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Vermont Business Magazine On Monday, Campaign for Vermont Prosperity (CFV) released a report looking at education data in Vermont to help identify opportunities for cost savings and better performance. The new report builds on a similar report the organization published in 2014 that showed larger school districts did not necessarily perform better.
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) today released the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and a renowned humanitarian leader: “I met Jimmy Carter in 1976 at the Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction.
by Myla van Lynde, Community News Service To Richard Skarrow, the Meals on Wheels program is pretty straightforward: People need nutritious food, and volunteers like him deliver it to their homes. It’s simple, he said, but incredibly important. Along with a hot meal, his clients receive something else: a sense of connection.
AW Rich Funeral Home Alexander Stanley Kroll, Sr. passed away at 87 years old on December 17th at his home in Charlotte, VT surrounded by his family and other loved ones. Devoted husband and beloved father and grandfather, Alex’s achievements are truly too numerous and amazing to detail here and, frankly, no summary could give a clear picture of the man.
Kept from school as a girl, new district officer Saja Almogalli wants Winooski students to feel safe
by Wyatt Obering, Community News Service It wasn’t long ago that Saja Almogalli lost her father, fled her home of Iraq after threats to her mother and was stopped from going to school as she waited in Turkey for a chance at resettlement.
Vermont Business Magazine Tony Blake of V/T Commercial, representing Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., announced that VHB signed a lease for 17,167 square feet at 20 Winooski Falls Way from MWG Champlain Mill, LLC. Steve Donahue of Donahue & Associates represented the landlord in this lease.
Vermont Business Magazine Today, Representative Laura Sibilia (I-Dover) officially notified the Secretary of State of her candidacy for Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. In accordance with Vermont law (2 V.S.A.
by Kate Kampner, Community News Service Imagine a commute without the worry of traffic jams, potholes or detours, a path to town that’s nearby, maintained and linked to routes just like it all over the state.
Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.10 per gallon, down 1 cent per gallon from last week. Prices are down 1 cent/g from last month and down20 cents/g from a year ago. The lowest price in the state this week was $2.69/g while the highest was $3.29/g, a difference of 60.0 cents per gallon.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as H5N1 bird flu, in a non-commercial backyard (non-poultry) flock in Franklin County last week.
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently introduced the Global Climate Resilience Act, legislation that would create a program to bolster the United States’ ability to provide climate finance and debt relief to countries in the Global South.
Vermont Business Magazine Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont), and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vermont), on Saturday, December 28 at 3:00 p.m., will recognize twenty young Vermonters who are being nominated to be members of the Class of 2029 at the United States Service Academies.