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Alison Livengood, Justin Miller, and Amanda Bell have joined The Adam Hergenrother Team at KW Vermont. The Adam Hergenrother Team is headquartered in Colchester, VT and is comprised of the top real estate agents in Vermont.

The Vermont National Guard announces that 5 personnel from Vermont's Operational Support Airlift (OSA) Detachment are deploying to the Horn of Africa in support of United States Africa Command (U.S. AFRICOM).

AllEarth Renewables, the award winning Vermont-based solar tracker manufacturer, has announced the hiring of Mike Feeney to its growing national sales team.

NPI, a Technology Management company based in South Burlington, is pleased to announce that Reuben Oakheart has joined the Canopy Team. Rueben will provide managed IT services support to our clients. He comes to NPI with six years of IT experience with a background in IT infrastructure and Domain Administration.

Norwich University Professor of English Sean Prentiss’ book, “Finding Abbey” has won the National Outdoor Book Award in the history/biography category.

“Finding Abbey” is part-memoir, part-biography and centers on a two-year search for environmental writer Edward Abbey’s hidden desert grave.

Southern Vermont College (SVC) has announced the appointment of Jennifer Macksey as the College’s new Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer.

NBT Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Martin Dietrich recently announced that Matthew K. Durkee has been promoted to executive vice president.

David Mears has joined the High Meadows Fund Board of Directors. Mears, a professor at Vermont Law School, brings three decades of experience addressing environmental challenges, most recently as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation for the State of Vermont.

The Automaster has announced T.J. Maynard has been appointed to the position of client advisor for their BMW franchise.

The additional staffing stems from current and anticipated growth in BMW sales since the company recently remodeled its BMW Showroom.

TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, has promoted Jessica T. Brookes to Assistant Vice President, Store Manager II of the location at 215 Main St. in Brattleboro, Vt. She is responsible for new business development, consumer and business lending, managing personnel and overseeing the day-to-day operations at the store serving customers throughout the area.

“Tech & Learning Magazine”, the leading publication in the education technology market, has named Mindplay’s Teacher Companion product as a recipient of the Tech & Learning Award of Excellence in the category of New Products. The Teacher Companion is co-authored by Dr. Nancy Mather, professor at the University of Arizona’s College of Education, Dr.

The Vermont Educational Opportunity Programs (VEOP) recently awarded Tony Blueter, director of Upward Bound at Johnson State College, with the Jack Anderson Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes professionals who have demonstrated years of dedicated service to TRIO and similar educational opportunity programs (EOP) and have served as mentors for other TRIO and EOP professionals.