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Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office announced that Amy Trela, 48, and Alicia Russell, 30, of Chittenden County, Vermont, have pled guilty to criminal charges of theft through false pretenses as part of a negotiated resolution of charges stemming from a five-year conspiracy to defraud Vermont Medicaid. Ms. Trela pled before Judge Michael S.

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Vermont Business Magazine GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) and the U.S. Department of Commerce have announced an award of up to $1.5 billion in direct funding to GF through the CHIPS and Science Act.

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Vermont Department of Economic Development The Vermont Economic Progress Council (VEPC) held a day-long retreat with over 50 municipalities, legislators, Council members, and Regional Development Corporations.

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Vermont Business Magazine From December 7 through December 13, kids will get up to seven free lift tickets at 15 of Alterra Mountain Company’s North American mountain destinations to use during the new Kids Ski Free Week. Participating destinations include Stratton and Sugarbush Resort in Vermont.

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Shelburne Museum Winter Lights is a brilliant and beautiful display of unique colorful light installations throughout the Museum’s campus. The season opens with new light installations, entertainment on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, making for an awe inspiring, magical experience for all ages. 

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Public is accepting applications for its next Community Forum, a volunteer group that provides input to the organization about its programming and content, and serves as an important link between Vermont Public and the communities it serves.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont has made significant progress on its connectivity goals, with more than 50% of Vermonters now having access to fiber broadband, according to Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB).

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) announced today the availability of $8 million in additional funds for the state’s broadband buildout. The money is interest earned on initial American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money that the General Assembly entrusted to the Vermont Community Broadband Fund.

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont Department of Labor reported that the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate for October was 2.3 percent. This reflects an increase of one-tenth of one percentage point from the prior month’s revised estimate.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) today held a press conference with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vermont), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to discuss the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) to block the sale of certain offensive arms to Israel. Sanders will bring the JRDs to the Senate floor for a vote this Wednesday.

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine For the week ending November 9, 2024, the Vermont Department of Health reported that the number of COVID-19 cases fell dramatically while hospitalizations also fell. There was only one fatality last week. Hospitalizations and general "syndromic" cases decreased to5 cases statewide for the week.

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Vermont State Police November 19, 2024, 12:07 pm The covered bridge in Waitsfield on Bridge St is closed for an undetermined amount of time due to a crash that has impacted the stability of the bridge.