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Vermont Business Magazine The Sunshine-makers at Lawson’s Finest Liquids earned Vermont’s only medal yesterday evening at the 2025 World Beer Cup, the world’s most prestigious professional beer and cider competition. Lawson’s Finest’s Fayston Maple Imperial Stout (10.1% ABV) received a Silver Medal in the British-Style Imperial Stout category.
Vermont Business Magazine NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB), the parent company of NBT Bank with branches in Vermont, announced that it completed the merger of Evans Bancorp, Inc. with and into NBT on May 2, 2025, followed by a core systems conversion over the weekend. The Merger has extended the NBT Bank, N.A.
Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.06 per gallon, up 0.8 cents per gallon from last week's $3.06/g. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $2.84/g while the highest was $3.29/g, a difference of 45.0 cents per gallon. The national average price of gasoline has risen 2.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.12/g today.
Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets Eighteen Vermont businesses have been awarded a total of $679,095 through the 2025 Working Lands Enterprise Initiative Business Enhancement Grant. These businesses come from all across Vermont and represent working lands sectors from dairy to maple to fine woodworking to produce.
by Maggie Lenz and Nick Charyk The Senate Education Committee wrapped up its work (for now) on the education bill, H.454,
by Noah Diedrich, Community News Service A bill that would require political candidates in Vermont to disclose their use of generative AI in campaign advertisements passed into the House in late March.
by Sam Hartnett, Community News Service Farmers would get financial help when extreme weather hurts their business under a bill unanimously passed by the Senate agriculture and appropriations committees. S.60 aims to set up a fund to provide grants to farmers when floods, fires, freezes and more damage crops, harm livestock or otherwise hurt bottom lines.
Vermont State Police On May 3, 2025, at approximately 1354 hours, Troopers from the St. Johnsbury Barracks responded to a reported rollover crash on Inerstate 91 S near MM83.4 in Thetford.
by Scott Waterman, VT Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets What does the dairy industry mean to Vermont? The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets is pleased to introduce a new report, commissioned by the Vermont Dairy Promotion Council that helps answer that question.
Vermont Business Magazine The 35th Annual Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) Conference, “All Together Now”, will be held May 8th at VBSR Champion Member Hula in Burlington.
Vermont Business Magazine Six Bennington College faculty members have been named 2025 Whiting fellows by the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, which provides funding for travel that will deepen and expand their teaching and curriculum development.
Vermont Business Magazine RunVermont announces the 36th running of the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay on Sunday, May 25, following the tradition of hosting the event over Memorial Day Weekend.