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Vermont Business Magazine 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 August 19, 2024. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it.
Champlain Valley Down Syndrome Group The 14th Annual Champlain Valley Buddy Walk will take place at Burlington's Battery Park on Sunday, September 29, 2024, with on-site registration opening at noon and the walk commencing at 1 PM.
Vermont Business Magazine Twenty-five attorneys from the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC (DRM) have been recognized in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America. Three of the firm’s lawyers were recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” honorees, and five were named to the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch in America 2025 list.
Vermont Business Magazine Smokey House Center is excited to announce they will host the inaugural Northeast Forest Farming Conference in partnership with the Northeast Forest Farmers Coalition from September 6th through the 8th. The conference is made possible by support from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S.
The Vermont State Police and the Bennington Police Department are investigating a missing-persons case involving Matthew Housekeeper, 59, of Bennington, Vermont. Mr. Housekeeper has not been seen or heard from since Wednesday morning, Aug. 14, 2024. The Bennington Police Department initiated an investigation Thursday, Aug.
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today celebrated major investments by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) in Vermont communities, totaling nearly $1.3 million.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Soap and skin care products manufacturer Twincraft Skincare will expand into Williston this fall. CEO Peter Asch told VermontBiz that the rapidly growing company has outgrown its two Essex Junction locations and is taking advantage of the recently available industrial space previously occupied by Keurig Dr Pepper.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) headlined a groundbreaking event today marking the beginning of construction of 38 permanently affordable apartments, a new Veterans’ Center, and space for Burlington’s Community Justice Center. The Howard Plant VFW Post 782 sold the building to the Champlain Housing Trust this past year.
Vermont Business Magazine Jenna’s Promise has announced the Fourth Annual Open House and Benefit Concert on August 24th, 2024. This is the organization’s most important event of the year, and will be hosted at Jenna’s House, 117 St Johns Street in Johnson, which is the community center of the nonprofit.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont Department of Labor released data on the Vermont economy for the time period covering July 2024. According to household data, the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate for July was 2.1 percent. This reflects no change from the prior month’s revised estimate.
Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont in Burlington stated that Stephen Loewe, 42, of Bellows Falls, Vermont, was charged by complaint with robbing the Claremont Savings Bank in Springfield, Vermont, on August 13, 2024. Mr.
Vermont Business Magazine School is starting back up for Vermont students and the Agency of Education (AOE) is encouraging all families with school-aged children to “Fill the Form.” By returning the Household Income Form, or School Meals Application to their child's school, families can help secure important funding that benefits Vermont students and schools.