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The Real Estate Company of Vermont, located on Main Street in Bristol, is pleased to welcome REALTOR Tammy Petersen as a new salesperson specializing in buying and selling land and residential property in Addison, Chittenden, and Rutland counties.

Nurses Glenn Wagner and Lyndi Medico were honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for their compassionate care at the first-ever DAISY award ceremony at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) on Thursday, August 27.

Tori Colarusso, Lake Champlain Chamber’s Director of Communications and Leadership Development, has been selected by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) to study economic recovery and resilience strategies with 41 other chamber of commerce professionals from communities throughout the United States.

ReArch Company is excited to announce the arrival of Chris Huston as Vice President of Development and Preconstruction. Chris provides overall leadership and direction on preconstruction project development and serves as the client’s direct contact point throughout the development and preconstruction process.

The Snelling Center for Government is pleased to announce the graduates of the Vermont Leadership Institute Class of 2020:

One Credit Union’s CEO Brett Smith was recently named Chairman of the Board for Make A Wish Vermont. Brett, a lifelong resident of Vermont, grew up in Hartford and now lives in Thetford with his wife Kati and two dogs, Chance and Millie.

Mara Neufeld Rivera, MS, SHRM-SCP, has been named the 2020 Human Resources Professional of the Year by the Vermont State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The award, sponsored by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, was announced on September 15 at the joint conference of the Vermont and New Hampshire 2020 Twin State Virtual HR Summit.

It is with great honor that we announce our 2020 Curtis-Hoff Award Winners, Terje Anderson and Representative Joannah "Joey" Donovan.

Tiffany Bluemle, chair of the board of Public Assets Institute, announced that C.D. Mattison of Burlington has been elected to the board.

Vermont retail stores, travelers, tourists, local businesses and folks from around New England welcome our new calendars and planners in the style and spirit of products formerly sold by Vermont Life. Amazing Vermont Calendars introduces our lineup of four beautiful 2021 calendars and planners featuring inspirational photographs that showcase the stunning beauty of Vermont.

TCE is pleased to announce the hiring of Seamus Collar who has joined the Field Services Department as a Survey Technician I. Seamus is a native Vermonter and completed his undergraduate studies at Castleton University as well as the Community College of Vermont.

"The promotion of Col. Joyce Merrill demonstrates the great diversity of skills and opportunities within the Vermont National Guard," said Col. Michael Chase, Vermont National Guard U.S. property and fiscal officer. "While many think of the National Guard as infantry Soldiers and fighter pilots, the reality is the Guard is much more.