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City of Burlington With temperatures expected rise above 90 degrees this week, the City of Burlington today announced plans to open neighborhood cooling centers throughout the City from Tuesday, June 18 - Friday, June 21. While City offices are closed on Wednesday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth, cooling centers will still be open to the public with adjusted hours.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont legislature convened yesterday for a one-day session to reconsider several bills vetoed by Governor Scott. Among these bills were H.72, an act relating to authorizing and funding overdose prevention centers (OPCs), and H.645, an act related to expanding restorative justice approaches in diversion.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Early Childhood Educators Institute (ECEI) 2024 is filled to capacity. All 135 slots are taken and that’s good news for Vermont, where quality child care providers are still in strong demand.
Vermont Business Magazine In conjunction with Pride Month, Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital is pleased to announce that, once again, it has earned the highest score in Vermont in the 2024 Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).
Vermont Business Magazine A collaborative of 46 nonprofit, community-based organizations and medical providers in the Northeast U.S. is set to Shine the Light on Sickle Cell on June 19, World Sickle Cell Awareness Day.
Vermont Business Magazine The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations (UN) launched the first World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15, 2006 in an effort to unite communities around the world in raising awareness about elder abuse.
Vermont Business Magazine Paintings and photographs by local artists are on display through early July in the Gifford Gallery at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph and at Strode Independent Living in Randolph Center. The exhibits are free and open to the public. Jennifer Dembinski, whose paintings hang at Gifford, is a resident of Woodstock.
Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont Legislature voted to override the Governor on several bills, despite reasonable compromises being offered that would have made sure more parts of the state benefitted. Lawmakers overrode the property tax "yield bill" veto, the Act 250/Housing veto and the renewable energy standard bill, as well as the safe injection site veto.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Lawmakers today at first sustained and then overrode Governor Phil Scott's veto of the safe-injection site bill (H.72). The House easily overrode the bill, but the Senate initially failed by a single vote.
Vermont Business Magazine Last week, PC Construction accepted a Project Achievement Award from the Construction Management Association of America’s New England Chapter.
Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on June 17, 2024, defendant Everett A. Simpson, 46, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III to a term of 300 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Downtown Development Board announced today $1,787,989 in Downtown Transportation Fund Grants to support projects to improve safety, access, and transportation in 11 Vermont downtowns and villages across seven counties.