Col Matthew T Birmingham, director of the Vermont State Police, is pleased to announce the following promotion: Sgt Timothy Gould, in-service training coordinator at the Office of Professional Development, to lieutenant/professional standards commander at Headquarters.

The Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) honored RSG Senior Director Kenneth Kaliski, PE, QEP, INCE Bd. Cert. with The William W. Lang Award for the Distinguished Noise Control Engineer. The award, which is given every two years, acknowledges Ken’s meaningful service to and enthusiastic support of INCE Board Certification, notable contributions to the field of wind turbine acoustics, and use of rigorous analytics and novel approaches to advance the field of noise control engineering.

HANDS is very pleased to announce that Mara Welton has joined the Board. Mara has a background in growing and producing food as well as an interest in global food access. “Her enthusiasm is matched only by Mara’s knowledge of food access issues,” said Executive Director Megan J. Humphrey. Mara is the current owner of the food cart, Chile Colorado, which allows her and her husband, Spencer, to offer food from their home state of Colorado. She is the former owner of Half Pint Farm which Mara and her husband operated for 16 years in Burlington's Intervale.