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Tough economic times require business and government leaders to rethink public policy and not only change the ways in which we deliver public services, but to build capacity for future success. According to Bill Stritzler, Managing Partner with Smugglers’ Notch Resort, and chair of the Vermont Business Roundtable, “Investments in education should be our first economic development strategy.”
Are we a nation at the mercy of a food system that has co-opted common sense with the lure of endless and ever-available combinations of fat, salt and sugar? David Kessler, M.D., Food and Drug Administration commissioner under Presidents Clinton and Bush and author of the 2009 The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, thinks we are.
The Vermont Clean Energy Development Board will award grants and low-interest loans supporting fifteen projects for a total of over $3 million from the Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF) to renewable energy projects throughout the state.
In the spirit of cooperation, Copley Hospital and the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5109 have renegotiated its contract. The newly extended three year contract will create a savings of nearly $300,000. A tentative agreement on the contract was reached on Tuesday, May 11, and confirmation made on Wednesday, May 12. The original contract was supposed to run through 2011.
The US Department of Labor has unveiled a new tool to help employers and others understand how to comply with requirements under the H-1B visa program, which allows for the temporary employment of foreign workers in the U.S. in certain specialty occupations.
Adding to a long list of environmental firsts, Central Vermont Public Service will become the first utility in the country to abandon traditional fossil-fuel chainsaw bar and chain oil, removing thousands of gallons annually from Vermont’s environment.
The Williston Rotary has donated $3,500 to the Patch Chit Split the Ticket Program. The money will provide fuel help for next winter. The Patch Chit fuel assistance fund was established by the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association more than two decades ago to provide a safety net during the cold winter months.
The Smithsonian’s National Design Museum has selected an "Eco-Machine" created by John Todd, professor of ecological design at the University of Vermont, as one of the winners of its National Design Triennial.Built at the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, in Rhinebeck, New York, Todd's Eco-Machine is an advanced waste-water treatment system that mimics nature, using an integrated series of t
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is very pleased to announce the beginning of a new benefit for Dairy Producers and their Families: FARM FIRST (FFP). The FARM FIRST Program was developed and is operated by the Invest Employee Assistance Program (EAP) in collaboration with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, the University of Vermont Extension, and the VT Farm Health Task Force.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010. "When we returned to Montpelier in January for the second half of this biennium, there was little doubt that this would be the most challenging year in recent memory.
Gifford Medical Center in Randolph has received two national honors.
The Randolph medical center has been honored for excellence in marketing with a 2010 Aster Award and named among the nation s 100 Best Places to Work in Health Care by Becker s ASC Review/Becker s Hospital Review.
Aster Award
The Vermont Housing and Conservation Board announced today grant awards made by the Farm Viability Program to five meat, poultry and grain processing businesses totaling $65,000. Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee said, “With producers all over Vermont raising more grain, poultry and meat in response to the increasing demand for local foods, processing facilities are stretched to the limit.