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Vermont Business Magazine This weekly report is a list of planned construction activities that will affect traffic on state highways and interstates throughout Vermont for the week of April 28, 2025. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Construction Academy will host an official launch event on Monday, April 28, bringing together industry leaders, educators, and state officials to mark the opening of Vermont’s only post-high school hands-on training and certification center for the skilled trades.
Vermont Business Magazine FoodScience, LLC, a leading provider of premium health and wellness solutions for pets and people based in Williston, has announced the acquisition of Natural Dog Company, a brand known for its high-quality dog care products.
Vermont State Police An autopsy was completed Friday, April 25, 2025, on Aaron LaRoche, 38, who shot and injured a Milton police officer Wednesday night before barricading himself inside his apartment on Main Street. The Chief Medical Examiner’s Office determined LaRoche died of a gunshot wound to the head, and the manner of death is a suicide. The injured officer, Sgt.
The Vermont State Police has taken the lead role in investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday evening, April 24, 2025, in Barre City following the death of the victim Friday morning. The victim is a 45-year-old man from Barre. He was shot once in the abdomen at about 5:25 p.m. Thursday inside a home at 879 N. Main St.
Vermont Business Magazine Walmart is deepening its commitment to Vermont by investing in local stores, empowering associates and enriching the communities it serves every day. Today, Walmart unveiled details of a planned store remodel this year in Vermont and new investments focused on enhancing the associate experience and community engagement.
Saint Michael's College announces 2025 Commencement speaker: Fr. Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries. Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J., the founder of the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world, will deliver the Commencement address at Saint Michael’s College to the Class of 2025. Also receiving honorary degrees – Phish and Dismas of Vermont founder.
Vermont Business Magazine This morning, President Trump directed the FBI to arrest trial court judge Hannah Dugan in Milwaukee. She is being charged with obstructing law enforcement, a federal crime. Let’s be clear. Trump‘s arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration. It has everything to do with his moving this country toward authoritarianism.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Vermont weekly unemployment claims for the week ending April 19, 2025, rose and are at their highest level since the end of February. A spike at the beginning of March carried them over 600. New claims this week were 496, up 64 claims from the week before and are 42 more from last year.
Burlington Business Association Based on tax filings, economic activity is down about 10%. This reflects what we have been hearing from our BBA members, with some reporting even softer sales numbers. When compared to the same period last Fiscal Year (Jul. to Feb.) The city raised the taxes on these sales.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) today announced the death of Gene Peterson, a sentenced individual receiving palliative care at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in New Hampshire. Gene Peterson, 67, of Readsboro, Vermont, was lodged at Southern State Correctional Facility on June 2, 2021. On April 20, 2025, Mr.
Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and policies that promote equal access to education in K-12 classrooms across the nation.