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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin announced today that he will appoint attorney Kirstin Schoonover, presently of Vermont Legal Aid, Inc, to the Vermont trial bench. Schoonover fills the seat left open by the appointment of Judge Harold “Duke” Eaton, Jr, to serve on the Vermont Supreme Court.
Vermont Business Magazine Employment in Vermont’s only large county, Chittenden, increased 1.3 percent from December 2013 to December 2014, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. All 13 smaller counties in Vermont had average weekly wages below the national average.
by Bill Schubart I’m not one to spoil a party but I remain puzzled by Castleton’s decision to become a university. It’s a fine school and President Wolk deserves kudos for making it so, but times are changing and so must higher ed. Aspirational renaming won’t make this happen.
Vermont Business Magazine The City of Rutland Vermont was just awarded a national prize from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) in recognition of the City’s recent pledge to streamline and automate its business licensing and permitting process, thus making it simpler and more efficient for a new business to begin operations within the City.
Vermont Business Magazine The Addison Rutland Natural Gas Project (ARNGP) is slated to bring millions of dollars in economic benefits to Vermont over the next 20 years and beyond. According to Vermont Gas System, mainline construction is continuing on the 41-mile project that promises an affordable, clean energy choice for Vermont families and businesses.
Vermont Business Magazine Ledyard Financial Group, Inc (ticker symbol LFGP), the holding company for Ledyard National Bank with branches in New Hampshire and Vermont, today reported quarterly earnings for the second quarter of 2015.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights (Committee) will convene a public meeting to examine the persistence of housing discrimination in Vermont. Forty-seven years ago President Lyndon Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA), a federal law aimed at ending blatant housing discrimination against African Americans.
Vermont Business Magazine From Franklin to Windham, from Bennington to Orleans, Vermont’s 14 counties have a rich history of unique people, special places and roots sunk deep in the Vermont soil. Over three very special Thursday evenings beginning August 6th, Vermont PBS will be serving up a historical snapshot of each and every county in the state.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin, Barre Mayor Thom Lauzon, and the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) today announced a loan program to assist Vermont owners of rental housing properties damaged by the July 2015 flooding that affected Barre, Plainfield, and surrounding areas.
Vermont Business Magazine The honoree for Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s 2015 Health Care Leadership Award is Richard "Dick" Guerrero, MD. Roby Harrington, III is the recipient of SVHC’s 2015 Distinguished Community Service Award. Every September, SVHC presents the Vision Awards at the Harvest Ball, an event sponsored by the SVHC Foundation.
Public Assets Institute Vermont employers added almost 20,000 jobs after the official end of the recession in June 2009. But most of that gain merely made up for lost ground. Before the recession, non-farm payroll jobs in Vermont peaked at 309,600 in June 2007. Last month, with employers adding 1,000 jobs, the total reached a new high of 314,700.