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Vermont Business Magazine Otter Creek Communications Union District (CUD) was awarded a $9.9 million grant from the Vermont Community Broadband Board. The grant will help fund construction of a multi-gigabit fiber network through a partnership with Consolidated Communications. When complete, more than 4,100 homes and businesses will have access to fiber internet by 2025.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office announced that Grace Gamble (charged as Peter Gamble), 27, of Montpelier, Vermont, was arraigned earlier this week on five felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont residents affected by July’s severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides now have until October 31 to apply for FEMA assistance. This does not mean you should delay applying – the sooner you apply, the sooner FEMA can process your claim.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) on Wednesday issued the following statement on the continuing violence in Israel and Gaza following Hamas’ horrific attack on Saturday: "Hamas’ terrorist assault on Israel will have horrific short- and long-term consequences...

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VermontBiz Norwich University will host the Special Olympics Vermont Unified Champion Schools Soccer Tournament on Wednesday, October 11 from 9:30am to 1pm.

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VermontBiz The investigation into last week’s fatal shooting of 77-year-old Honoree Fleming on a rail trail near her home in Castleton continues Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.

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VermontBiz In response to the need for assistance following the challenges caused by this summer’s flooding, Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Entrepreneurial Legal Lab and Legal Services Vermont will host a clinic in Hardwick to provide legal information to homeowners, renters and business owners seeking aid through FEMA grants and Small Business Association loans.

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VermontBiz The Vermont Department of Labor has announced an increase to the State’s minimum wage. Beginning January 1, 2024, the State’s minimum wage will become $13.66 per hour. This is an increase of $0.48 from the current minimum wage of $13.18. 

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont State University (VTSU) Interim President Mike Smith released the voluntary faculty buyout plan to university faculty on Monday afternoon as part of the ongoing academic Optimization efforts.

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VermontBiz Green Mountain Power (GMP) today launched its Zero Outages Initiative, the first utility in the country to commit to a comprehensive, data-driven plan that creates layers of resiliency across Vermont by building on GMP’s successful and proactive undergrounding and storm-hardening of lines, as well as deployment of energy storage through batteries and microgrids.