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VT/NH Marketing Group co-founder and past president George Duncan of Peterborough, N.H., has been named to The 101 Best Copywriters in the World. The list was compiled by PhraseHQ, a website for creative professionals.

“Borderlines,” an exhibit of Terry Allen’s photography is currently hanging in the lobby at Central Vermont Medical Center. It shows people and cultures on the edges of society and the cusp of change. Some photos soften the boundaries that divide people or blur the hard borders separating sky, water, and stone.

Stephen P Marsh, president, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Community Bancorp and Community National Bank (CNB), welcomed close to 200 shareholders recently for the annual shareholders’ meeting. Louise Bonvechio, treasurer of Community Bancorp, and SVP, CFO and cashier of Community National Bank, reported on CNB’s financials for 2012. Mr.

National Bank of Middlebury has created two significant new positions: Business Community Lender Northern Market Manager for Hinesburg, Vergennes and Bristol; and Business Community Lender Southern Market Manager for Brandon.

Vermont Law School graduate Alison Milbury Stone has joined the northern New England law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC. Stone will be based in the Burlington office and will practice in the firm’s Energy and Telecommunications Practice Group.

The VT/NH Marketing Group is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in education and training for marketing in all channels and formats, and to achieving and upholding the highest ethical business standards.

Tech Valley Communications (TVC), a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating networks in Upstate New York and Northern New England, today announced the appointment of Robert “Bob” Cochran as Senior Director of Sales Engineering effective immediately.

Susan L. Donegan, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, announced today that Crosby Sherman will join the DFR team as deputy commissioner of the Insurance Division.

Ursula Margazano recently joined Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, a Central Vermont Medical Center facility, as Administrator. She has a strong background in skilled nursing facility management. For the past eight years she has been Executive Director of Burlington Health and Rehab.

Stephany and Bruce Hasse of Charlotte have made a large donation to Vermont Children’s Hospital at Fletcher Allen for the purchase of a high-tech incubator for use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Norwich University’s College of Professional Schools is pleased to announce the appointment of Cara Armstrong as interim director of the School of Architecture + Art, beginning July 1, 2013.

The Essex, Vermont’s Culinary Resort and Spa, announces the hiring of its new Spa and Salon leadership team: Spa and Activities Director John Morris, Spa Manager Juliana Baker, and Salon and Aesthetics Manager Beth Rawson. The 22,000 square foot Spa at The Essex officially opened to the public on Saturday, June 27.