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Comcast, Vermont’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, today announced the beginning of a massive 170-mile extension of its fiber-optic network in Vermont that will mark the introduction of broadband for consumers and local businesses in South Hero, Grand Isle and North Hero.
Governor Jim Douglas today announced the appointment of Cambridge resident Adam Howard as State Representative for Lamoille-4 House District. Howard will represent Cambridge, Belvidere and Waterville in Lamoille County, replacing 27-year Legislative veteran Richard Westman who resigned his seat this summer to become Vermont s Tax Commissioner.
The Vermont Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the highly anticipated 2010 Top Ten Summer and Fall Events. The 2010 award recipients display a wide variety of unique Vermont activities that will provide something fun for everyone in all corners of the Green Mountain State. The winners in chronological order include:
Speaker Shap Smith and Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, today reiterated that it will be incredibly difficult for the Vermont General Assembly to act in 2010 on the question of continued operation of Vermont Yankee unless a power purchase agreement between Vermont utilities and Entergy is filed with the Vermont Public Service Board before November 1, 2009.
The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) last weekend adopted policy resolutions that will lead to the organization tackling a number of key health care issues in the upcoming year, including reducing the rising costs of health care and preventing childhood obesity.
The supply of oilheat in the Northeast is approximately 17 percent higher than last year and the strongest it has been in the last five years, according to EIA. Retail heating oil prices in the Northeast have dropped about 40 percent, according to EIA. In Vermont, prices have dropped approximately 42 percent, according to the Vermont Dept of Public Service.
Gardener's Supply and Sovernet Communications are pleased to announce the signing of a multi-year, multi-location agreement for telecommunication services.
Governor Jim Douglas today announced the appointment of David R. Fenster as Addison County State s Attorney. David is replacing John T Quinn who retired last month. Fenster has been in private law practice in with the firm Barr, Sternberg, Moss, Lawrence, Silver, Saltonstall & Fenster, PC, in Bennington, Vermont since July of 2005.
Foliage in the Green Mountains is near or at peak color this week, and the leaves will continue to brighten in the lower valleys over the next several days into Columbus Day Weekend. Fall color that is near or at peak can be found in many areas of Vermont, especially in the Green Mountains and in higher elevations throughout the state.
US Senator Patrick Leahy, US Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Peter Welch and Governor Jim Douglas Tuesday welcomed the announcement by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the US Department of Commerce, that Vermont has been awarded Vermont a $1.2 million broadband mapping grant.
At the Essex home of Lindsey and Matt Wignall, Rep. Peter Welch on Tuesday called for a year-long extension of a tax credit that allowed the Wignalls and hundreds of thousands of other middle class families to buy their first home. Welch outlined his support for the First-time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act (H.R.