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Okemo Mountain Resort is preparing for the winter season with more improvements. In addition to a second bubble chair at Jackson Gore, Okemo is installing a new chairlift and creating a new trail at South Face Village, and adding snowmaking to two trails at Jackson Gore.
Vermont Hard Cider Company has launched its first advertising campaign for Woodchuck Cider. "Why Woodchuck," showcases Woodchuck's unique position as America's original hard cider, crafted at an authentic cidery, unlike many of the recent competitors who have entered the US marketplace.
Magic Hat Brewing Company, based in South Burlington, Vermont, recently released Electric Peel – a new, year-round grapefruit IPA bursting with bold citrus hop flavors.
Vermont Business Magazine Home sales, which lagged considerably during the winter and for much of the post-recession years in Vermont, are now well ahead of numbers from April and last May. Pending homes sales are up by double digits. Home prices, however, are increasing at a slower rate.
Standing within sight of a failed retaining wall, Governor Peter Shumlin announced a $300,000 grant to replace the wall, reopen a neighborhood street and restore parking spaces behind the historic Brooks House in downtown Brattleboro. The grant was one of eight Vermont Community Development Program awards announced today totaling more than $2.8 million.
Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and Congressman David Young (R-IA) recently introduced legislation that would address the critical concern of call quality and completion in rural America, the Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act. In some rural areas, nearly one in five inbound calls to land line phones are not completed or are of poor quality.
The Lamoille County Planning Commission (LCPC) announced today that Tasha Wallis of Morrisville, an accomplished executive with leadership experience in both government and the private sector, will join the Commission as Executive Director on July 1, 2015.
Vermonters are slightly more frustrated than patients in other states in understanding the costs of medical care, though less than half feel it is difficult to receive cost information, according to a national survey released today.
by Mike Smith Scott versus Welch? It would be a loss for Vermont if one were elected at the expense of the other. Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott, a moderate Republican, and Congressman Peter Welch, a liberal-leaning Democrat, are widely respected, trusted and, most importantly, liked by most Vermonters.
In a new report, "The Facts Hurt: A State-By-State Injury Prevention Policy Report," Vermont ranked 21st highest for the number of injury-related deaths in the state, with a rate of 66.0 per 100,000 people. Overall, the national rate is 58.4 per 100,000.
The John Merck Division of Science and Technology at Southern Vermont College (SVC) is pleased to announce that the 2015 graduates of the Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Sciences received a 100 percent pass rate on the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) examination in Radiography. This was the largest graduating class from this major at SVC.
The New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC) has announced that it has connected the 300th healthcare facility to its network. NETC worked with FairPoint Communications, one of several vendors, to link healthcare facilities in northern New England to the network.