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On Thursday, June 3, the Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees approved a resolution that authorizes the Community College of Vermont (CCV) to enter a lease agreement with DEW Construction Corporation of Williston, Vermont to design and build a new academic facility for CCV in Rutland.
The Mortgage Monitor report released by Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of mortgage performance data and analytics, indicates that signs of stabilization in the nation's home loan delinquency and foreclosure rates remain largely neutralized by the more than 7 million loans in distress.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation on Monday, June 7 will close a segment of Route 104 in Fairfax so that it can rehabilitate a bridge over the Miller Brook. The bridge will be out of service through July 5, 2010, and traffic will be detoured.
US Senator Patrick Leahy announced Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has agreed with his request to close the border crossing at Morses Line, Vermont.
Hoping to improve customer understanding of electrical safety and prevent serious accidents, Central Vermont Public Service today announced a new safety campaign of advertisements and outreach efforts to protect Vermonters from inherent dangers.
The State of Vermont has passed a new law that requires landscape architects to be licensed, making it the last state in the union to regulate the profession. The Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) worked with the legislature over the last eight years to encourage licensing requirements.
The Vermont Field Office of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve recognized over sixty outstanding Vermont companies who have gone Above and Beyond in providing their employees who are members of the Guard and Reserve with the highest level of support in protecting their civilian jobs while serving as members of the Guard and Reserve.
USDA Rural Development will present funding awards to seven area organizations to benefit Vermont s Northeast Kingdom on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 2 pm. The grants, given out nationally to small businesses in federally designated Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) zones, aim to spur economic development and create or save jobs in rural areas.
Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration Commissioner Paulette J Thabault announced today that she has ordered BCBSVT to return $3 million in premium refunds to subscribers to conclude the Department s investigation into the excessive compensation paid to former CEO, William Milnes.
Draker Labs, a leading provider of monitoring solutions for institutional and commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) systems based in Burlington, Vermont, has been selected by Photovoltaic Systems Manufacturing (PSM) to monitor PV systems that will be installed at 14 Arizona-based schools.
For the week of May 29, 2010, there were 839 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance, a decrease of 133 from the week before. Altogether 10,898 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 391 from a week ago and 4,122 fewer than a year earlier.
The state has awarded nearly $350,000 in Municipal Planning Grants to thirty-eight 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.