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Vermont Business Magazine The ten best days of summer are just around the corner! It’s the Champlain Valley Fair and we’re excited to open our gates for the 101st time. The Champlain Valley Fair is Vermont’s largest annual event and attracts 120,000 fairgoers yearly!

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Vermont Business Magazine Vail Resorts’ Northeast resorts are looking ahead to winter with capital investments, new technologies and a robust lineup of new and returning events. Guests planning to visit this winter – whether one day or all season long – are encouraged to purchase their lift access online in advance to save big.

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Vermont Business Magazine A new study reveals that Wyoming is the state where residents are most likely be involved in a fatal vehicle crash involving a mobile phone. Vermont ranks in fifth place (at more than twice the national average), after North Dakota, Kansas, and Minnesota in second, third, and fourth respectively.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermonters are urged to take steps to protect themselves against mosquito bites, as mosquitoes in Grand Isle and Franklin Counties have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) — a serious and potentially fatal mosquito-transmitted infection. These are the first detections of EEE in mosquitoes in Vermont since 2015.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest four-season resort in Eastern North America and a POWDR company, looks forward to a fall stacked with mountain biking, golf and other fun events for the whole family.  Take a scenic gondola ride to the peak through October 15 to witness Vermont’s spectacular foliage from 4241’ and explore our network of hik

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Vermont Business Magazine Shelburne Museum extends a warm welcome to college students as they return to school with free admission on Saturdays throughout the month of September. Kicking it off Student Saturdays on Labor Day weekend (Saturday, September 2), the museum will offer a unique opportunity for students to engage with art, culture, and community.

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Vermont Fish & Wildlife If you or someone you know would like to go hunting this fall but have never taken a hunter education course, this is the time to act. Vermont’s volunteer hunter education instructors are now holding a limited number of courses throughout the state. 

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Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power (GMP) customers will have greater access to seamless, cost-effective home battery backup power following an order by the Vermont Public Utility Commission late Thursday.

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Vermont Business Magazine The dedication, compassion and bravery of health care workers is on display every day at UVM Medical Center – and now the region’s only tertiary care and academic medical center is home to a Vermont artist’s tribute to their selfless work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 1.8 percent in July. This is the lowest rate ever recorded in the state. The comparable United States rate in July was 3.5 percent, a decrease of one-tenth of one percentage point from the revised June estimate.

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Vermont Business Magazine The United States Department of Labor has extended the application deadline for the Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Program to ensure that Vermonters affected by the recent flooding can access these important benefits. Individuals within all affected counties now have until September 29, 2023, to file their initial claims.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Peter Welch, and Representative Becca Balint with an urgent request for their support to establish a Natural Disaster Paycheck Protection Program.