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The Stratton Corporation (Stratton) and the Winhall-Stratton Fire District (District) will pay $55,000 in civil penalties and $25,000 to fund a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) under a Consent Order agreed to with the State of Vermont to settle claims that they violated their environmental permits in 2004 and 2008.
Rock of Ages Corporation (NASDAQ:ROAC) has announced that Institutional Shareholder Services, an independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended that Rock of Ages stockholders vote "For" the proposal to approve the merger agreement by and among Rock of Ages, Swenson Granite Company LLC ("Swenson Granite") and Granite Acquisition, LLC, a limited liability company wholly owned by Swenson Granite
Governor-Elect Peter Shumlin today announced several staff appointments, including naming Susan Spaulding as Director of Constituent Services and Appointments to Boards and Commissions.
David Blittersdorf, CEO of AllEarth Renewables and founder of NRG Systems, released the following statement after resolving the civil suit he filed against the Dubie Campaign in response to statements made during the 2010 gubernatorial election.
ENPRO Services, Inc, a customer-focused firm specializing in the management of oil and hazardous waste, today announced that it had been awarded the Vermont Statewide Emergency Hazardous Waste Response and Waste Disposal contract by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTRANS).
The chief executives of Vermont’s leading businesses appear increasingly poised for improvement in all three of the survey’s metrics: sales prospects, capital expenditures and employment levels for the winter and spring months of 2011, when compared against the previous survey period.
On his way to Washington to begin his third term in Congress, Representative Peter Welch announced a new strategy Tuesday to fight efforts to repeal the new health care reform law.
Vermont Law School has released its inaugural Top 10 Environmental Watch List spotlighting the nation's most critical environmental law and policy issues of 2010 and how they may play out in 2011.
Governor-Elect Peter Shumlin announced today the appointment of Dr. Harold (Hal) Colston as Executive Director of the Vermont Commission on National and Community Service. The Commission, with a state-administered $2 million grant from the federal government, coordinates Americorps National service programs and other volunteer and community services across Vermont.
Stratford Career Institute, Inc, a correspondence school located in Mount Royal, Quebec, has entered into a settlement with the Vermont Attorney General’s Office to resolve claims that the school misrepresented its geographic location as being in Vermont. The school will pay civil penalties and costs in the amount of $10,000 to the State.
BURLINGTON--Celebrate Vermont, the inaugural committee for governor-elect Peter Shumlin, announced the musical line-up today for the Homecoming reception in Brattleboro, the Winter Village at the State House and the Inaugural Ball at Sugarbush. The committee also thanked the contributors to the inaugural committee, a list of sponsors that will be updated daily.
Average mortgage rates fell slightly week-over-week, according to the LendingTree Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse, a snapshot of the lowest and average home loan rates available within the LendingTree network of lenders.