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Central Vermont Public Service (NYSE: CV) announced in a statement Monday evening that the CVPS Board of Directors has authorized discussions with Gaz Métro Limited Partnership regarding Gaz Metro's unsolicited acquisition proposal. GazMetro is the owner of Green Mountain Power and Vermont Gas Systems.

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The Saint Michael's College Board of Trustees announced the re-appointment of President John J. Neuhauser for an additional three-year term. The announcement was made at the college s trustee meeting June 10, by board Chairman Joseph P. Garrity, retired director of 4Kids Entertainment, New York City, current partner of Prospect Capital Partners and director for Wireless Telecom Group.

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MBF Bioscience announced the release of AutoSpine, a
ground-breaking tool for automated detection and quantification of dendritic
spines. Using high-quality dendritic tracings obtained with Neurolucida or
AutoNeuron, AutoSpine identifies and counts the spines along the traced
dendrites.
AutoSpine provides researchers with numerous quantitative analyses, including:

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Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL), an academic leader in world language instruction, today announced that its prestigious Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA) summer immersion program is now fully accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC). With this accreditation in place, MMLA is now able to grant high school course credit for its 2011 language sessions.

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V/T Commercial Real Estate of Burlington announces the sale of the former Suss MicroTec building located in Waterbury Center Vermont, to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.
The property, owned by Suss Hunger Mountain, Inc., consists of 57 acres of land, a 35,000 square foot commercial building, and 6 residential town house units.

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US Senator Bernie Sanders today asked the Federal Communications Commission to let Vermont regulate basic cable television rates which increased in the state last year by an average of almost 10 percent.

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The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) has issued a traffic alert to motorists that blasting at the Route 2 Checkered House Bridge over the Winooski River in Richmond will continue into Wednesday, May 25. This will again require temporary road closings, including Interstate 89, for brief periods. Two blasts a day will occur ‘ at 11 am and 3 pm.

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Neagley & Chase Construction Co., a local authorized Ceco Building Systems builder in South Burlington, Vt., was recognized for achieving $2 million in cumulative sales in 2008 at the recent Ceco 2011 National Business Meeting in Tampa, Fla.

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Central Vermont Medical Center is proud to announce that the long-awaited in-house MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is now open for business.

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Green Mountain Power CEO Mary Powell announced today that it has reached a power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy Resources LLC, owner of the Seabrook, NH, nuclear power plant. The 23-year agreement is a fixed-price contract that adjusts with an inflation mechanism to protect customers from future power price swings.

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The State of Vermont filed its opposition papers to Entergy's motion for preliminary injunction in Entergy versus Shumlin in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) today announced that it is launching accessBUSINESS Manager, an all-in-one, fixed-price package of cash management products developed specifically for small and mid-sized businesses. This first-to-market offering provides business owners with a combination of convenience and cash management services in a bundled package.