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Vermont Business Magazine The annual River Valley Employment Fair will be held on Thursday, April 11, 2024, from 3 – 6 pm at Riverside Middle School in Springfield VT.  The Employment Fair provides an opportunity for job seekers to learn more about available positions from several regional employers.

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by Kristin Clouser, Monica Hutt, Rebecca Kelley, Julie Moore and Kendal Smith As members of Governor Scott’s cabinet and senior staff, we were part of the team who interviewed candidates for our next secretary of the Agency of Education. All five of us are also moms of kids currently in, or graduated from, Vermont’s public school system.

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Vermont Business Magazine Bromley Mountain’s 21st annual “Mom’s Day Off” fundraiser set a record on March 1, raising $12,000 to benefit breast cancer care at the Dartmouth Cancer Center at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC). Bromley donated more than $7,600 in proceeds from lift ticket sales, which are sold at a discounted rate of $30 for the day.

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Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies VCET sat down with Dr. Grayson Zulauf, CEO of Resonant Link, creators of the world’s smallest and fastest wireless chargers. This episode is a candid conversation about what it takes to start and scale a company that crosses multiple industries, revolutionizing how some of the world’s most important technologies power up.

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Vermont Business Magazine Hundreds of high school students from around New England will travel to the Lyndon campus of Vermont State University (VTSU) to view the solar eclipse. This rare astronomical phenomenon will be celebrated by Vermont State University’s atmospheric sciences program, now in its 49th year and known for producing top meteorologists.

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Leonine Public Affairs This week, as a spring storm barreled toward the state, House and Senate committees started to unpack the bills they received from the opposite chamber.

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by Cecilia Larson, Community News Service After a four-year hiatus, the Green Mountain Film Festival returned to Montpelier’s silver screens March 15 to 17. Established in 1997 as a community-building event and filmmakers’ showcase, the festival was placed on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic and crawled out of hibernation for the first time since 2019.

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Lake Champlain Committee (LCC) Monday April 8, 2024 the skies above Lake Champlain will go dark in the middle of the afternoon. Almost all of the lake is in the path of totality for the solar eclipse of 2024 passing through Mexico, the US, and Canada. It’s a historic occurrence—on average, any given location sees a total solar eclipse every 355 years.

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Vermont State Police Six months after the killing of 77-year-old Honoree Fleming of Castleton, the Vermont State Police investigation into her death remains active and ongoing. Detectives assigned to the case continue their work pursuing and developing leads. Investigators are receiving tips from the public and following up on that information.

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Vermont Business Magazine Professional Financial Associates, LLC (PFA), a Vermont financial planning and wealth management firm, recently announced it has aligned with leading wealth management firm LPL Financial to support its business.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont House Committee on Human Services unanimously passed legislation (S.25) to ban per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) and other toxic chemicals from personal care products and menstrual products, and to ban PFAS from apparel, cookware, artificial turf, and children’s products.

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Vermont Business Magazine Owners of the Vermont Flannel Company, purveyors of the world’s coziest flannel shirts, pajama bottoms and accessories, announced Thursday that they have acquired the assets of Vermont Teddy Bear, the largest manufacturer of teddy bears in North America.