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There were 664 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 596 from the week before. Altogether 7678 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 154 from a week ago and 2,649 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 1,603 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 41 fewer than a week ago.

Engelberth Construction, Inc recently began renovations to the Hartness Library at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. The $1 million project includes renovations to the interiors, exterior envelope, as well as renovations to the mechanical and electrical systems.

Approximately 2,100 Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) members lost power in the wake of a thunderstorm that rolled through the VEC territory on Wednesday afternoon. At the peak of the outage about 3,500 VEC members lost power caused by high winds that brought trees and limbs down onto power lines.

Governor Peter Shumlin today took a strong position in support of fuel security, jobs, and a healthier future for Vermonters and all Americans, writing to President Barack Obama to voice support for a single, national emission standard for passenger vehicles and light trucks.

College For Every Student (CFES) in Cornwall has been awarded $3.8 million by the GE Foundation for its college access programs in six GE operating communities nationwide. The GE Foundation donation signifies its long-term commitment to ensuring college access for low-income students that has put thousands of underserved youth on the path to higher education.

USDA Rural Development funds will be used by UVM Extension to strengthen and build community and economic development within three locally based non-profit organizations: Newport Renaissance Corporation, Gilman Housing Trust and Northeast Kingdom Community Action.

A line of severe storms that rolled across the state last night knocked out power to about 12,000 CVPS customers at the peak of the event around 6:30 p.m. The storms caused outages in Franklin, Chittenden, Addison, Orange, Windsor, Rutland and Bennington counties, before largely sparing the Brattleboro area and leaving the region.

Comcast, Vermont’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, today announced that Tuck Rainwater has been named Director of Government and Community Relations for Comcast in Vermont.

Kelliher Samets Volk (KSV), a marketing communications firm with offices in Burlington, Boston and New York, has named Janine Allo, a seasoned communications executive, to lead the growing agency. Allo will be based at KSV’s Burlington office.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has recently incorporated the latest high-tech ways of getting the word out about disaster assistance, including websites, mobile applications and cell phones. However, one of the best ways to spread information is still the old-fashioned way: word-of-mouth.

By Governor Jim Douglas July 6, 2011. As Governor of Vermont, one of my first priorities was to strengthen and grow our state's centuries-long partnership with the Canadian Province of Quebec. I believed then as I do now that this relationship is critical to the success of our great state.

The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, today announced it will award $2.5 million in grants to support affordable housing initiatives through its sixth annual ‘Housing for Everyone’ grant competition.