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VermontBiz The Lake Champlain Chamber will celebrate its 113th year at a celebration gala on Thursday, April 4. More than 300 attendees are expected at the event to be held at the Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain. Four awards will be presented to businesses and business leaders to recognize their accomplishments and contributions to our community.
VermontBiz Most Vermonters are familiar with the general storyline of the EB-5 fraud committed in the Northeast Kingdom involving Jay Peak, Burke, and AnC Bio Vermont. News reports which were upbeat and promising in the early part of the last decade took a dark turn as details began to emerge of financial improprieties.
Vermont Business Magazine April 8’s solar eclipse will be an event to remember in parts of Vermont that will be along the path of totality – especially if viewers know what they’re looking for in the sky. Saint Michael’s College Professor and astrophysicist Alain Brizard, Ph.D., will provide that context during a talk on April 3 at 5 p.m.
Vermont Business Magazine Sarah Waring, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director for Rural Development (RD) in Vermont and New Hampshire, today announced $2,284,401 in funding for Twin State small businesses through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office today announced an update in the State’s case against Vermont State Police Sergeant Ryan Wood, 37, and Trooper Zachary Trocki, 30. In May of 2023, Sergeant Wood and Officer Trocki were each charged with one misdemeanor count of Reckless Endangerment in Vermont Superior Court, Windham Criminal Division.
Vermont Business Magazine This week the Vermont House passed three key bills that will make Vermont safer and more affordable. H.721 expands access to health care. H.880 makes an historic investment in our criminal justice system. And H.871 takes a critical step to revitalize our state’s school-construction aid program and manage education spending.
VermontBiz and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce revealed the ranking of the top 65 Best Places to Work in Vermont 2024 at a ceremony on March 26 at the DoubleTree Hotel Burlington. There were over 525 people in attendance. “With Vermont’s tight labor market, businesses are finding it difficult to fill open positions.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement on his appointment of Zoie Saunders to serve as Vermont’s next education secretary. “Last week, I announced my appointment of Zoie Sunders as the next secretary of education in Vermont.
by House Majority Leader Emily Long As Democrats, there’s nothing we care more about than making sure Vermont is a place where everyone can afford to live. We’re working hard to pass legislation that makes a real difference for folks, and it’s no secret that we have some deep differences with Governor Scott about how to get this important work done.
Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.37 per gallon, up 8 cents per gallon from last week's $3.29/g. Gas prices are up 14 cents/g from a month ago and are 1 cent/g lower than this time last year. The lowest price in the state yesterday is $3.18/g in Colchester and Burlington, while the highest is $3.89/g in Island Pond.
Vermont Business Magazine Eastern Hemlock, a ubiquitous and underutilized evergreen tree species in the northeastern United States, is now available for commercial cross-laminated timber (CLT) building projects for the first time after a multi-year project brings the tree species to the market.