Berkshire Bank has announced that it has selected 18 high school seniors to receive a total of $36,000 in scholarships through its Berkshire Bank Foundation Scholarship Awards Program. Each of the recipients will receive $2,000.

A total of 93 employee volunteers reviewed more than 170 applications to select the winners. The winners all live in the regions served by Berkshire Bank, including eastern and central New York, western Massachusetts and southern Vermont.

4,117 Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) members cast ballots during the annual election completed on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Results for 7 ballot items and three director elections were announced on Saturday morning at the 74th annual meeting of the VEC membership which was held at Jay Peak Resort in Jay, Vermont.

Three positions on the VEC board of directors were up for election. In total, fifteen candidates vied for the director seats which each carry a four year term.

Brianna Seaver, EMT-B, BA, MSN, APRN, Adult Nurse Practitioner and Licensed Emergency Medical Technician, has joined the Emergency Care Center at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (CMC/DHK).

The University of Vermont College of Medicine has announced the winners of the 2012 Medical Alumni Association Awards to be presented during its annual Medical Alumni Reunion, Friday June 8, 2012, on the UVM College of Medicine campus.

RE/MAX of New England officially announced the appointment of Dan Breault to Regional Director for New England. Breault most recently served as Regional Director of RE/MAX of Indiana and replaces Jay Hummer.

The Alumni Association of Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts has honored Vermont Technical College President Philip Conroy with the Nicholas P. Tillinghast Award for Achievement in the Field of Education. An annual tradition, the Bridgewater Alumni Association Awards are presented to deserving alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the university, who have positively impacted the community through their work or service to others. Dr.

Team Leader, Brian Armstrong is pleased to announce that Marc Quirion of Essex Junction has joined The Jim Chamberlin Team at Keller Williams Realty Green Mountain Properties.

Marc Quirion has an extensive background in the construction industry and has always been interested in the real estate business and making an impact on his community.

The Board of the Grafton, Vermont-based Windham Foundation announced today that Fredric (Rick) Boswell has been appointed as a member of its Board of Trustees.

For the past 20 years, Boswell has worked in the venture capital industry in startup and emerging growth companies on the East and West Coast. Prior to that, he held senior level marketing and management positions in the technology industry.

Michael Samara, who has been Saint Michael's College Vice President for Student Affairs/ Dean of Students for 35 years, has announced his retirement at the end of June 2012. A tribute reception brought tears and laughs as a large gathering of Saint Michael’s students, faculty and staff honored Mr. Samara with toasts and roasts and heartfelt words on May 1.