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Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI) named Northfield Savings Bank President and CEO Thomas S Leavitt, of Waterbury Center, to the NUARI board of directors. Leavitt joins 10 directors on the board, bringing 22 years of banking experience, including oversight of all functions and a history of community and board involvement.
On Thursday afternoon, April 30, the Director of the Vermont State Police Colonel Tom L'Esperance and the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety Keith Flynn accepted the resignation of Corporal Jon Graham, effective immediately.
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is reminding anglers that some of the best walleye fishing in New England is approaching with the start of the Vermont walleye fishing season on Saturday, May 2.
‘I’m Running,’ US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said Wednesday. Promising to fight "obscene levels" of income disparity and a campaign finance system that is a "real disgrace," Sanders said. He will run for president as a Democrat, which was first reported by The Associated Press.
As Vermont Gas Systems has expanded service to Jericho and Richmond, almost 950 new business and residential customers saved nearly $1.9 million in 2014 alone by converting from heating oil and propane. About 75 percent of the two towns’ potential customers have converted to natural gas.
Governor Peter Shumlin, Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott, and Green Up Day sponsors Green Mountain Power and Subaru of New England today joined to remind Vermonters to participate in the 45th Annual Green Up Day this Saturday and to highlight a unique, Green Up Day-inspired art project being constructed on the State House lawn.
The Northeastern Vermont Development Association has officially been granted approval to expand its Foreign Trade Zone service area to include all of Lamoille County.NVDA first received its FTZ designation from the US Department of Commerce in March, 2013.
by Public Assets Institute The Vermont Legislature is pushing ahead with school consolidation on the promise that it will produce better educational opportunities for Vermont children and lower costs for taxpayers.
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) joined with a bipartisan group of senators Wednesday to introduce legislation to protect Vermont businesses and innovators who too often become the victims of so-called “patent trolls.” The introduction comes after 18 months of negotiations led by Leahy and other Senate members to craft a comprehensive bill that deters abusive
Satellite television providers are urging the Vermont Senate to reject a recently resurfaced proposal by some senators to impose an additional 5 percent excise tax on satellite television subscribers. This tax would be an addition to the 6 percent tax already paid by Vermonters making the total tax 11 percent - among the highest in the nation, according to a national trade group.
by Anne Galloway vtdigger.org Money bills were greenlighted by Senate panels late Tuesday night, and now lawmakers are buckled into the end of session roller coaster ride. The tax and budget bills will be on the Senate floor on Thursday and Friday and conference committees will be held next week, ensuring a mid-May adjournment.
A silent, forty-second video message began airing recently on Vermont PBS, informing viewers of budget cuts being considered by the Vermont legislature and what could be at risk for the station as a result. Vermont PBS is the state’s only public television station and serves nearly every Vermonter with free, non-partisan, non-commercial programming.