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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin announced a number of staff appointments today, incluidng Frank Reed, Christopher Herrick, Tom Cheney, Laura Gray, James Pepper and Jahala Dudley. Frank Reed will become the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health (DMH), effective August 21. Reed has been the Department’s Deputy Commissioner since 2012.
Vermont Business Magazine Dynapower Company, the global leader in advanced energy storage inverters baed in South Burlington, Vermont, is expanding its operations by opening a new sales, service and warehouse facility in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Vermont Business Magazine FairPoint Communications, Inc (Nasdaq: FRP), Vermont's largest communications provider, has reached a settlement agreement with the Vermont Department of Public Service that would resolve the state's service quality investigation of FairPoint pending since last December.
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Bears in Vermont are already thinking about winter, and are currently in search of easy calories to fatten up. Residential trash bins, bird feeders, pet food, and beehives can become bear attractants if not properly secured. Composting in bear country may also be an issue, and many residents wonder how to compost without enticing curious bears.
Vermont Business Magazine Sierra magazine, the official publication of the Sierra Club, has released its ninth annual "Cool Schools" ranking of America's greenest colleges and universities. The 2015 edition announced that Green Mountain College ranked twelfth in the nation overall.
by John McClaughry What follows is the story of one of the most thoroughly disgraceful special interest schemes ever brought into being in these United States. It is also one of the most fiendishly intricate government programs ever conceived, and its name is Ethanol.
Vermont Business Magazine Sterling College has been recognized by two national media outlets for its sustainability efforts.
Don Rendall, President & CEO of Vermont Gas issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of draft federal regulations to cut methane emissions from the nation’s oil and natural gas industry:
Vermont Business Magazine A Rowley Fuels employee delivered 222 gallons of Kerosene to an improperly installed tank on the shore of Lake Champlain in South Hero, VT. As a result the kerosene left the tank and migrated under the building’s foundation and into Lake Champlain.
You can help improve the streams and rivers of Vermont! Volunteers are needed for events throughout the month of September which is Vermont’s official River Cleanup Month.
Vermont Commission on Women and Main Street Alliance of Vermont will host a series of free community forums across the state this fall focusing on long-term paid family and medical leave. These forums examine the possibility of developing and implementing a state-run Temporary Disability and Caregiver Insurance (TDCI) Program in our state as a funding mechanism for leave.
Vermont Business Magazine Shapleigh "Shap" Smith became the first declared candidate for governor today, as the Democratic Speaker of the House made the announcement in his home town of Morrisville. Smith, 49, is an attorney with Dinse Knapp & McAndrew PC in Burlington and has been Speaker for three terms. He previously was a member of the House.