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Saint Michael’s College Amid a fanfare of cowbells, kazoos, and cheering, the Class of 2028 officially arrived on Saint Michael’s College campus on Aug.

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Vermont Agency of Transportation This weekly report is a list of planned construction activities that will affect traffic on state highways and interstates throughout Vermont for the week of September 2, 2024. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it.  Monday 9/2 is Labor Day, and most crews will pause work for the holiday.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Public has launched ‘Small Vermont Businesses in Small Vermont Towns’, an eight-part series of short films by filmmaker Rocket, as part of the station's Made Here Fund. Rocket is a storyteller and the driving force behind Eat Vermont and Stellar, a mobile application that empowers people to create custom recipes and navigate the kitchen.

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by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First, Vermont Business Magazine A Brattleboro store has lost its right to distribute tobacco products for 15 days after it was caught a third time in less then a year selling to minors, according to the Vermont Department of Liquor and Lottery. Smoke and Munch, operated by M.

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by Olga Peters, Vermont Business Magazine Once the center of local drug trafficking, a rehabilitated building now serves as a residence for Jenna’s Promise, a nonprofit that supports women in recovery. “Someone said to us, you know, I used to come to Johnson for drugs, and now I come to Johnson for recovery,” Interim Co-Executive Director Daniel Franklin said.

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by Olga Peters, Vermont Business Magazine Reid Wobby has heard all the reasons why people don’t want to administer naloxone, a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. “Why should I care?” the audience will ask.

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Vermont Business Magazine A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is now open in Island Pond in the town of Brighton, at the Brighton Town Hall Gym from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Vermont Business Magazine While providing its clients unparalleled legal services in a wide variety of disciplines, four Gravel & Shea partners have earned the honorable distinction of “Lawyer of the Year 2025” by Best Lawyers, a peer-reviewed guide to the legal profession.  

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Vermont Business Magazine News in brief from July 2024 includes: State health care system in crisis, GMCB report warns; Economists raise revenue targets; Tax revenues finish fiscal year $143.6 million above targets; ANR releases annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for VT; Child Care Contribution Payroll Tax under way; GMCB conditionally approves UVMMC request to build an

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims increased last week after falling to their lowest levels since before the pandemic the week before. For the week ending August 24, 2024, new claims were 260, which is a typical of summer low.

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Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney’s Office in Burlington announced that Madison Carrig, 30, of Whitehall, New York, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to two counts of access device fraud. Chief Judge Christina Reiss released Carrig on conditions pending sentencing, which is scheduled for January 3, 2025.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Education released the first report from its Listen and Learn Tour. The State Education Profile Report provides data to guide education leaders, school communities, and the Agency as they work together to ensure that every student in Vermont has equitable access to high-quality educational opportunities.