ZingThings – a New Hampshire based product development company led by Alexys Wilbur of Cornish and Jason Drebitko of Woodstock has launched trayGUARD®+Kids, their second travel health product for families on the go. The original trayGUARD+, a food contact safe and chemical free antimicrobial cover that easily slips over an airline, bus, or train tray table and creates an instant hygienic surface while traveling, was launched in 2011.

The Board of Directors at Wake Robin, Vermont’s first lifecare community, announced yesterday that Patrick McKee will take over as President and CEO following Allie Stickney’s retirement next month. The Board of Directors, Wake Robin residents and staff thank Stickney for her 7 ½ years of dedicated service to the community, and are eager to begin the next chapter with McKee as leader.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL) today announced the appointment of Joanna Cummings to marketing manager. In this newly created role, Cummings will be developing and managing marketing and outreach programs that create awareness of Vermont’s health information exchange and eHealth service offerings provided by VITL.

Two Lyndon State College Atmospheric Sciences students finished in first and third place in the year-long WxChallenge weather forecasting competition and another LSC student took gold the contest’s “postseason” tournament. LSC senior Edward Vallee finished in first place of the WxChallenge while junior A.J. Waterman landed in third; sophomore Scott Myerson won the postseason tournament.

After 45 years of practice, optometrist Dr. David Garbutt is retiring and transferring his practice to Dr. Francis (Frank) Pinard of Newport Optical. Dr. Pinard will begin seeing patients at 530 Washington Highway in Morrisville in early May. The Morrisville office will be a full-time second location for Dr. Pinard and his associates. Ophthalmologist Dr. Mark Iverson, who shared office space with Dr. Garbutt, will continue to see patients in the Morrisville office.