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Lewis First, M.D., professor and chair of pediatrics at the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine, has announced that Roger Soll, M.D., UVM professor of pediatrics, has been named the Harry Wallace Professor of Neonatology.

Von Bargen’s Jewelry announced today the appointment of Renee Piper to the position of Store Manager of their Springfield, Vermont location. A resident of Charlestown, New Hampshire, Piper previously served as a store manager for Talbot’s in Hanover, New Hampshire.

The Vermont Chamber of Commerce has chosen the winners of the five highly anticipated 2010 Vermont Hospitality Awards. These awards honor individuals in the hospitality industry who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the industry and who exemplify standards of professionalism.

Nineteen attorneys representing 17 practices at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Selections are based on the organization’s annual peer-review survey.



Christopher G. Filippi, M.D., associate professor of radiology at the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine, was recently appointed the John P. & Kathryn H. Tampas, M.D. '54 Green & Gold Professor in Radiology.

When Dr. Gene Wu began to occasionally fill in at North Country Hospital starting in January 2009, he had no plans of settling in the Northeast Kingdom or working at the hospital on a full time basis. However after working at the hospital for a time he knew it was a special place.

CLD Consulting Engineers of Wilder has welcomed two new staff members to their team. Mark Fabrizio, Senior Design Technician, brings 20 years of construction, construction administration, project permitting and planning, and civil design experience in Vermont and New Hampshire to the Wilder office.

The Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering (VASE) will celebrate Dr. George Pinder’s recent accomplishment of being elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) at the VASE Annual meeting on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 in Davis Auditorium at UVM at 5 pm. The NAE nomination is the highest professional distinction accorded to an engineer.

Bruce Foust, Senior Vice President and Business Banking Manager for Merchants Bank, today announced the appointment of Marsha Wimble as Vice President and Business Banking Officer. Wimble will be serving the Barre, Northfield, Waterbury and surrounding areas.

Council Executive Board President, Paul Hudson, has announced that Ed McCollin has been selected as the new Scout Executive for the Green Mountain Council headquartered in Waterbury, Vermont effective August 16, 2010.

Richard Cassidy and John Pacht, founding partners at Hoff Curtis, have been named for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® 2011. Mr. Cassidy has been included in the areas of labor and employment and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Pacht has been named in white collar and non-white collar criminal defense.

Andrew L. Koo, MD recently joined Family Psychiatry Associates, a member of the Central Vermont Medical Center Group. Dr. Koo is trained in adult and child psychiatry having recently completed his Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.