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Brigitte Ritchie, community relations officer for Citizens Bank, presented a $10,000 check to the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS). The contribution is in support of the Housing Resource Center (HRC). The HRC opened its doors in October 2008 with the mission to help avert evictions and foreclosures through one-time homelessness prevention grants.
Ten state Attorneys General are backing legislation authored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to repeal the health insurance and medical malpractice insurance industries’ exemption from federal antitrust laws.
According to a national survey, Vermont has the third lowest mortgage loan delinquency rate of 2.6 percent, behind only the Dakotas. TransUnion.com released today the results of its analysis of trends in the mortgage industry for the third quarter of 2009 and the associated impact on the US consumer.
TD Bank, through the TD Charitable Foundation, recently donated $20,000 to Champlain College as part of the bank's commitment to giving back to the community. The funds will help the college expand its New American Scholars program, a need-based scholarship for Vermont’s refugee and asylum students, and its Support for Success initiative.
State Senator Peter Shumlin today announced his intention to run for governor of Vermont in 2010. Shumlin made the announcement Wednesday during a press conference at Earth Turbines, Inc in Williston. Shumlin, 53, is a resident of Putney, Vermont. Along with his brother Jeff he runs Putney Student Travel, a Putney based business that offers summer educational programs to high school students.
Governor Jim Douglas announced today that the Vermont Department of Health was awarded a two-year $860,000 grant by the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) that will enable the state to strengthen its healthcare-acquired infection (HAI) prevention activities.
The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce named BioTek Instruments, Inc., as Business of the Year at their 99th annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, November 11, 2009. The One Community, One Commitment, One Vision event drew more than 650 people from Lake Champlain area businesses.
Maponics of Norwich announced today that the latest release of its suite of ZIP Code map data shows evidence of a record number of ZIP Code changes over the 3 months since the previous data release.
Senator Patrick Leahy, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee announced today major federal funding for MicroStrain and Triosyn, both of Williston, for a total of $3.2 million. MicroStrain produces sensors used to provide crucial data on the safety of US Navy aircraft. MicroStrain has doubled its employment since 2007, from 25 to now 50 employees.
In an effort to help the region's struggling dairy farmers, students at the University of Vermont have agreed to forgo a price reduction on retail milk they would have received due to plummeting milk prices, passing the 10-cent difference on to the 1,025 dairy farms in the state and 1,791 across New England.
An independent review of Vermont Housing Finance Agency's single-family home loan portfolio shows property values increased by 24 percent compared to values at time of purchase. The median increase in individual home values in VHFA's portfolio was 14 percent.
The Addison County Chamber of Commerce has learned that the Fort Ticonderoga Ferry will continue operation. There will be no interruption of service as had been reported by several media outlets.