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Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are rising and are $3.58 per gallon as of today, up 2 cents per gallon from last week, up 5 cents/g in a month, but down $1.42/g from a year ago. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 1 cent per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.53g today.
Vermont Business Magazine The Agency of Education, in partnership with the Agency of Agriculture, has recognized five supervisory unions that have achieved the highest percentage levels of local purchasing through The Local Foods Incentive Grant program established in 2021.
Vermont Business Magazine Discover mudpuppies with the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Fish & Wildlife Department (FWD) at the upcoming Clean Water Conversations virtual event from 12–1 pm on June 8, 2023. Native populations of mudpuppies can be found in Lake Champlain and its tributaries.
Vermont Business Magazine At a ceremony in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 6th, NRG Systems, Inc, the global leader in wind and solar resource measurement and intelligence, was honored with the President’s “E” Award for their outstanding contributions to exporting and promoting American-made products in international markets.
VermontBiz Vermont’s annual, statewide Summer Free Fishing Day is this Saturday, June 10, and it will be highlighted by a free family fishing festival in Grand Isle as well as opening day of the state’s regular bass fishing season.
Vermont Business Magazine The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy (FNWP) Committee of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) will hold meetings on June 12th and June 19, 2023. Both meetings, which will be held on consecutive Mondays, will run from Noon to 1:15 PM. As permitted by ACT 1 of the 2023 Vermont Legislature, these meetings wil
Vermont Business Magazine As the opening of HUD’s Innovative Housing Showcase approaches, WheelPad L3C is celebrating the design, manufacture, and shipment of its latest accessible modular home, which will be exhibited at the event. WheelPad’s SuitePAD model home is en route to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with expected arrival Tuesday.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is reminding anglers and the public to avoid disturbing spawning sea lamprey that may currently be found in the Connecticut River and several of its tributaries.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Lakes and Ponds Program offers guidance to help property owners protect and restore lake side properties. The Shoreland Best Management Practices guidance contains multiple Best Management Practice documents. Each document highlights different activities that can improve water quality and the health of lakeshore habitat.
by Bill Schubart With the second highest per capita homeless rate in the nation, the legislature ended, as of July, current state funding for providing hotel/motel shelter for 2800 homeless Vermont families, of which about 600 are children. To their credit 23 legislators demurred.
Vermont Business Magazine 802 Credit Union has been chosen as the Greater Brattleboro’s best community bank or credit union by Market Survey of America’s Best of the Best voters.
VermontBiz The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC) invites nominations for Vermont’s 2023 Early Childhood Educator of the Year. Nominations are due by July 1 and may be made at vtaeyc.org/eceoy.