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New Englad Air Systems, a full service mechanical contractor located in WIlliston, VT is proud to announce that Karen Eppley has been hired as a Mechanical Drafting Technician. Karen has over 15 years of experience in drafting and project coordination.

The Vermont State Colleges is pleased to announce that Daniel

P. Smith of Burlington has been appointed the Director of Community

Relations and Public Policy. Smith comes to the Vermont State Colleges from

the Arno Group, a management and strategic consulting firm located in Stowe,

Vermont, where he provided businesses and organizations with strategic

The addition of two new family doctors to the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital medical staff will give the community better access to primary care. Peter J. Foote, DO, and Janine Foote, DO, will be starting to practice at Windham Family Practice with Thomas O. Evans, MD, and nurse practitioner Barbara Evans in mid-October.

Johnson State College has filled two key staff positions in the Division of Student Affairs:

Cynthia Hennard, M.A., is JSC's new director of counseling. She is a

licensed clinical mental-health counselor and alcohol and drug counselor.

Most recently, she was coordinator of the substance-abuse treatment

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)

has awarded filmmaker Caro Thompson of Walden, Vt., its History Medal

for her documentary “Champlain: The Lake Between.”

The film, which premiered on Vermont Public Television as part of the

Champlain quadricentennial, explores the diplomacy and trade between

ESSEX JCT, VT – Krystal Smith of the Hannaford Supermarket on North Ave,

Burlington, bested other competitors to become the 2010 Vermont “Best

Bagger.” The competition took place September 25 during the Vermont Food

Industry’s annual convention and expo at the Miller Expo Centre at the

Champlain Valley Exposition.

Jim Currier and his Currier’s Quality Market in Glover, was

honored by the Vermont Grocers' Association with the VGA “Retailer of the

Year” award during the association’s annual convention at the Sheraton

Burlington. The award was presented in recognition of their involvement with

the community, food industry, store operations and customer service.

We recently welcomed Alison Kosakowski to our team as senior brand

strategist. Kosakowski comes to KSV from New York, where she worked with

leading brands, such as Playtex, Hasbro, and Sharp Electronics. Most

recently, she handled communications for Captain Richard Phillips. Read our

press release here.

KeyBank announces the addition of Michael Woulf in the new position of Key@Work Relationship Manager. Woulf works with local businesses to provide banking services and financial education to employees.

Penny Coleman, RN, has joined the Lebanon, New Hampshire Branch of Armistead Caregiver Services. Penny has been an RN for over 30 years mostly working in the home health field. Most recently she worked with the Upper Valley Visiting Nurse’s Association where she was an intake nurse in their Referral Services department.

All nine participants of a Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) training program have graduated and are now employed by Fletcher Allen in either full or part time positions in inpatient areas of the hospital. To earn the LNA positions, the students participated in a unique training program offered by Fletcher Allen and Vermont HITEC.

Kathleen Brinegar, Ph.D., assistant professor of education, has a specialty in middle school/adolescent education. A former middle-grades teacher, she taught at the University of Vermont and was a research associate coordinating the Vermont Adolescent Literacy and Learning Initiative.