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Governor Peter Shumlin today announced two new clean energy investments in Windham County totaling $1.9 million. The funds are made available through a 2013 agreement with Entergy Vermont Yankee and will help increase efficiency, save Windham County schools, municipalities, and homeowners on heating bills, and spur economic activity and job growth.
In keeping with the Presidential Proclamation issued by President Obama, Governor Peter Shumlin has ordered flags at all state buildings and facilities be lowered to half-staff on April 15, 2015, in observance of a Day of Remembrance for President Abraham Lincoln.
Where the flags will be lowered:
Bernie Isabelle, President and CEO of Vermont Federal Credit Union, is pleased to announce the hiring of Insuritas, the nation’s premier provider of turnkey insurance agencies. Isabelle said: “We are excited to partner with Insuritas. We wanted to provide our members with all the insurance options they might need in a one stop shopping solution that focuses on price, convenience, and service.
This year marks 40 years of independent publishing for Vermont-based Inner Traditions Bear & Company. Founded by Ehud C Sperling in 1975, Inner Traditions has established itself as a landmark publisher of books on new age spirituality, alternative health and more. Internationally recognized, Inner Traditions moved to Rochester, Vermont, in 1986.
by John McClaughry The Vermont legislature has entered the final four weeks of its 2015 session. The House has passed its appropriations, tax and health care “reform” bills, and the Senate is now well along in its consideration of those measures.
AllEarth Renewables, a Vermont-based solar tracker manufacturer and SunPower commercial dealer, has received the SunPower “Commercial Regional Top Producer of the Year” award for its sales performance in 2014.
Another amazing season at Stratton Mountain has come to a close, and Saturday's Pond Skim participants certainly did not disappoint with their elaborate costumes and s
by Mary Powell, President & CEO, Green Mountain Power When I was 19 years old, I found out that my mom had cancer. She had known for some time, but only when surgery was imminent did she tell us of her diagnosis, during a routine exam, of lung cancer. She was 50, and had quit smoking the year before.
Marking National Equal Pay Day – the date that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year – Governor Peter Shumlin and the Vermont Commission on Women today launched the Vermont Equal Pay Compact.
United Way of Chittenden County’s Women’s Leadership Council awarded a $25,000 grant to Mercy Connections’ Women’s Small Business Program Account-able LIFE Initiative, which will provide financial coaching, mentoring and peer groups that cultivate financial empowerment through gender-sensitive coursework and activities designed to help women make informed, proactive money management decisions.
The Insurance Technology Association (ITA) announces that Lisa L Keysar and Gary H Ouellette, executives with Montpelier-based Union Mutual of Vermont Companies, are the winners of the first ITA Bridge Award.
Genworth has announced the results of its 12th annual Cost of Care Study, which shows that in Vermont, the cost to receive long term care services at home with a home health aide has increased over the past five years. Vermont is also more expensive than the national average for both in-home and assisted living facility care.