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by Morgan True vtdigger.org Dan Quinn, the former CEO of Rutland Mental Health Services, was pressured to resign last week because of poor management.
Governor Peter Shumlin today highlighted two major rural economic development investments at Vermont Technical College that will bring 45 jobs to the region and help prepare Vermonters for the hundreds of advanced manufacturing jobs available statewide.
US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) announced today a new form of assistance for small businesses and startups at the launch of the Vermont Patent Pro Bono Program.
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine The massive earthworks at the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport is the largest of its kind in New England.
by Matt Durkee NBT Bank Most financial institutions across the country are facing similar challenges, but we see that many are taking different approaches to try to address these challenges. No matter how they chose to move forward, banks need to evolve into something new – something that surpasses customer expectations.
People's United Bank, NA has released its 2015 company-run stress test results. In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, People's United Bank is required to conduct annual stress tests ("DFAST") to assess the potential effect of hypothetical economic scenarios on earnings and capital.
Over 40 dairy farmworkers and dozens of community supporters gathered at the Migrant Justice office Saturday in the old north end of Burlington preparing to march to Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop on Church Street to call on the ice cream company to join a new worker’s rights initiative--the Milk with Dignity Program.
by Sarah Olsen vtdigger.org The nurses’ union at University of Vermont Medical Center is threatening to strike over pay and excessive overtime. The president of the nurses’ union at the University of Vermont Medical Center told the hospital’s board of trustees she and other nurses are particularly concerned about staffing levels.
Standing on the shores of Lake Champlain, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and local officials Friday announced the availability of $1.1 million to be provided in small Local Implementation Grants to prevent pollution, support cultural heritage and encourage educational outreach relating to Lake Champlain and its watershed.
The Brattleboro Retreat Board of Trustees has announced that outgoing President and CEO, Dr Robert E. Simpson, Jr, will be presented with the hospital’s 2015 Anna Marsh Award this fall.
The Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, in partnership with Dealer.com, unveiled on Thursday evening the first ever Floating Gallery – a collection of original artwork printed on sailboat sails.
The sixteen appointed members of the state agency, the Vermont Commission on Women, have re-elected Marcia Merrill of Jericho to serve a 4th term as Chair. Merrill has served in this leadership role since 2006. Established in 1964, the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW) is a non-partisan state government commission advancing rights and opportunities for women and girls.