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Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin will sign into law a bill promoting renewable energy development and clean energy jobs in Vermont on May 25 in South Burlington.
Governor Peter Shumlin today announced that the state surplus vehicle and equipment auction, which is traditionally held every Spring in Berlin and allows Vermonters to personally inspect everything from dump trucks to tools, will continue to be held in future years.
At a hearing in Washington Tuesday, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy pressed the top official with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to work with state officials to help restore important Amtrak service from Vermont to Montreal.
Two student teams from Browns River Middle School, both coached by math teacher Suzanne McDevitt, won the spring 2011Vermont Stock Market Game competition. The winning elementary school team was sixth graders Jacob Cann, Michael Phalen, and Cameron Main and the middle school team was seventh graders Connor Morway and Easton Baker. All five of the students are from Jericho.
Former Vermont Governor James H Douglas has been elected to the Board of Directors of National Life Group. National Life is Vermont's largest domiciled company. It is based in Montpelier.
On May 2nd, Vermont-based Pete's RV Center, based in South Burlington, officially assumed ownership of Rollin-On RV in Schererville, IN.
Located just 34 miles from Chicago, Rollin-On served thousands of customers in Southern Illinois, Indiana and surrounding states since opening its doors in 1977.
FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP) (FairPoint or the Company), a leading provider of communications services, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Revenue was $254.8 million in the first quarter of 2011 as compared to $270.8 million a year earlier.
Casey Research, a leading provider of investment research, with over 30 years of history, specializing in geopolitically informed investing, energy, base and precious metals, and technology, concluded its most recent summit, The Next Few Years in Boca Raton, FL. There they provided insight into the global economy, portfolio strategies, and specific investment ideas and recommendations.
Early estimates indicate that Vermont based Apple retailer, Small Dog Electronics recycled 100 tons of e-Waste at its sixth annual recycling event this year.
This weekend, WCAX-TV News was awarded a New England Emmy for its series ‘Mission Afghanistan.’ Reporter and Evening News Anchor Darren Perron and photographer Lance MacKenzie accepted the award at the 34th annual Emmy Awards Ceremony on Saturday in Boston.
Several weeks after introducing a contemporary new design, Vermont Life magazine is changing direction in ancillary revenue generation.
Commissioner Megan Smith of the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing announced that Vermont Life has contracted with two Vermont sales and marketing agencies to help implement new sales strategies:
by Anne Galloway, www.vtdigger.org May 13, 2011 Though other states around the country have posted much higher tax receipt losses (last year the projected budget gap in Maine, for example, was $1 billion), Vermont has also experienced significant economic fallout over the last three years of the Great Recession.