North Star Leasing, a national equipment leasing company, is pleased to announce the addition of Wilbur Hooks in the role of Senior Business Development Program Manager.

Hooks bring more than 30 years of experience to North Star Leasing, having worked with a number of significant lenders in the equipment financing industry, including General Electric, Case New Holland Capital, AT&T, and Key Equipment Finance. Most recently, Hooks was the Business Development Program Manager for Marlin Leasing.

Edmund Booth has been appointed to Vermont Adult Learning’s board of trustees. Edmund is a Network Analyst at Vermont Student Assistance Corporation. He brings over 15 years of board and committee experience in Vermont and New England. He has formerly taught in both public and technical schools in Vermont. He holds an undergraduate teacher’s degree from Keene State University and is a graduate of the Vermont Leadership Institute of the Snelling Center for Government.

Looking to grow her business and deliver more expanded services to homebuyers and sellers in the ‘Heart of Vermont,’ Broker/Owner Susan Martin today announced that Susan Martin & Co., REALTORS®, a market leader in Lamoille, Caledonia and Orleans counties, has chosen to affiliate with the CENTURY 21® System and will now do business as CENTURY 21 Martin & Associates Real Estate.

Col. Matthew T. Birmingham, director of the Vermont State Police, is pleased to announce the following staffing changes:

Capt. Julie Scribner, Staff Operations Commander, to commander and co-director, Fair & Impartial Policing and Community Affairs at Headquarters.

Dr. Etan Nasreddin-Longo, co-chair of the Vermont State Police Fair and Impartial Policing Committee, to co-director, Fair & Impartial Policing and Community Affairs at Headquarters.

Grace Cottage Family Health welcomes Cynthia Howes, Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, who began seeing pediatric patients (babies through age 21) at Grace Cottage in mid-August. Howes most recently was employed at Just So Pediatrics in Brattleboro.

Howes earned her Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree at State Univ. of New York-Syracuse, and her RN degree from New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Boston.

Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP is pleased to announce that The Best Lawyers in America® — the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession — named five Langrock attorneys “2021 Lawyer of the Year”: Alison J. Bell for Employment Law – Management, Kevin E. Brown for Insurance Law, Emily J. Joselson for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, John L. Kellner – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, and Devin McLaughlin for Criminal Defense: General Practice.

The Law Firm of McCormick, Fitzpatrick, Kasper & Burchard, PC is pleased to announce that several of the attorneys at the firm have been recognized as achieving a level of excellence in their capacity of legal work by Bests. Dave Berman was recognized as "Lawyer of the Year" for employer's workers' compensation. Thomas McCormick was recognized as "Lawyer of the Year" in the personal injury defense field. In addition, Thomas McCormick was also recognized for achievements in the representation of plaintiffs in the medical malpractice field.