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Vermont Business Magazine The Windham Foundation announced today the appointment of Dan Lerner, Ph.D. as its new Executive Director, effective mid-June 2024. Lerner succeeds Bob Donald who retires this summer after 14 years as CEO/CFO. The Windham Foundation is dedicated to supporting and enhancing the vitality of rural communities in Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine More than 500 people gathered in Bellows Falls for back-to-back conferences celebrating efforts to revitalize Vermont communities. About 300 people attended the 2024 Vermont Downtown and Historic Preservation Conference on June 5 and 200 went to the 2024 Creative Sector Convening on June 6.
Vermont State Police The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles was requested by Vermont State Police in Westminster to conduct a crash investigation for that involved a school bus. The crash occurred at approximately 7:15 a.m., VSP arrived at approximately 8:45 a.m., and DMV Inspectors arrived at approximately 10 am.
Vermont Business Magazine Wednesday evening, US Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) took to the Senate Floor to call for an end to the United States’ support for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s war strategy that has not only caused massive death and destruction but has failed to achieve Netanyahu’s objectives of eliminating Hamas and releasing the remaining hostages.
Vermont Business Magazine Director Heather Simons announced that she will be leaving the Vermont Police Academy effective June 7, 2024. Named as the Executive Director on April 12, 2021, Simons worked collaboratively with the Vermont Criminal Justice Council to strengthen and expand law enforcement training in Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott signed nine bills into law Thursday, as passed by the General Assembly, including: H.622, An act relating to emergency medical servicesH.870, An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional RegulationH.876, An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the corrections laws.
Vermont Business Magazine Fidium Fiber is expanding service of its all-fiber internet network to more than 1,600 homes and businesses in Cambridge and Jeffersonville, as well as locations in Belvidere and Waterville, Vt. Construction is scheduled to begin as soon as June 7.
Vermont Business Magazine UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice’s annual Jiggety Jog 5K fundraiser will be held on Saturday, June 8 at Malletts Bay School in Colchester. Registration will begin at 8am and the run/walk will begin at 9am. All are invited and encouraged to participate in the 5k run/3k walk, and enjoy lawn games, music and more.
Vermont Business Magazine A new report, Neighborly Networks: Vermont’s Approach to Community Broadband, from Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Benton Institute for Broadband & Society gives a detailed and glowing review of Vermont’s Communications Union District (CUD) model of meeting the challenges of rural broadband.
Vermont Business Magazine The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Galvion, Ltd has agreed to pay $2,495,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act through the knowing sale of non-conforming parts to the United States Department of Defense.
by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First, Vermont Business Magazine A federal judge in Burlington has dismissed a claim by a New York skier that he had accepted a multi-million dollar out-of-court settlement minutes before a jury in February rejected all the legal claims he made about an accident that left him paralyzed at Okemo Mountain.
Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office announced that William Smith, 57, of Sheldon, Vermont, was sentenced today in Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Criminal Division, after pleading guilty to one felony count of Luring a Child. The Court, Judge Alison Arms presiding, sentenced Mr.