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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Gas today submitted its regular quarterly report regarding the Addison natural gas expansion project with the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB). The filing shows that the Addison pipeline is on track and has remained on schedule and on budget since December 2014.

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin has joined eight Governors from across the country in sending a letter to Congressional leadership urging an end to current trade sanctions imposed against Cuba by the United States.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies and Hotel Vermont announced today the InnovateHER VT Challenge, a new business pitch event in Burlington.The competition is at 5:30 pm October 19 at the Hotel Vermont, 41 Cherry Street.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell is warning consumers who have filed or may soon file for bankruptcy of an emerging scam by impostors claiming to be the consumer’s attorney, the attorney’s partner or a member of their staff.

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Vermont Business Magazine Although an estimated 40 percent of Vermont households drink water from private sources, only five percent of those private wells have been tested for contaminants. The Vermont Department of Health was awarded five years of federal funding in the amount of $670,010 to close this gap and promote safe drinking water for Vermonters.

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Vermont Business Magazine Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) announced today that it will close its Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, MA, no later than June 1, 2019, because of poor market conditions, reduced revenues and increased operational costs. Entergy closed its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant for financial reasons in December 2014.

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Vermont Business Magazine A new nationwide survey suggests as many as an estimated 24.5 million Americans* would like to try growing marijuana for personal use -- if growing it was legal.

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Health Network has announced the appointment of Adam Buckley, MD, to the position of chief information officer.

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Medical Center has received the “Get With The Guidelines Resuscitation Gold Award” for sustained use of quality improvement measures in the treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrests, which occurs in the US 200,000 times per year.

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Vermont Business Magazine Katie Nee, Resource Coordinator for Howard Center’s Comprehensive Care Program, says, “You don't have to be married, rich, or own a home to be a perfect foster or adoptive parent.

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by Robert Keren/Middlebury College Middlebury opened a new chapter in its 215-year history today, October 11, 2015, with the inauguration and celebration of its 17th president, Laurie L Patton, on a splendid fall morning punctuated by gusty winds and sunny skies Sunday.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Burlington Electric Department (BED) has announced that a 124 kW rooftop solar array at its Pine Street headquarters facility is now online.