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Officials representing the downtown associations of Coaticook, PQ and Newport City formally celebrated their new Jumelage or ‘sister downtown’ relationship at a ceremony in Montpelier Tuesday, the first of what supporters hope will be many such connections made.
Judge Geoffrey W Crawford of the Vermont Superior Court, Civil Division, Washington Unit, recently issued two decisions upholding the confidentiality of criminal investigation and inquest records. In two separate cases, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Rutland Herald made public records requests to the Attorney General’s Office.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved a three-year, $590,000 project for complex systems research by the University of Vermont Complex Systems Center and IBM Research into the future reliability of the smart grid. U.S.
Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz released the official 2010 election results today. In statewide races, state Senator Peter Shumlin was elected governor, state Senator Phil Scott was elected lieutenant governor, and state Senator Jim Condos was elected secretary of state.
Tasha Wallis, Executive Director of the Vermont Retail Association (VRA) announced today the winners of the 2010 VRA Retailer of the Year (ROY) Awards. In 2009, VRA inaugurated the ROYs to recognize the ‘best of the best’ in the retail industry, which is a major sector of Vermont’s economy.
The Charlotte, Vermont, to Essex, New York, ferry crossing will run as scheduled with the M/V Adirondack from Mid-November until the end of December.
Beginning January 1, the Governor Aiken will run as long as ice conditions permit.
By James Dwinell. A tour of China? Wow, as a youth in school, China was not even on the map, having ‘disappeared’ by decree after the Mao’s liberation. And yet here I was, scrambling to obtain a visa, update my shots, print business cards in Chinese, purchase tickets, and familiarize myself with the EB-5 rules.
Comcast, one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services, today announced the launch of its wireless data service in Vermont, as the company continues its nationwide rollout of XFINITY Internet 2go.
The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vernon commenced a plant shutdown at approximately 7 pm Sunday night. On Sunday plant operators identified leakage of approximately 60 drops per minute from a system pipe. Subsequent investigation by technicians and engineers identified the leak of radioactive water to be in the feedwater system piping. The leak is within the containment area.
Lake Champlain Ferries is pleased to announce that it has taken delivery of a 216-foot vehicle / passenger ferry named the Raymond C. Pecor Jr., built for them by Eastern Marine Shipbuilding Group of Panama City Florida.
Central Vermont Public Service (NYSE: CV) reported consolidated earnings today of $15.6 million, or $1.27 per diluted share of common stock, for the first nine months of 2010, compared to $18.6 million, or $1.57 per diluted share of common stock, for the same period in 2009.
Vermont Railway, Inc, a Burlington-based company that operates rail lines throughout Vermont, has agreed to pay $70,000 in civil penalties and $50,000 to fund a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) to settle claims that the company violated Vermont’s hazardous waste management laws at its Burlington and Rutland facilities.