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More than 100 local employers expected to offer career and internship opportunities at the Champlain College Job Fair which will be held today. It is free and open to the public. It is a great opportunity to talk to employers about the local job market, job-seekers and soon-to-be college graduates.
by Anne Galloway vtdigger.org March 26, 2011 The Vermont House passed the budget, or the Big Bill as it’s called, on third reading Friday after a another long day of back and forth between the Democratic majority and GOP lawmakers.
Members of the Vermont State Board of Education have testified before the House and Senate Education Committees regarding the Board’s major objection to the proposal of having the Commissioner of Education named a Secretary, appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Governor (House Bill 440).
FairPoint Communications and the Vermont Department of Public Service have reached key agreements that will allow the company to invest approximately $7 million to expand its broadband network and bring high-speed Internet to ‘last-mile’ Vermonters.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc has leased a 53,500-square-foot Class A commercial office building designed to LEED Gold standards at Technology Park’s 177-acre corporate campus in South Burlington.
Surveys repeatedly show Vermonters want a strong working landscape for all its scenic, cultural, economic, environmental and recreational benefits. However if alarming trends that threaten its economic viability are not reversed, it will vanish within a generation.
The Vermont Department of Labor announced today the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate for February 2011 was 5.6 percent. This reflects the second straight month of a decrease of one-tenth of a percentage point to the statewide rate (i.e. the January unemployment rate was 5.7 percent) and a decrease of one and one-tenth of a percentage point from a year ago, February 2010.
This summer, Stowe Mountain Resort will replace the FourRunner chairlift on Mount Mansfield with a new high-speed quad. Originally installed in the ‘80s, the FourRunner has been Stowe’s most popular lift, uploading more skiers and riders than any other lift in the resort’s history. The new lift will debut for the 2011-2012 ski and ride season.
The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) has teamed up with Purdue University’s Technical Assistance Program to offer Green Generalist Online training, an interactive and educational online course that provides awareness of the key environmental issues facing companies and ways to redesign their business practices using environmentally friendly techniques.
Select Design is the winner of the Burlington Business Award and Jeffrey L Davis of JL Davis Realty is the winner of the Tim Halvorson Award, which are presented by the Burlington Business Association. The 33rd Annual Burlington Business Association Dinner & Awards Ceremony will be held April 7th at the Hilton Burlington Hotel
On Friday, March 25th, the Lake Champlain Community Sailing will host the 1st Annual Northeast Regional Community Sailing Symposium on the Burlington waterfront.
Senator Patrick Leahy yesterday lambasted the Pentagon for its decision to issue a stop-work order on General Electric's version of the jet engine for the F35 fighter jet. Some of the components for the engine are made by GE in Rutland. The principal contractor for the engine is Pratt & Whitney.