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Entergy Vermont Yankee’s charitable contributions committee agreed to funding requests from more than 100 local non-profit organizations in 2010. The funding, which totaled more than 300,000 dollars, helped fund everything from senior meals and music lessons to library upgrades and fire department equipment.
While much attention has been given to the need for consumers to pay down debt and build up savings, residents in all states still carry an average of more than $10,000 in debt, according to a recent analysis of consumer debt by CareOne Services Inc., one of the nation's leading debt relief firms. Vermont ranked fourth lowest with $13,709 and five creditors.
Nurture Vermont’s entrepreneurial spirit: join entrepreneurs, policymakers, business leaders, educators and students in celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week at the Vermont State House on Tuesday, February 8th.
Heavy on food and agriculture, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin and key lawmakers, appearing at Vermont Butter and Cheese Company, today unveiled a comprehensive package of proposals to promote manufacturing, job training, veterans’ employment, value-added agriculture jobs and more to jumpstart Vermont’s economy.
A unanimous vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday sent comprehensive patent reform legislation to the full Senate for the third time since 2008. The Patent Reform Act is authored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell announced today that his office recently settled a claim against Manchester-area landlords Donald Dorr, Patricia Dorr and Transtar LLC for failing to maintain 29 residential rental properties in accordance with the Vermont lead law.
This season, skiers and riders at Bolton Valley Resort, big mountain skiing and riding packed with value just 30 minutes from Burlington, continue to reap the rewards of the onslaught of snowstorms, including this week’s blast that drenched trails with nearly two feet of snow since Tuesday.
The US Census Bureau has released 2010 population estimates for the United States. Vermont's population is estimated at 625,741, a 2.8 percent increase from 2000. New Hampshire had the fastest growth in New England at 6.5 percent for an estimated population of 1,316,470. For Vermont's other neighbors, Massachusetts grew 3.1 percent (6,547,629) and New York grew 2.1 percent (19,378,102).
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and coffeemakers, today announced its fiscal 2011 first quarter results for the thirteen weeks ended December 25, 2010.
First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Performance Highlights1
* Net sales up 67% over Q1’10
* GAAP EPS of $0.02; Non-GAAP EPS of $0.18
Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL), an academic leader in world language instruction, announced today the early open enrollment period’now through Feb. 25’for its prestigious Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA) summer program.
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Capacitor Design Network, a full service graphic design company, whose principal Josh Brown is located in Hinesburg, Vermont, recently designed a new website for Los Angeles based Houndstooth Radio. The URL is http://www.houndstoothradio.com/
There were 879 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 42 from the week before, as the data has smoothed since its volatility in January. Altogether 12,678 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 155 from a week ago and 2,283 fewer than a year earlier.