Dr Leigh LoPresti has joined Gifford Family Medicine as part of a team expansion aimed at increasing patient access to Primary Care services. He brings 30 years’ experience as a family physician in hospital and private practice settings. Most recently he was a physician for the US Army at Fort Drum, NY, and Chief Medical Officer at Battenkill Valley Health Center in Arlington, VT.

The Stern Center for Language and Learning’s President, Dr Blanche Podhajski, and Program Manager for Evaluations, Dr Melissa Farrall, joined a select group of presenters at the 2017 Reading, Literacy & Learning Annual IDA Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on November 8-11, 2017. Hosted by the International Dyslexia Association, this premier professional development conference focused on dyslexia research and instructional interventions convened experts from around the world to illuminate the most current information in the field for some 2,000 attendees.

In October, three new trustees joined the Board of Trustees at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science: Richard Ferrell, Ronald Paprocki and Thomas Weschler.

Steven R Gordon, President and CEO of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH), has been appointed as a state delegate and member of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Regional Policy Board.

"Floydian Slip," a weekly Pink Floyd show produced by Craig Bailey of Shelburne, Vt, will begin airing on WFFM 105.7 FM in Ashburn, Ga., starting Monday, Dec 4. The station will carry the show Mondays at 7 pm ET. "Rock 105" is a classic rock station serving the Ashburn/Sycamore area of southern Georgia. The station belongs to Plant Broadcasting, which also owns WTIF-AM/FM in Tifton, Ga, where "Floydian Slip" aired from 2013-15.

"Floydian Slip" is currently heard on more than 90 stations in the US, Canada and overseas.

Bob Lawson, founder of Sustainable Digital, has been selected by Squarespace as an Authorized Trainer. The selection is a significant recognition by the website management platform of Bob’s ability to train others to build and manage their own websites.

Squarespace is used by a growing number of nonprofits to build their websites. Its growing popularity is due to the way the company has simplified the web development process. Squarespace has made it possible for nonprofits to manage their own sites without incurring high costs every time something must be changed on a website.

More than 260 people gathered at the Hilton Burlington December 2 as three longtime broadcasters were inducted into the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Newly enshrined honorees include Tom Beardsley, Judy Simpson and Brian Collamore.

NG Advantage LLC, which is majority-owned by Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE), is pleased to announce that Michael C Cefalo has joined the Vermont-based organization as Vice President of Operations, building on his work as a leader in project management with a focused expertise in technology.

“Mr Cefalo’s impressive project management history, ability to maneuver complex operations, and strategic thinking will greatly serve NG Advantage and our customers as we to continue to expand our operations beyond the Northeast,” said NG Advantage CEO Rico Biasetti.