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Clara Conklin has joined the firm as an associate after graduating from Boston College Law School. During law school, she externed at the Massachusetts Land Court and worked as a student attorney in Boston College’s Civil Litigation Clinic. She continues her civil litigation work at Primmer, primarily serving clients in New Hampshire’s North Country.

A Vermont company was named a finalist for the 2016 InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business Challenge. InnovateHER is a national competition highlighting products and services created to benefit women.

The New England Board of Higher Education has chosen former Johnson State College President Barbara E. Murphy to receive the 2016 Eleanor M. McMahon Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Norwich University welcomes David Last, PhD, as a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in the Peace and War Center this semester.

The program between Norwich University and the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the US establishes a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at Norwich University to focus on research pertaining to military and diplomatic affairs.

OpenTempo brought on 12 new hires in the last half of 2015, giving a boost to the local Vermont healthcare IT sector.

Based in Williston, OpenTempo provides cloud-based staff scheduling, cost management and data analysis tools to healthcare organizations across the United States and Canada.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) is pleased to welcome Gastroenterologist Ashley Maranino, MD, to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group.

SymQuest Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., has recently announced the addition of Stacey Matthews to their Document Sales team. Matthews joins SymQuest as a Document Solutions Regional Sales Director and will be based in South Burlington, VT.

Nurse Practitioner Marissa Patrick recently joined University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center’s Granite City Primary Care in Barre, Vt. Patrick is the third provider at the growing practice and is currently accepting new patients.

Patrick Rogers, newly named director of admissions at Johnson State College, has received the Jerry E. Flanagan Service Award for 2015 from the Consortium of Vermont Colleges.

Stephen F. Christy, President and CEO of Mascoma Savings Bank, has announced his plans to retire on January 1, 2017 after almost 27 years at the helm of the local institution he first joined as a teller in 1973.

The RehabGYM and Peak Physical Therapy have announced a business merger effective January 25, 2015. Susan Dodge PT, owner of Peak Physical Therapy, and Sharon Gutwin PT, owner of the RehabGYM, look forward to providing continued comprehensive rehabilitation and programming to a wider customer base.

Local small business owner, Paul Ralston, who previously served two terms in the Vermont Legislature, has created a new radio program which will commence on WDEV on (this Thursday) January 21st from 1-2 PM. “I’m trying to decide if I should run for office,” he said, “and if so, which office.”