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From California to New Hampshire, Lyndon State College’s alumni and friends came together at nine different locations across the country on Saturday afternoon, July 17, to celebrate the public launch of the college’s first multi-million fundraising campaign, A New View: the Second Century Campaign.
Two companies that offer to negotiate debt settlements, a service also known as ‘debt adjustment,’ will pay Vermonters and the state over $206,000 as a result of recent settlements with the Office of Vermont Attorney General William H Sorrell.
A coalition of building trade unions from Vermont and upstate New York ratified a private Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with Flatiron Construction, the Colorado-based general contractor that will rebuild the Lake Champlain Bridge. Demolished in December 2009, the Lake Champlain Bridge connected Chimney Point, Vermont, and Crown Point, NY.
Green Mountain Power and Shelburne Farms are working together to build solar generation at Shelburne Farms. Under the terms of a 25-year cooperative agreement, Green Mountain Power will install a 770 solar panel array at Shelburne Farms. The panels will occupy three quarters of an acre in a field that Shelburne Farms has recently designated as a "Solar Orchard."
Thursday was the the most recent reporting deadline for candidates running for governor to file financial statements with the Vermont Secretary of State's office. Below are the numbers provided by the six major candidates for governor. Also included are statements provided by the candidates regarding their filings.
People's United Financial, Inc.(PBCT 14.00, -0.15, -1.06%) today announced net income of $16.0 million, or $0.04 per share, for the second quarter of 2010, compared to $13.6 million, or $0.04 per share, for the first quarter of 2010, and $25.3 million, or $0.08 per share, for the second quarter of 2009.
Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBVT), the parent company of Merchants Bank, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of 28 cents per share, payable August 12, 2010, to shareholders of record as of July 29, 2010.
Vermont Secretary of Administration Neale F Lunderville released the June 2010 General Fund Revenues today. General Fund revenues totaled $103.42 million for June 2010, and were +$5.53 million or +5.65% above the $97.89 million consensus revenue forecast for the month.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock has again been ranked among the best hospitals in the nation in U.S.News & World Report's 2010-11 Best Hospitals, online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals and featured in the August print issue of U.S. News, available on newsstands July 27.
The University of Vermont of Vermont Libraries has been awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the amount $391,552 to support the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project.
Green Mountain Coffee and Ashoka’s Changemakers have announced the winners of their Revelation to Action Your Place. Your Idea. Your Change. competition.
The winners of the 31st Annual Telly Awards have been announced, with Media Solutions International (MSI), a communications strategy and design firm specializing in the healthcare industry, taking home five statuettes for distinctive creative design and execution of website development and videography.