Maggie Fitzgerald, a senior at Rice Memorial High School, took top honors at the Poetry Out Loud State Finals, held at Vermont PBS on March 17. Fitzgerald was one of 10 finalists representing schools from across the state.
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TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, has promoted Christopher J. Hackett to Senior Relationship Manager in Commercial Banking, based in Bellows Falls, Vt. He is responsible for developing new client relationships and managing existing commercial relationships, serving businesses in Rutland and across southeastern Vermont.
Effective April 1, Green Mountain Orthopaedic Surgery (GMOS) will join University of Vermont Health Network - CVMC Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. The integration will combine GMOS Orthopedic Surgeons Dr. Christian Bean and Dr. Christopher Meriam with CVMC Orthopedic Surgeons Dr. Mahlon Bradley and Dr. Sara Graves into one practice.
Bowl New England Inc., headquartered in Colchester, Vermont announces the addition of Rich Furniss as an Assistant Manager at their Colchester center. Furniss brings a solid hospitality and finance background and is responsible for personnel and the everyday operation of the bowling center, 2-level laser tag arena, 65+ arcade Game Zone, and the adjacent restaurant - City Sports Grille.
Franchisee Jill Bessette, based in Plainfield, has recently changed the name of her CruiseOne franchise as part of a corporate franchise initiative that is reinvesting in the travel brand’s growth, speaking to all types of vacation experiences, not just cruises. The new name of the travel franchise is Dream Vacations which will launch on Tuesday, April 5th.
Lyndon State's November 19 News 7 broadcast has been named the third-best college newscast by the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), just behind programs from Arizona State University and the University of Oklahoma.
The Greater Burlington YMCA has announced that Kyle Dodson of Burlington has been selected as the organization’s next President & CEO. Dodson will step into the role as of May 2nd.
Northwestern Medical Center is pleased to announce that Christopher Hickey has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer at the hospital.
Dr. Erwin Lange has joined Gifford’s Primary Care team and is seeing patients at the Rochester Health Center. He started in Rochester as a locum in November, 2015, and has now settled in full-time as the community’s primary care provider.
TPW has announced that John Bertucci joins the growing Real Estate Sales team with a focus on the Deerfield Valley area.
Tom Cosinuke, ChFC, CLU has joined the UBS Financial Services, Inc. team of Integrity Wealth Management with locations in South Burlington and Rutland, VT. This team is a comprehensive, financial planning oriented, wealth management team. It is comprised of Jessica Anderson, CFP, CIMA, CPWA (Jessica is a Barron's 400 Top Female Advisor, nationally), Margo Jones, CFP and Alicia Munukka.
The Community Sailing Center (CSC) has announced that six new members have been elected to its Board of Directors. The new members will serve three year terms, which began onJanuary 1, 2016. In addition to the new board members, the CSC has also announced the officers and full Board of Directors for 2016.