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Vermont Business Magazine Following a bipartisan push led by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and 13 of his Senate colleagues, the Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program would be expanded to be more inclusive to rural communities, allowing a waiv
Vermont Business Magazine Since its launch in July, Vermont Public’s car donation partnership with Good News Garage has yielded three vehicles to Vermonters in need. On September 27, the Burlington-based nonprofit Good News Garage awarded a 2009 Nissan Altima donated by a Vermont Public supporter to Warren Royea of Brattleboro.
by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First A 14-year-old Burlington boy has pleaded not guilty in Vermont Superior Court in Middlebury to adult criminal charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a Chittenden County teen in a car outside a Bristol home on Monday night. Hussein S.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s demographics are changing, with nearly a third of the state’s population now over the age of 60 — a 30% increase over the past decade. This shift presents challenges for how to address the needs of an aging population in a small state.
Vermont Business Magazine The Barre Disaster Recovery Center will close permanently at 6 pm Thursday, November 9. The center is currently open 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday (closed Saturday and Sunday). Until it closes, Vermonters can visit the center to get in-person help regarding disaster assistance. Specialists from FEMA and the U.S.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Sarah Clark, of Waterbury, as deputy secretary of the Agency of Administration and Alex Farrell, of South Burlington, as commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Vermont Business Magazine The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that USDA is providing $1.1 billion in loans and grants to upgrade rural infrastructure throughout the country, and $145 million to help rural business owners and ag producers lower energy costs, generate income and expand operations.
Vermont Business Magazine Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is supporting its first cohort of 26 local health care providers with a scholarship to Lifestyle Medicine education and training sessions.
Vermont Business Magazine Lost Lantern Whiskey Co-founders Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski announced today the opening of the award-winning independent bottler’s first tasting room.
Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office announced that Kathryn Flynn, 69, of Essex, Vermont, and Yoanna Vaughan, 36, of South Burlington, Vermont, were each arraigned yesterday on charges stemming from the care they provided to a vulnerable adult receiving Medicaid-funded services.
Vermont Business Magazine As the United States Senate prepares an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to respond to the ongoing humanitarian and military crises in Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and elsewhere, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Sens.