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The trustees of Central Vermont Medical Center and Fletcher Allen Health Care have voted to proceed with an affiliation agreement -- subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals -- as a way to provide better care to patients, improve health and reduce costs for Vermonters.
The University of Vermont Board of Trustees today approved President Daniel Mark Fogel’s appointment of Jane E Knodell as provost and senior vice president.
The Board of Directors of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has announced the appointment of Steven R Gordon of Newton, Massachusetts, as the new President and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment will be effective in early March of next year, according to Kirsten Beske, Chair of the BMH Board of Directors.
US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Tuesday announced that a budget package soon to be introduced in the Senate includes a year-long extension of the pilot programs in Vermont and Maine that are moving heavy trucks off state secondary roads and onto the Interstate highway system.
Governor-elect Shumlin announced today that Elizabeth Miller will be the next Commissioner of the Department of Public Service. The DPS represents the public interest in matters regarding energy, telecommunications, water and wastewater.
They’re known for building things and powering things, and as co-chairs of the fifth annual Go Red for Women Luncheon, Melinda Moulton, CEO of Main Street Landing, and Mary Powell, CEO of Green Mountain Power, will build on the spirit of camaraderie of nearly 400 women to power up the fight against heart disease in the state of Vermont.
Sugarbush Resort raised the curtain Friday on a revitalized Lincoln Peak base area, showcasing two buildings that will serve as integral parts of a $10 million project designed to strengthen the resort’s commitment to lifelong learning of snowsports.
A judge in Virginia has ruled a key provision of the sweeping health care bill championed by President Obama and passed by Congress earlier this year is unconstitutional. The provision would require that all individuals have health insurance starting in 2014. However, this ruling will not hold up the implementation of the health reform plan in all its other provisions in 2011.
Governor-elect Shumlin announced today several appointments that will make up his health care reform team.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and coffeemakers, on Thursday announced its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and year-end results for the thirteen weeks and fiscal year ended September 25, 2010. Annual sales were nearly $1.4 billion and net income was almost $80 million.
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Rick Fleming of Fleming Oil in Brattleboro, Vermont, was named the new President of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association. The VFDA Executive Board unanimously elected Fleming to the volunteer leadership post at their annual winter meeting. Rick succeeds Peter Bourne of Bourne’s Energy in Morrisville. Bourne will remain on the VFDA Executive Board.
Philip Conroy, Jr., Ed.D. has been appointed president of Vermont Technical College by the Vermont State College's Board of Trustees following a six-month nationwide presidential search. Dr.