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Vermont Business Magazine Over the next two years, the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps will be restoring the second of their two "Monitor Barns"-- beautiful and historic structures located at their campus on Route 2 in Richmond.

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) today announced the launch of the Vermont Community Electric Vehicle Chargers Incentive Program. This program aims to increase access to electric charging opportunities for Vermonters at locations such as workplaces, multiunit homes and public areas.

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by Bill Schubart Dr. Donald Berwick’s Moral Determinants of Health, presents the fundamental tenets of sound healthcare policy.

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Vermont Business Magazine Record high energy prices defined the region’s wholesale electricity markets in 2022, according to the latest annual report by ISO New England’s Internal Market Monitor (IMM) released Wednesday. The average price in the Day-Ahead Energy Market was $86 per megawatt-hour (MWh), a year-over-year increase of 90%.

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Vermont Business Magazine In recent weeks, smoke from wildfires in Canada has traveled to New England, significantly lowering production from solar resources in the region compared to what ISO New England would expect absent the smoke, according to a ISONE report released in June.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) invites the public to participate in a survey and also to attend virtual public meetings for the State’s Carbon Reduction Strategy on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The meetings will be held at noon and 6 pm via Zoom. The Agency is undertaking this initiative with two primary objectives.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has announced the 2023-2024 migratory game bird hunting season dates and bag limits.

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Vermont Business Magazine The State of Vermont, 64 individual plaintiffs who have sued the State, and the federal receiver for Jay Peak, Inc, et al., have reached an agreement to settle all pending and potential lawsuits against the State related to the eight Jay Peak EB-5 projects. The settlement agreement is conditioned upon entry of a bar order.

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Vermont State Police The Vermont State Police investigation is continuing Wednesday, July 5, 2023, into this week’s non-fatal police shooting by a member of the Rutland City Police Department. The men who were shot are identified as Randy A. Perez-Coiscou and Andy H. Perez-Coiscou. They are twin 21-year-old brothers from Springfield, Massachusetts.

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by John McClaughry The Legislature’s enactment of the Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection Act is another troubling example of how massive changes in Vermont are being engineered these days, whether the democratically elected governor likes it or not.

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Vermont Business Magazine Applications are now being accepted for free energy assessments of municipal buildings throughout Vermont. Municipalities (cities, towns, incorporated villages, fire districts, etc.) will be eligible to apply for the free assessments, and once co

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Vermont Business Magazine Community Bank System, Inc (NYSE: CBU), based in Syracuse, NY, today announced that Mark E Tryniski will retire as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective as of December 31, 2023.