Rutland Regional Medical Center has announced that Henry R. (Hank) Dimuzio, Jr., MD has been named Rutland Regional Medical Center’s 2015 Physician of the Year. The annual announcement is one of the community’s most prestigious honors bestowed upon a physician because of its acknowledgment from colleagues and medical peers.

Dr. Dimuzio, an Emergency Department physician for more than 31 years, was selected as the medical staff member who best personifies the hospital’s core values and patient-centered model of care.

As part of the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) Safety Week, Bromley turned to local JISP (Junior Instructional Ski Program) groups, passing out NSAA Kids’ Safety Poster Contest sheets. The JISPers are all local school kids that ski & ride at Bromley one afternoon each week, all season long. The contest is part of NSAA’s Safety Week, held each February.

After a thorough job search, the Board of Directors of the Burlington-Williston Church of the Nazarene is thrilled to announce that the Church District has approved the appointment of Andrew Magnuson as the church’s next pastor. Magnuson currently serves as the Intergenerational Discipleship Pastor for the Lowell First Church of the Nazarene in Massachusetts, where he lives with is wife, Susan, and their three children. He will begin his tenure as the church’s 18th Pastor on March 2, 2015.

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) will honor former Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Tim Donovan with its 2015 Eleanor M. McMahon Award for Lifetime Achievement, when the regional organization holds its 13th annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards ceremony at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel on Friday, March 13, 2015.

Donovan recently retired from a career in higher education that spanned four decades culminating in five years as the chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges (VSC).

ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, is happy to introduce the newest members of its staff. Spanning from animal care to accounting, education to communications, the new additions will round out a strong team and continue to help spread the organization’s mission of educating to create a healthy lake while providing a fun and memorable experience on the Burlington waterfront.

SymQuest Group, Inc. has announced the addition of Ashley Slater and Adam DeRuzza to the company’s South Burlington headquarters. Slater is SymQuest’s newest Client Support Representative and DeRuzza joins as a Network Engineer, supporting SymQuest’s SafetyNet network solutions.

“Both Ashley and Adam are exciting additions to our team,” commented SymQuest President and CEO, Larry Sudbay. “As SymQuest continues to grow in our home state and across our footprint. We have big plans for 2015 and we’re excited that Ashley and Adam will be with us.”

Vermont businessman, Jeff Nicholson, has authored a new marketing book, “Stick This! Using Promotional Stickers to Build Identity, Create Word-of-Mouth and Grow Sales”, the first ever book written about stickers as a valuable marketing tool. The book, published by Freely Creative, Inc, is available in hard copy and ebook format through www.websticker.com/stickthisbook.php and amazon.com.

During the month of February, City Market, Onion River Co-op celebrated their love of local with their annual “We ♥ Local Food Recipe Contest”. This year, the featured ingredient was local dried beans from Morningstar Farm in Glover, VT.

The team at Integrative Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine held a Chinese New Year dinner at University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center and raised $2,000 to benefit UVM Health Network – CVMC’s National Life Cancer Center's acupuncture services. Acupuncture has been a valuable and popular service provided at no cost to patients in the cancer center for four years. Monies raised will help extend this service so more cancer patients can benefit from it.