Founder and owner Tom Brassard has announced that 2015-2016 marks the 25th anniversary year for Paw Print & Mail, a full-service B2B printing, mailing, graphic design, and small business marketing services company located in South Burlington, Vermont.

Doug Nedde of Nedde Real Estate has brokered a lease between North Star Leasing and Cresta Cooper Nedde, LLC with Steve Donahue of Donahue & Associates for 6,258+/- SF. North Star Leasing will be moving their office to newly renovated 747 Pine Street, Burlington, VT. North Star Leasing has provided plumbing, restaurant, logging, packaging and small manufacturing equipment financing to businesses across the country since 1979. This move will double their facility space, enabling the company’s planned expansion from 24 employees to 44.

The Burlington Business Association (BBA) is hosting its annual Business Summit event on Thursday, February 11th from 7:30-11 am at Burton’s Area 13 facility.

BNI Vermont has announced that Megan Waite has been appointed to the position of Director Consultant.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have Megan as part of the official BNI Vermont team,” said Vickie Wacek, Executive Director of BNI Vermont. “She brings true business savvy and a tremendous amount of experience both as a long-time BNI member and ambassador and as an entrepreneur and business owner,” Wacek expanded.

Merritt & Merritt & Moulton has announced that Keegan M. Caldwell, Ph.D., a Registered Patent Agent, has joined the firm’s IP practice. Dr. Caldwell has extensive experience in initial patent prosecution counseling and prosecution of patent applications in the US and abroad. A distinguished veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Dr. Caldwell was the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants in chemistry and biomedical sciences.

Vermont Youth Conservation Corps has announced two new trustees. Michael Snyder, Commissioner of Vermont Forests, Parks, and Recreation, is serving as an ex officio member. Snyder was appointed to his current post as Commissioner by Governor Shumlin in 2010. Prior to that, he served for 14 years as Chittenden County Forester, taught courses in Forestry at the University of Vermont for 12 years, and writes the Woods Whys column for Northern Woodlands Magazine. He was a US Youth Conservation Corps member as a 15-year-old.

The Alliance for Community Media -Northeast Region hosted their 17th Annual Video Festival at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, CT. Filmmaker/Director/Editor Jim Heltz of Green Mountain Video, Inc of Williston was in attendance to accept the first place award in the Arts and Theater category for the film I am in here. The film is a fictional account of a day in a life of Mark Utter. I am in here highlights Mark's communication challenges throughout a typical day.

Maine Drilling & Blasting celebrates the importance of local service to its own success over the past half-century by establishing named scholarships at local universities and technical colleges throughout its service area.

Vermont Watchdog has added its presence to the Vermont Statehouse press corps, with the hiring of reporter Michael Bielawski.

Bielawski, a Hardwick resident, will spend several days a week in Montpelier, covering legislative and other state government news, with a particular focus on energy, education, employment, and other issues of interest to Vermont readers, said Vermont Watchdog Chief Reporter Bruce Parker.