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At the Vermont Ski Areas Association s 40th Anniversary Annual Meeting today, the industry trade group announced that Vermont s ski resorts recorded 4,068,696 skier visits for the 2008-09 season. Nationally, preliminary reports put Vermont s numbers on track with the country s overall average, with Vermont resorts and the northeast faring better than airline-dependent destinations.
McSoley McCoy & Co. has joined the BDO Seidman Alliance, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional CPA firms and businesses. As a member of the Alliance, McSoley McCoy & Co. can expand the services offered to clients by drawing on the resources of BDO Seidman LLP, one of the nation's leading professional service firms.
The state of Vermont continues to have the lowest foreclosure rate in the nation, according to RealtyTrac(R) (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties.
The Small Business Administration awards celebration will be held this evening, June 10, 2009, from 4-7 pm under the Discover Jazz tent at Burlington Waterfront Park. The awards program is presented by Vermont Business Magazine and the SBA.
Vermont Days 2009, June 13th and 14th, is the weekend to celebrate the arrival of summer and enjoy a free sample of Vermont s excellent fishing, state parks, forests, and historic and cultural resources.
All weekend, all Vermont State Park day areas, state forests, state-owned historic sites, and the Vermont Historical Society Museum (Montpelier) will be open for FREE admission.
For the Week of 06/06/2009. There were 911 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 21 from the week before. Altogether 14,939 new and continuing claims were filed, 81 fewer than a week ago and 7,675 more than a year earlier.
Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) service is now available for a growing number of customers in Richmond, Vermont. Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom customers in parts of the East Main Street, Snipe Ireland Road and O’Neil Road area, are in the process of being converted to 100% fiber-optic service. Fiber-optic service allows even greater speeds and increased reliability.
Governor Douglas will participate in this first gathering of the Vermont Biosciences Alliance in June. Leaders of bioscience businesses and research in Vermont will explain their Top Ten lists of do s and don ts for major challenges facing bioscience business and research ventures.
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Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., (TMS) is rewarding 100 high school seniors with $1 million in college scholarships for their commitment to education and community service. Chris Appleton of Spaulding High School in Barre was the sole Vermont winner.
GH Berlin Co, a northeastern United States provider of commercial and industrial lubricants, products and services, is delivering "green oil" to its customers, effective immediately.
Governor Douglas today signed the third of four bills pertaining to the FY 2010 budget into law but also sent a letter outlining his objections to provisions he believes are unconstitutional.
A Senate panel today adopted a proposal by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) to make big oil traders divulge reserves held in offshore tankers to skirt reporting requirements, distort supply records and artificially drive up prices.