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New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc (NASDAQ: NHTB), the holding company for Lake Sunapee Bank, fsb, today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.
by Maureen Cregan Connolly, Home Builders and Remodelers Association The Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations indicate that 96.3% of businesses in Vermont are classified as small businesses. According to the SBA more than 75% of Vermont businesses have no employees, and the majority of the remaining employers have fewer than 20 employees.
In order to help people with criminal convictions find employment and build successful lives, Governor Peter Shumlin today signed an Executive Order to implement a ‘ban the box’ state hiring policy and highlighted progress of a bill to expand Vermont’s expungement law.
The Princeton Review has released its sixth annual guide to the most environmentally responsible colleges — a listing of the schools with "the most exceptional commitments to sustainability based on their academic offerings and career preparation for students, campus policies, initiatives, and activities." The University of Vermont is ranked 10th.
Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty has released its "Northwest Vermont Market Report: Spring 2015." Overall, despite the tough winter weather, sales of residential properties rose in Chittenden, Franklin, and Addison County.
The Vermont Department of Labor announced today that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for March was 3.8 percent. This represents a decrease of one-tenth of a percent from the revised February rate (3.9 percent). The national average in March was 5.5 percent, which experienced no change from the previous month’s estimate.
For those who have sustained a serious injury, it is important to know when it’s okay to return to work. SVHC has a new service that removes the guess work. Michaelia Dix, occupational therapist at SVHC Outpatient Rehabilitation, has completed an advanced training course in performing Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE) from Roy Matheson’s System for Functional Capacity Evaluations.
To address the problem of abandoned dog poo, the Lake Champlain Committee (LCC) and community partners are hosting April Stools' Day events to clean up parks and trails and protect waterways. Organized clean ups will take place on Wednesday, April 22 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM at Burlington's Oakledge Park and on Saturday, April 25 in Bristol, St. Albans and Williston.
United Way of Chittenden County and a group of community partners are inviting residents countywide, aged 60 and over, to participate in a survey on the unique services and activities that help them stay healthy and feel good. The survey will gather information about what types of services older adults want, where they want to receive them and how they want to hear about them.
Work has begun on Northwestern Medical Center's project to relocate Crest Road which provides access to the hospital, Doctor’s Office Commons, and Cobblestone Health Commons.
Perhaps the single biggest assumption that public health campaigns make is that humans are logical creatures. Give them good information and they’ll act on it. But, what if we’re not logical? On March 26, Matt Dugan of Shadow Associates in Behavior Change presented A Case for Evidence-Based Health Communication at the Vermont Department of Health.