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A dental office that will provide access to dental care for low to moderate income individuals in Addison County, as well as the general population, will be getting a $200,000 boost from the state, Governor Jim Douglas announced Wednesday.
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), the nation s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, today announced that consumers switching to Comcast s Digital Voice service have made Comcast the third-largest residential phone service provider in the country.
Vermont Secretary of Administration Neale Lunderville yesterday made a counter offer to the state s unionized workforce to reduce pay across the board by 5 percent for workers in the executive branch making $30,000 or more per year. He said it would save $8.1 million. Governor Douglas had originally suggested that the state would need to layoff at least 600 total state workers.
Pan Am Railways (PAR) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) have received governmental approvals for their proposed Pan Am Southern joint venture, clearing the way for more than $87 million in rail infrastructure investment designed to significantly enhance the service capabilities and commercial offerings that NS and PAR provide in upstate New York and New England.
Liz Lovely, Inc. received national exposure when company co-founders Liz and Dan Holtz were featured on The Story, a nationally syndicated program on National Public Radio, on Thursday, March 5th. The show was one in an on-going series called What s Working? Who s Working? that focuses on people and companies that are thriving despite the downturn in the economy.
Oklahoma leads the nation in the percentage of households with cell phones only, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than a quarter of households (26.2 percent) in Oklahoma had only wireless and no landline phones in 2007. On the other end of the spectrum, only 5.1 percent of households in Vermont were wireless-only in 2007.
Week Ending March 07, 2009. There were 1,633 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, an increase of 90 from the week before. Altogether 18,277 new and continuing claims were filed, 22 more than a week ago and 7,250 more than a year earlier.
Vermont s largest electric company has won the industry s highest honor for storm recovery for the second time.
The Burlington Business Association (BBA) has announced this year s winners for their prestigious awards that honor significant contributions to Burlington. Each year the BBA s Board of Directors and its members nominate and select the winners.
The Vermont Department of Labor announced today that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January 2009 was 6.8 percent, up nine-tenths of a point from the revised December rate and up 2.5 points from a year ago. The unadjusted rate was 7.6 percent.
Heritage Flight, a Burlington-based air charter operator, has established a Bedford, Massachusetts based pricing option to serve Boston and the surrounding area.
Guide will connect taxpayers, businesses, non-profits and municipalities to funding opportunities and tax credits
WASHINGTON, DC Rep. Peter Welch released a guide to opportunities in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for Vermont taxpayers, businesses, non-profits and municipalities Tuesday.