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There were 2,107 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 890 from the week before. Altogether 11,945 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 906 from a week ago and 2,169 fewer than a year earlier.
People’s United Bank based in Bridgeport, CT, is aligning all of its insurance agencies under one corporate entity: People’s United Insurance Agency.
The state has awarded more than $417,000 in Municipal Planning Grants to forty-five communities across the state to help them plan for growth and development.
Officials at the Vermont Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development announced the Municipal Planning Grants of up to $15,000, which can be used for a variety of planning projects.
MONTPELIER- A new report by Public Assets Institute highlights the toll
taken by the Great Recession and Vermont's failed efforts at job creation
leading up to it. The state's immediate task is to respond to the crushing
downturn and provide jobs for thousands of people who are out of work
through no fault of their own. But Vermont also needs to re-examine its
Bennington and Manchester, Vt. ‘ United Counseling Service Human Resources Director Pam Nemlich, of Manchester Center, has been named Professional of the Year by the Vermont State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
MONTPELIER ‘ Commissioner Armando Vilaseca today announced his appointment of Education Finance Manager, Vaughn Altemus, Ph. D., as the department’s new Act 153 Advisor. Dr. Altemus will be a resource to school boards and administrators in implementing the voluntary education governance consolidation components of Act 153 of 2010.
Chris Recchia will take the post of Deputy Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources, and Michael Snyder as Commissioner of Forest, Parks and Recreation. Governor Elect Peter Shumlin made the announcement December 30, 2010.
The Vermont Public Service Board has approved a 7.46 percent Central Vermont Public Service rate increase. Due to reliability and transmission improvements and increasing power costs, in November CVPS asked the Vermont Public Service Board to authorize an 8.34 percent rate increase under the company’s alternative regulation plan.
The Department for Children and Families has announced progress in its efforts to improve benefits processing, and its recent signing of a six month agreement with Vermont Legal Aid which outlines the plan for ongoing improvement. ‘The delays in benefits processing have been unacceptable. Through the hard work of staff, significant gains have already been made.
Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc. (VEC) announced today that the Vermont Public Service Board (VPSB) has approved VEC’s revised request for a 2.13 percent rate increase to go into effect January 1, 2011. In November, the Co-op filed a request for a 2.71 percent rate increase, but agreed with the Department of Public Service (DPS) to a rate settlement of a reduced amount.
Citing a shortage of donations and a critical need, Central Vermont Public Service today donated $20,000 in heating aid to community action agencies across Vermont, and appealed to customers who can to donate to the CVPS Shareheat campaign.
Green Mountain Power has announced plans to install three public charging stations for electric cars in 2011. The charging stations will use state of the art technology, powered by the sun and will be ready for public use by spring 2011.