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Vermont’s long-time State Archeologist has been named State Historic Preservation Officer and Director of the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Giovanna Peebles will assume the post immediately, according to Kevin Dorn, Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development.
WCAX-TV has won a prestigious DuPont Journalism Award from the Journalism School at Columbia University in New York City. The award was for the station’s series “Foreigners on the Farm” reported by Senior Reporter Kristin Carlson. The in-depth three part series focused on Vermont’s reliance on immigrant farm workers.
A 30-year veteran of public policy, communications and advocacy with a long history of civic involvement, Teresa Rhodes Rosenberger has been named New Hampshire State President for FairPoint Communications. In her new role, Rosenberger will be responsible for regulatory matters, governmental relations, and economic development for FairPoint Communications in the Granite State.
Average retail gasoline prices in Vermont moved just in the past week, averaging $2.82/gallon today. This compares with the national average that has stayed relatively flat, moving just 1.8 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.72/g, according to gasoline price website VermontGasPrices.com.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act enhancements to U.S. Small Business Administration loan programs have led to a significant rebound in Vermont of SBA-backed loans for small businesses and greater access to much-needed capital. SBA lending in Vermont dramatically increased in the first quarter of the federal government’s 2010 fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2009.
In his annual and now last Budget Address before the Legislature, Vermont Governor Douglas laid out a broad curriculum on how the state must respond to an impending state budget crisis.
The man brought back to help Vermont Yankee win a license extension has said he was at fault for letting regulators believe that underground pipes at the Vernon nuclear power plant did not carry radioactive material.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced a $100,000 grant to recruit, train and retain firefighters and emergency medical services personnel throughout Vermont.
City Market, Onion River Co-op plans to designate Saturday, January 23 as Haiti Earthquake Relief Day. The Co-op will donate 1% of store sales to the Cooperative Development Fund’s Haiti Relief Efforts.
Norwich University officials announced the end to the Norwich Forever! fundraising campaign, which closed at the end of December with alumni and friends making a record investment in the future of Norwich students.
The White House announced Friday that President Obama has accepted the recommendation of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and will nominate veteran economic development specialist Molly Lambert to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s State Director for Rural Development for Vermont and New Hampshire.
The revelation last Friday that Vermont Yankee had discovered a radioactive isotope in one of its monitoring wells has led to what is likely to be much more damaging news for the Vernon nuclear plant. Yankee now reports that the tritium could have come from an underground pipe.