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Entergy Corporation released the following statement regarding the earthquake and its aftermath in Japan. Entergy, based in New Orleans, owns the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. A nuclear power plant in northern Japan has suffered serious damage to three of its reactors. The Vermont Yankee plant has one 605 megawatt reactor. It supplies about one-third of the state's electricity.
Gifford’s Best Kept Secrets’ was the theme of the Randolph hospital’s 105th Annual Meeting of the Corporators held Saturday evening at Gifford. It is also the theme of the medical center’s 2010 year-in-review Annual Report.
Lambeau Field may be home to the reigning NFL champion Green Bay Packers and their Cheesehead fans, but for three days last week it was home to the champions of cheese.
Central Vermont Public Service (NYSE: CV) reported today consolidated earnings of $21 million, or $1.66 per diluted share of common stock, for 2010, compared to $20.7 million, or $1.74 per diluted share of common stock, for the same period in 2009.
Three out-of-state companies that charged local consumers and businesses on their telephone bills for services that many of the affected Vermonters claim they did not agree to buy have entered into settlements with the Vermont Attorney General’s Office.
Champlain College’s Roger H Perry Hall is the winner of the 2011 Architectural Excellence Award presented by the Burlington Business Association.
by Anne Galloway March 14, 2011 vtdigger.org
Last week, the House passed an Internet sales tax bill that, in theory, would force out-of-state Internet giants like Overstocks.com and Amazon.com to collect sales taxes on the products they sell to Vermonters.
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today detailed how Vermonters would be hurt by budget cuts recommended by congressional Republicans.
Standing alongside Vermonters struggling with rising gas prices, Representative Peter Welch on Monday announced three pieces of legislation to help calm rising prices in the short term and combat energy market speculation in the long term. Gas prices in Vermont are up nearly one dollar since September, hitting $3.74 in parts of the state.
Vermont Housing affordability improved in 2010 for the fourth consecutive year, according to The Vermont Economy Newsletter’s annual housing affordability analysis.
The International Center for Captive Insurance Education (ICCIE), based in Burlington, closed the book on 2010 by finishing another year in the black - and by graduating 50 Associates in Captive Insurance (ACIs), bringing the total to date to nearly 200 industry professionals who have completed the captive industry's only designation.
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is slated to be named chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging. Part of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, the panel that Sanders will head is responsible for several areas that are among his top priorities, including community health centers, home heating assistance, seniors programs, pensions and dental care.