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Vermont State Police During the ongoing search for two missing men from Massachusetts, investigators have located two bodies in a rural area in northeastern Vermont. The discovery of the bodies occurred as police followed up on information that detectives developed while searching for Jahim Solomon, 21, of Pittsfield and Eric White, 21, of Chicopee.

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Vermont Business Magazine In response to the news JetBlue will no longer be providing their one route from Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport, Nic Longo, Director of Aviation issued the following statement: “We are disappointed to learn the news JetBlue Airways will be discontinuing their one route to New York-JFK.

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Vermont Business Magazine On Monday, Vermont’s State Advisory Council (SAC) formally endorsed the Policy Recommendations of the Vermont Early Childhood State Advisory Council Network for 2024.

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Vermont Business Magazine November 1 marks the beginning of the Open Enrollment period for Vermont's health insurance marketplace. This is the time Vermonters can sign up for or change their health and dental plans for 2024. This year's Open Enrollment is especially important for Vermonters who may have lost Medicaid coverage or otherwise became uninsured in the last year.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont community members and organizations came together to raise more than $120,000 at the 2023 Empty Bowl Dinner, benefitting Spectrum Youth & Family Services. The event was held on October 10, 2023, and sponsored by Vermont Federal Credit Union.

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Vermont Business Magazine On Monday October 30, a union representing over 600 graduate student-workers at the University of Vermont in Burlington will file for a union election with the VLRB with majority support. Student workers will rally on the UVM campus on the Davis Green at 12 to celebrate this accomplishment and make their union demands known to the administration.

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Vermont State Police On the above date and time, State Police received a report of approximately $75 cash and a $2.00 drink was stolen from a farmstand on Dustan Rd in Craftsbury. Anyone with information who can identify this person please contact Trooper Jesse Nash at the Derby Barracks @ 802-334-8881.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) applauded the confirmation of Michael Whitaker, of Vermont, to become Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Tuesday. Whitaker received strong bipartisan support in a 98-0 Senate vote.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont State University Interim President Mike Smith will release his administrative cost savings plan on Friday, after notifications to leadership, unions and the impacted staff members are complete.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced nearly $1.9 million to fund two projects across Vermont that advance environmental justice as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

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Vermont Business Magazine A delegation from Tottori, Japan, Vermont’s official sister-state, visited the University of Vermont Medical Center last Thursday to tour the facility where some Japanese medical students have completed their residency through a long-standing exchange program. Tottori is a rural prefecture with roughly the same population as Vermont.

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Vermont Business Magazine Nestled near a hillside in Hartland, Vermont, sits land that has seen agricultural uses since the 1770’s.