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Project WorkSAFE, Vermont’s Occupational Safety and Health Consultation Program, is pleased to announce that Long Trail Brewing of Bridgewater Corners has successfully completed and met the requirements of the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP).
On March 24, Lund clients, staff, legislators, trustees and friends joined together in the Cedar Creek Room at the Vermont State House, to celebrate Lund Family Center’s services to families throughout Vermont at the kick-off celebration honoring Lund’s 120th Anniversary Year.
Average retail gasoline prices in Vermont moved just 0.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.85/g today. This compares with the national average that has stayed flat, moving just 1.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.79/g, according to gasoline price website VermontGasPrices.com.
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s 13th annual Radio Auction over the stations of the Radio Vermont Group raised $22,550 to support the VSO’s statewide performances and educational presentations. Over the lifetime of the event, presented by the Central Vermont Friends of the VSO, the Radio Auction has raised $205,474.
Dr. Helen Caldicott, internationally renown for her work to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the necessary changes in human behavior to stop environmental destruction, will be in Vermont March 29-31. This visit is timely and relevant as our state decides the future of Vermont Yankee.
Lyndon State College is announcing a new degree. The Bachelor of Science in Performing Arts Management will first be offered in the fall of 2010. Students majoring in Arts Management can select among three concentrations: artist management, venue management and theater operations management.
Saint Michael's College, a liberal arts college with an excellent track record of training science graduates, and Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS), which provides a professional doctoral program in the field of pharmacy, have signed an agreement establishing a Dual Degree Program.
Representative Peter Welch wrote Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack late last week urging the US Department of Agriculture to increase support prices for cheese and non-fat dried milk products.
The Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund Board announced today that the Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF) will award $5.8 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects throughout the state.
More than $59.6 million in economic development activity throughout Vermont will be generated with the help of $29.7 million in financing approved by the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA). Approved financing will support projects in renewable energy, manufacturing, small business, agriculture, technology, brownfields redevelopment, and private drinking water system upgrades.
Following last week's announcement that Vermont Yankee has identified and stopped the source of tritium leakage at the nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont Yankee technicians have begun removing tritiated groundwater from beneath the plant site. On Thursday, technicians began pumping groundwater into above-ground containers for processing and reuse in the plant.
Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) has announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PBM Holdings, Inc. (PBM), the leading store-brand infant formula manufacturer, for approximately $808 million in cash. PBM has a manufacturing plant in Georgia, Vermont, where it employees about 300. Employment is not expected to be effected.