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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) says Vermont farmers markets and other outlets will receive five federal grants totaling $581,745 to support local and regional food systems.

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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Public Service Department reached agreement today with Vermont Gas Systems to limit the cost to ratepayers for the Addison County Natural Gas Pipeline Project to $20 million less than the company's current cost estimate.

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont has been ranked among the top 10 schools in the country that are preparing students to land good jobs after graduation and without the burden of excessive loans.

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Vermont Business Magazine In celebration of World Vegetarian Day and Vegetarian Awareness Month, OpenTable, the world's leading provider of online restaurant reservations and part of The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN), has unveiled the

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Medical Center is again being counted as a top performer among leading academic medical centers participating in the 2015 University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) Quality and Accountability Study, nationally recognized as the most important analysis of its kind.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA Vermont) has been awarded a three-year $247,000 grant from USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).

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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine All three of the major tax funds improved last month. While only the General Fund is now ahead of its year-to-date target, the Transportation and Education made up for losses in recent months by getting back nearly to economists' expectations.

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Vermont Business Magazine A new statewide phone line to support families with young children has been announced by the United Ways of Vermont.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont is ranked highest in the nation for econmopic "opportunity," which it has been every year.

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Vermont Business Magazine The City of Winooski today announced that it will add free, 15 minute spots to its downtown parking corridor. The move is intended to make it easier for visitors to downtown to complete a quick errand without having to pay for a full hour of parking.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont, New Hampshire and Montana are the only states in the US to achieve a perfect score in a national ranking of palliative care.

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Vermont Business Magazine Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) announces that its members may now enroll in electronic delivery of explanation of benefits documents. BCBSVT is committed to reducing the amount of paper we use to administer our benefits plans.