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Vermont Business Magazine Entergy Corp. (NYSE:ETR) today announced that its wholesale generation division, Entergy Wholesale Commodities, has entered into an agreement to sell its 583-megawatt Rhode Island State Energy Center (RISEC), located in Johnston, RI, to Carlyle Power Partners.
Vermont Business Magazine State leaders gathered together today at Sustainability Academy in Burlington to recognize Farm to School Awareness Month, a statewide celebration of the Farm to School (FTS) Program that connects thousands of Vermont students with fresh, healthy, local foods every year.
Vermont Business Magazine Last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the Vermont Agency of Agriculture (VAAFM) will receive a $92,200 matching grant from the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) to enhance domestic export opportunities and market channels for Vermont agricultural products.
by Mike Faher/The Commons For local residents and state officials, the central, painful reality of post–Vermont Yankee planning is that there is nowhere to take the plant’s spent nuclear fuel. That doesn’t mean, however, that there haven’t been conversations about the eventual removal of that waste from the Vernon property.
Vermont Business Magazine For Vermont's town forests, 2015 is a landmark year, marking 100 years since state lawmakers passed a municipal forest law that allowed for the creation of these forests. To celebrate, a day-long event packed with speakers, workshops and networking opportunities is planned for November 7 in Randolph Center.
Vermont Business Magazine As part of building a comprehensive electric vehicle charging network across the state, Green Mountain Power is offering nearly $50,000 in four separate grants to build four solar-paired electric vehicle charging stations. Applications will be accepted until October 23.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin issued the following statement Wednesday after Amtrak announced that partial service will be restored on the Vermonter line thursday following Monday’s derailment in Northfield. The Vermonter northbound train will operate from Washington to Saint Albans as normal.
Vermont Business Magazine After six years with the Town of Killington, Town Manager Seth Webb, announced he was stepping down to take a new position in the private sector.
by Patrick Leahy Imagine a successful and popular program that saves our special natural places, such as parks, recreation areas, wildlife refuges and forests. Imagine further that this is accomplished not with tax dollars but with royalties paid by companies that extract oil or minerals from our public lands. What’s not to love about a program like that?
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board has announced the opening of this year's grant cycle and the availability of approximately $550,000 in grant funds for the 2016 program year. The grants will fund forestry and agriculture projects that enhance Vermont's communities, economy, and culture.
Vermont Business Magazine Berkshire Bank Foundation announced that it has awarded $14,100.00 in grants and pledges to ten non-profit organizations in Vermont during their third quarter grants cycle.
Vermont Business Magazine Melvyn Patashnick, President and CEO of Copley Health Systems, Inc. has announced plans to retire in August 2016, after nearly ten years of service with Copley Hospital.