On Friday December 13, 2013 the Stratton Foundation distributed $6,000 to organizations spanning our region thanks to the success and generosity received from riders in this past summer's 2nd annual Vermont Challenge road-cycling event.
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Vermont dairy farmer Harold Howrigan Jr. has been elected to serve a one-year term as Vice Chairman of Dairy Management Inc. ™ (DMI), which is based near Chicago. The election came last month during DMI’s national annual meeting held in Phoenix, Arizona. DMI is the company that carries out promotion programs nationwide funded by dairy farmers from across the country.
Mark Aridgides of Fleischer Jacobs Group has been awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) Designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies™ (the Center), the standards-setting body for fi360. The AIF Designation signifies specialized knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and the ability to implement policies and procedures that meet a defined standard of care.
KeyBank last night held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening celebration of its newest branch in Burlington at 1127 North Avenue.
For the past 16 years, City Market has held a COTS Tree Sale to benefit Burlington’s Committee on Temporary Shelter. This year, City Market once again sold fresh balsams from Moffatt’s Tree Farm in Craftsbury, Vermont. The Co-op sold 660 trees from Wednesday, December 4 through Thursday, December 12 and the net proceeds were all donated to COTS.
ARC Mechanical is happy to announce the addition of two new employees, the return of a previous employee, as well as the promotion of one employee.
Central Vermont Medical Center employees and volunteers donated 188 turkeys to the Vermont Food Bank. They also donated turkeys to 33 families that have been adopted for holiday giving by individual employees, departments, and physician practices, through the State of Vermont Agency of Human Services/Department of Children and Families.
TPW, a community management company offering full service property management, vacation rental and real estate services, has named David Boston the new Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Boston, a top principal of the company, has been a trusted leader in the growth and success of TPW's New England offices.
The Women Business Owners Network is pleased to announce four new additions to their Executive Board beginning in January 2014.
Mary Claire Carroll of Carroll Photos, owns a Portrait and Commercial photography studio and is a skilled photographic artist.
The Norwich University Office of Communications welcomes Lindsay Cahill Lord to its staff as the new special projects coordinator in charge of the annual William E. Colby Military Writers Symposium as well as other duties.
Seven Days, Vermont’s free, independent weekly newspaper, won eight awards at the Vermont Press Association ceremony last Thursday in Montpelier.
The awards are an annual competition among the daily and nondaily newspapers in the state of Vermont.
Seven Days won eight awards including:
• General Excellence, nondaily: First Place, Seven Days
KSE Partners LLP, Vermont’s leading government affairs, communications and research firm, today named Scott Mackey as managing partner.