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by Erin Mansfield vtdigger.org The embattled Internet company started by a Brattleboro man now accused of running a Ponzi scheme has agreed to pay back thousands of dollars it owes the state of Vermont. And former managers have bought the broadband assets to create a new company.
Vermont Business Magazine The 2015 Subaru “Share the Love” is in full swing and Twin City Subaru is again participating.
Vermont Business Magazine Mayor Miro Weinberger today announced the appointment of Justin St. James as the City’s newest Assistant City Attorney. St James, a New Hampshire native, comes to the City of Burlington after nearly four years working as a union attorney and negotiator in Oregon and Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Reflecting the holiday season hiring, Vermont's weekly unemployment claims, which have steadily increased since the end of the summer, fell steeply last week and once again fell below last year's levels. Generally, claims in 2015 have been running below last year's totals.
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Labor announced today that for the third consecutive month the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for November was 3.7 percent. This represents no change from the revised October rate (3.7 percent). The national average in November was unchanged at 5.0 percent.
Vermont Business Magazine Gifford Medical Center celebrated the opening of 25 new private inpatient rooms on December 17, 2015. The new unit brings an upgraded standard of inpatient care unusual for a small community hospital in Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) has announced a new incentive program to assist maple sugaring operations to move to a future of lower production costs and lower carbon emissions.
Vermont Business Magazine When the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s Growing Money Program surveyed participants in September, one challenge voiced by many was “staying ahead of it all.” The “all” they refer to includes paying bills on time, curbing spending, paying down debt, creating an emergency fund, building the credit score, putting money away for retireme
Vermont Business Magazine NextCapital, a leading enterprise digital advice firm, has completed its Series B Preferred Stock financing and raised $16 million. The Chicago-based firm is planning to expand in Vermont by establishing an office in Burlington, which will be led by Vermont native Rob Foregger, co-founder of the firm.
Vermont Business Magazine Local and State emergency responders will team with the Vermont National Guard (VNG) and federal agencies in a full-scale emergency exercise in Vermont in the summer of 2016. Operation Vigilant Guard will be carried out for one week at the end of July, 2016.
Vermont Business Magazine The Boys & Girls Club of Burlington announced today that they received a $20,000 grant from the Comcast Foundation to help expand the My.Future technology initiative, a hands-on technology training to equip Club kids with the skills needed to compete in a 21st century economy.
Vermont Business Magazine VSECU, a credit union for everybody in Vermont, has been awarded a $125,000 grant from the Vermont Public Service Department’s Clean Energy Development Fund to help Vermont residents reduce financing costs for investments in community solar arrays.