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Vermont Business Magazine Meadow Bee Deodorant, made just outside the tiny village of Peacham in the Northeast Kingdom, wins big in the 2025 Beauty Shortlist Wellbeing Awards just announced on March 7. This contest featured both giant and little brands around the world and gave them all an equal playing field.
Vermont Business Magazine New Chapter, a Vermont-based vitamin and supplement company with a mission to deliver the wisdom of Nature to nourish mind, body, and soul, has announced its first-ever Liquid Multivitamin packed with 22 essential vitamins and minerals for comprehensive wellness support – all in an easy-to-consume liquid form.
Vermont Business Magazine What's better than companies who want to preserve the world for future generations, unveiling the ice cream truck of the future? Rolling out two electric "scoop trucks," a sweet collaboration between Ben & Jerry's, Vermont's beloved ice cream maker, and Rivian, the all-electric automaker.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims increased for the week ending March 1, 2025, and climbed over 600 as claims have doubled in the last two weeks. New claims were 671, up 256 claims from the week before and are 69 more from last year. Claims, which tend to be lowest in the summer, were 181 at the end of September 2024.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Public Safety and the State Police Advisory Commission today are releasing the latest semiannual detailed summary of internal investigations involving members of the Vermont State Police.
Vermont Business Magazine EastRise Credit Union has been selected to receive the maximum $11 million in funding as part of Inclusiv’s Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) program. The funds from this program will allow EastRise to offer more options for affordable clean energy financing that can reduce energy costs for families in low-income communities.
Vermont Business Magazine On Thursday in a joint statement, the Vermont Woodlands Association (VWA) and Vermont Loggers Education to Advance Professionalism (LEAP) announced they are merging.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Michael I. Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver for the sale of the Burke Mountain Hotel and Conference Center, on Wednesday released a statement on its possible sale, of which he said he is in the final stages of completing.
Vermont Business Magazine At Governor Phil Scott’s weekly press conference, the Scott Administration reiterated the need to address education reform this legislative session. Vermonters made it clear they want to fix the education system because our kids are not getting what they deserve from the $2.4 billion we spend – and neither are our teachers or taxpayers.
Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General Charity Clark and a coalition of 20 attorneys general filed a lawsuit yesterday against numerous federal agencies for conducting illegal mass layoffs of federal probationary employees. “Probationary” refers to employees who were hired recently.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Board of Trustees today elected Cynthia Barnhart to serve as chair and welcomed four new members following a special meeting. Barnhart was first elected to the Board on August 1, 2014, then re-elected in December 2019 and October 2024.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont dairy teams shined at the United States Championship Cheese Contest, the premier technical cheese, butter, yogurt and dry dairy ingredients competition. The 2025 championships marks the 22nd biennial, the nation’s most respected and honored dairy processing competition hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.