Mike Simoneau has announced that he will run for a seat on the South Burlington City Council in the upcoming March elections.

A resident of South Burlington since 1980, Simoneau graduated from Rice High School in 1969 and the University of Vermont in 1973. He and his wife Geri Reilly have two children, Reilly and Mike Jr., who graduated from South Burlington schools and currently attend the University of Vermont. Mike and Geri own and operate Geri Reilly Real Estate in South Burlington.

Norwich University officials have named Logan Beirne the 2014 William E. Colby Award winner for his book, Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency.

Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives Shap Smith has reappointed Dr. Felicia Kornbluh of Williston to serve on the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW).

Dr. Kornbluh is Director of the Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Program and Associate Professor of History at the University of Vermont. A historian of social welfare, law and grassroots politics in the twentieth‐century United States, her first book was The Battle for Welfare Rights: Politics and Poverty in Modern America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007).

Burlington City Arts is proud to announce the 2014 Barbara Smail Award winner, Vermont artist Sumru Tekin. The announcement was made during the opening reception of Kate Donnelly’s (2013 Barbara Smail Award Winner) exhibition A Period of Confinement at the BCA Center on Friday, January 24, 2014. Sumru Tekin is the recipient of the 12th annual Barbara Smail Award.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) today announced that it has appointed Josephine Iannelli Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Ms. Iannelli, 41, has served as Berkshire’s Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and has participated in financial oversight since July 2013.

The announcement completes an extensive recruitment and interview process conducted in partnership with a leading national executive search firm with substantial financial services expertise.