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The Vermont State Colleges (VSC) Board of Trustees has named Joyce M Judy as president of Community College of Vermont (CCV). Currently serving as interim president of CCV, Judy was selected as permanent president following a national search that began last November.
Vermont Governor Jim Douglas today released the list of appointments made in January and February, 2010.
Board of Public Accountancy
Joshua Wayne Partlow, Saint Albans
Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners
Tammy Austin, Middlebury
Committee on Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders
Karen Peplowski, Moretown
Apprenticeship Council
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Thursday that the final health reform package that is now headed for House and Senate votes will recognize the early investment Vermont has made in its Medicaid program, meaning more than $100 million in added funding for Vermont’s Medicaid programs over the next ten years.
Vermont Governor Jim Douglas as well as federal, state and local officials will join Commonwealth Dairy officials at a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the company s Brattleboro, Vermont plant today.
Net sales of Nokian Tyres Group amounted to EUR 798.5 million (2008: EUR 1,080.9 million), down by 26.1% compared to 2008. Operating result was EUR 102.0 million (EUR 247.0 million). Earnings per share were EUR 0.47 (EUR 1.12), and result for the period was EUR 58.3 million (EUR 139.9 million).
According to a report filed yesterday by the Vermont Department of Health, temporary modifications for the two hydrogen recombiner steam trap drain lines are in progress at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.
Burton announced Tuesday that it will shift premium snowboard production from its small, Vermont-based Burton Manufacturing Center (BMC) to Austria, where the company has been building snowboards for over 25 years.
Tim Burke, of White + Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors Inc. in Burlington, is pleased to announce the signing of a long-term lease with Hannaford Bros. Co. for the former P&C supermarket building in Bradford, Vermont. Hannaford will temporarily operate the current store while it submits plans to construct a new store at the same location.
Rock of Ages Corporation (NASDAQ:ROAC) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and 2009, highlighted by a return to profitability for the quarter and year versus losses for the prior year periods, an increase in cash generated from operations to approximately $10,800,000 for 2009 compared to about $2,300,000 for 2008, and the reduction of total debt by an additional $7,500,000
Vermont Yankee reports that engineers and technicians continue their investigation into the source of tritium in the plant’s groundwater and have commenced soil and groundwater remediation planning. Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen associated with nuclear fission, was first identified in a test well at the nuclear power plant in Vernon in January.
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) honored Champlain College President David F Finney, Vermont State Rep. Martha P. Heath and the Quantum Leap program at Bennington College at its 2010 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards earlier this month.