of a distant, ancient cloud of gas that may contain the signature of the very first stars that formed in the universe. O'Meara, a co-author on the study, presented the results at