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Green Mountain Power has been named a finalist in the Platts 2010 Global Energy Awards. The competition is intended to honor and recognize those that have transcended the status quo in the name of excellence in leadership, innovation and performance. Green Mountain Power has been recognized in the "Green Energy Initiative" category.
Entergy Vermont Yankee officials notified the Department of Health on Friday that a positive tritium sample from the Construction Office Building well. This well had been used in the past for drinking water, but it was taken out of service in March 2010 and is not being used for drinking water. The sample measured at a tritium concentration of 1,040 picocuries per liter (pCi/L).
Lung specialists face numerous challenges in conjunction with treating patients with end-stage lung disease, many of whose only hope is lung transplantation, a solution saddled with risks, including a high rate of rejection.
Green Mountain Vista Inc of Williston has added its name to the manufacturers and retailers joining the voluntary recall announced in December 2009 of ALL Roman shades and roll-up blinds.
On the heels of completing final approvals of loans to nearly 2,000 firms that has been in its loan queue waiting for final approval of the Small Business Jobs Act, the US Small Business Administration has finished implementation of another major element of the bill: increasing maximum sizes in several of its loan programs.
Community health centers at Springfield, Plainfield and Richford were awarded $4.3 million in the first round of grants under a new health care law, the Vermont congressional delegation announced today.
Governor Jim Douglas today signed a proclamation declaring Fire Prevention Week in Vermont at an event with students at St. Johnsbury Elementary School. The 2010 Fire Prevention Week theme is, ‘Smoke Alarms: A sound you can live with!’
Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) is offering a new low mortgage interest rate: 4.125% APR for a 30-year, fixed rate loan with no points for qualified borrowers.
The new rate, which became effective yesterday, is the lowest ever offered by VHFA.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Representative Peter Welch (D) announced Thursday that loan funds from the Small Business Jobs Act signed by President Obama last week (September 27) have already cleared the backlog of business expansion loans that had been approved, but not yet funded, for small businesses in Vermont.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc could face a class action lawsuit because of questions related to its accounting practices and a recent stock sale. Another shareholder has filed a separate suit in Burlington seeking damages and changes in certain management practices at the rapidly growing Waterbury coffee company.
During separate tours of Bennington’s Energizer and Vermont Composites factories Thursday, US Senator Patrick Leahy pointed to new research and development contracts at Energizer and new defense contracts at Vermont Composites as cornerstones of Southwestern Vermont’s economic future.
Chaput Family Farms, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Central Vermont Public Service will host a free Cow Power Open House Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the farm at 2473 Route 105 East in North Troy. Farm tours, renewable energy information and a free picnic lunch will be available.