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The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center welcomes J. Andrew Dreslin, MD, to the urology practice in Berlin, joining fellow urologist John Horan, MD.

TPW welcomes Alison Cummings as the new managing broker of TPW Real Estate in the Stratton area. Prior to joining the real estate industry in 2006, Alison spent 30 years as a ski coach and program director at Stratton. She owned and operated her own landscape company in the Manchester/Dorset, Vermont area in the off-season.

Thomas Hughes has joined the Vermont Public Interest Research Group as Campaign Manager of the Energy Independent Vermont coalition.

Andrew Manitsky has become a named partner in the Burlington law

firm of Lynn, Lynn, Blackman & Manitsky, P.C., where he continues to

represent clients in complex civil disputes and intellectual property

matters. Manitsky is listed in Best Lawyers in America and New England Super

Lawyers, and is the Chair of the Vermont Bar Association’s Intellectual

Vermont Public Radio is teaming with 105.9FM The Radiator to bring full versions of the VPR-produced concert series ‘Live From The Fort’ to Chittenden County airwaves. The “Live From The Fort” music video series hosts Vermont-based bands in VPR’s Colchester studios. Performances are featured online at VPR.net and on VPR’s daily public affairs program Vermont Edition.

The Vermont Business Roundtable Research and Education Foundation has announced that executive director Mary Schwartz will leave the organization at the end of this year.

The First National Bank of Orwell, a community bank serving Orwell and Shoreham, Vermont and surrounding communities since 1863, today announced the appointment of Bryan S. Young, age 38, as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2016. He succeeds his father, Mark S. Young, age 62, who has served as the chief executive since 1979.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL) has named Gregori Somoff, CPA, as its new accounting manager. In this position, Somoff is responsible for all aspects of the accounting system for VITL, including invoicing, collections, payables, treasury, financial controls, and financial reporting.

Inntopia’s Support Team recently got a boost with the addition of Karin Gosselin and Michelle Jones. Both were recently hired as Strategic Account Managers, bringing years of talent and expertise to the team.

Dr. Edgar Holmes, III, MD orthopaedic surgeon and principal founder of the Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic was recently inducted into the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame.

The maintenance building on the campus of Lyndon State College will be named the Arthur W. Peake Maintenance Facility in memory of former Lyndon employee Art Peake. The motion was unanimously approved by the Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees.

Dr. David M. Gorson, an endocrinologist and member of the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center medical staff, has once again been named as one of the Best Doctors in America® for 2015 - 2016. Dr. Gorson also received the same recognition 2009 - 2012.