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Tayt Brooks Named Deputy Commissioner of Housing & Community Affairs
MONTPELIER, Vt. A longtime advocate for the home construction industry has been named the new Deputy Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

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UVM Dean Domenico
Grasso Featured in EPA Report of Science Advisory
Committee
Accomplishments
A soon-to-be
published report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Science
Advice for EPA - Current and Future Challenges, recognizes the service and
accomplishments of EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) members, including former

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont Saves Nearly a Half-Million Dollars with a Microsoft Partner Compensation Management Solution
Health plan streamlines incentive compensation and broker management processes and goes paperless.

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Casey Promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff
Montpelier, Vt. November 19, 2008 Dennise Casey has been appointed Deputy Chief of Staff, Governor Jim Douglas announced today.
Governor Douglas said Casey's new duties as Deputy Chief of Staff will include, among other things, coordinating the administration's legislative relations.

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November 18, 2008

Construction Input Prices Fall in October

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Ed Shamy buys The County Courier in Enosburg Falls
Northern Vermont Lending Partners (NVLP), a revolving micro-loan program of the Economic Development Council of Northern Vermont, designed to assist small businesses, provided a loan to Ed Shamy and his wife, Kimberly Asch to help them purchase The County Courier in Enosburg Falls.

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Energy Saving Pioneer Resumes Operations

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Home Energy Improvement Loan Rate Drops One Percentage Point

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- First Student workers in Vermont overwhelmingly voted to join the Teamsters Union in an election this week.
In Brattleboro, Vermont First Student drivers voted 25-4 to join Teamsters Local 597. The 30-person unit sought to improve their medical benefits and wanted a stronger voice in the workplace.

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National Life plugs into the sun
Financial Services Company Turns On Largest Solar Project in Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont (November 19, 2008) _ Electricity from the largest solar electric installation in Vermont - an array of 418 solar panels - is now helping to power National Life Group's Montpelier headquarters.

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CVPS announces public stock offering

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What: Job Fair
Where: Hampton Inn Maple Room
180 Route 5, White River Junction, Vt.
When: Thursday, November 20, 2008v
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Who: FairPoint Communications, Inc.