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On Friday the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation will announce a new partnership between Vermont State Parks and the Boy Scouts Green Mountain Council called Adopt A Park.
Country Walkers has been named named to Outside magazine s (www.outsideonline.com) second annual Best Places to Work list. Country Walkers was ranked No. 11 out of 30 selected companies. The full list and related story will be published in the May issue of Outside magazine, available on newsstands April 28, 2009.
Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBVT), the parent company of Merchants Bank, today announced net income of $2.91 million or diluted earnings per share of $0.48 for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. This compares with net income of $2.66 million or diluted earnings per share of $0.44 for the first quarter of 2008.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., (NASDAQ: GMCR) today announced its fiscal 2009 second quarter results for the thirteen weeks ended March 28, 2009, reporting very strong top and bottom line growth.
Associates in Pediatrics, a Central Vermont Medical Group, cut the ribbon at their spacious new offices at 244 Granger Road in Berlin, on Wednesday April 29th. The new 8200 square foot facility provides space that is more efficient and up-to-date than the practice s previous offices.
Week Ending April 25, 2009. There were 1,501 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 97 from the week before. Altogether 18,430 new and continuing claims were filed, 561 less than a week ago and 7,397 more than a year earlier.
The Vermont Farm Viability Program announced today $40,000 in grant awards to meat processing facilities in Troy, Randolph, Barre and Enosburg. The grants are the first round of a new funding opportunity for agriculture-related businesses, established to develop and invest in agricultural infrastructure and to improve the viability of agriculture-related businesses.
The National Ski Areas Association announced on Tuesday that Sugarbush Resort has won the Association s top honor for guest service. The Best Overall Guest Service Program award is given to the resort with the best guest service program in the country. Resorts are categorized by visitation numbers.
Two new start-ups, as well as a UVM technology license agreement, were announced Tuesday at the Center for Emerging Technologies' 4th annual Invention to Venture (I2V) Conference at UVM s Davis Center.
The New England Culinary Institute s Board of Directors announced today that it has approved recommendations proposed by the school s administration to unify campuses to its Montpelier location, while at the same time expand both the scope of NECI s educational offerings and the options for delivery of those programs to students.
In light of the current threat of swine influenza in Mexico and certain US states, the Vermont Chamber Hospitality Council is urging Vermont s tourism industry to remain alert to the symptoms of the flu, while realizing that health officials are taking all necessary steps to help treat those individuals and contain the disease before it spreads.
US Rep. Peter Welch announced Tuesday he will seek an amendment to the Credit Cardholder s Bill of Rights that would cap credit card interest rates at 18 percent. Welch announced the amendment at a Capitol Hill press conference Tuesday morning alongside two cosponsors, Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Rep. John Tierney (D-MA).