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by Tom Pelham. Media coverage of the state budget has fallen prey to covering a contrived budget rather than the real budget. The contrived budget is one where legislative and administration budget staffs add up, as a planning exercise, an array of budgetary ‘pressures’ believed relevant and compare the sum to expected revenues.
After 18 straight days, working at over a dozen sites along Lake Champlain, VTrans reported Friday that the majority of their effort to shore up roadways from flood damage is complete.
The nation’s top entrepreneurs will gather this week to be recognized for their entrepreneurship, growth and success during the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week celebration, May 18-20, 2011, in Washington, DC.
Do you have a problem saying sounds, or coming out with the right word? Do you think you stutter? Have you had a stroke or brain injury that interferes with your speaking, thinking or memory? Are you worried that you are losing your hearing?
FairPoint Communications has released information regarding its expansion of broadband Internet coverage to several more neighborhoods across Vermont as part of its commitment to bring total high-speed Internet coverage to half of its exchanges this year.
Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) today announced that it has acquired seismic survey software provider Dynamic Survey Solutions, Inc of Essex. The acquisition is expected to expand Trimble's presence in the seismic survey industry. Financial terms were not disclosed.
FairPoint Communications will donate a combined $3,000 to three Vermont nonprofit organizations based on a corporate financial match program for FairPoint employees who are actively involved in community activities.
by Anne Galloway, www.vtdigger.org May 13, 2011 Terry Rowe, executive director of the Vermont State Hospital, announced her resignation Thursday. She has served as head of the state facility for severely mentally ill patients for seven years.
Several members of the Southern Vermont College community were named finalists or award recipients for the 2011 Vermont Campus Compact (VCC) Higher Education Conference, as a result of their commitment to service-learning. VCC is a consortium of Vermont’s colleges and universities committed to the civic purposes of higher education.
As part of its ongoing effort at resource conservation, and to explore and deploy clean, fuel-efficient vehicles, Casella Waste Systems today opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Chittenden County, its first facility companywide.
On May 11, 2011, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing concern over the recent AT&T/T-Mobile merger. He emphasized the importance of the company to follow through with its proposals. The speech reads as follows:
Today, Bruegger's announced the first ever "Skinny Bagel," with the same taste and texture as a classic bagel, but with 100 fewer calories.