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Ingrid Punderson Jackson has announced the sale of her local real estate firm – Ingrid Punderson Jackson Real Estate located in Middlebury, VT to Amey Ryan. The firm was established by Jackson in 2006 as Middlebury’s only boutique real estate firm specializing in residential real estate.

Davis & Hodgdon Associates CPAs is pleased to announce that Elizia Meskill, Associate Accountant and Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, has been licensed as an Enrolled Agent (EA). As a certified EA, Elizia specializes in taxation, with unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service.

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital President & CEO Steven R. Gordon has been honored with a 2014 American Hospital Association Grassroots Champions Award for exceptional leadership in generating grassroots and community activity in support of a hospital’s mission.

A Vermont Law School student has been awarded a fellowship to support her work with the Vermont Human Rights Commission this summer.

Engineering Ventures is pleased to congratulate Bill Nourse, P.E., for recently earning his license of Professional Engineer from the State of Vermont.

Vermont Tech has announced that 2014 Vermont Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) student Indra Acharya has received the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship. The second Vermonter ever to receive this distinction, Acharya will attend Georgetown University this fall on a full ride, where he plans to study law and politics.

People’s United Bank recently announced that Robert Andress has joined the bank as Assistant Vice President, Mortgage Account Officer covering White River Junction, Woodstock and Windsor. As a Mortgage Account Officer, Robert will be an advocate for his clients and guide them through the mortgage and home equity process. Robert offers his customers more than 30 years of lending experience.

Caleidoscope Solutions, a fullservice telecommunications service provider that offers business customers leading solutions to meet their voice, data and telephone equipment needs announced that they hired Gregory Wyman as the company’s Support Specialist Technician serving customers in New England, New York and Nationwide.

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty is pleased to announce, Bobbe Maynes has joined the firm as a REALTOR. Lauded as a community leader, marketing and communications maven, Vermont tourism expert, and, more recently, as a cancer survivor – Bobbe Maynes brings that experience to her new position as a REALTOR with Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty.

The Northwestern Vermont Board of REALTORS® (NVBR) awarded its 2014 REALTORS® of Distinction Awards recently at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington, VT. Nearly 200 people attended the gala.

2014 NVBR REALTOR® of the Year

Chad Jacobson, RE/MAX North Professionals

The ribbon is cut at the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Pure Original, located at 22 Center St. in Downtown Rutland. At Pure Original you will find handmade goods from over 40 artists and a section of fun, funky, rare vintage finds. For more information on Pure Original call (802) 776-4944.

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Two recent Vermont Law School graduates have received awards in recognition of their outstanding work at the South Royalton Legal Clinic, VLS’s poverty law clinic that provides pro bono representation to indigent clients in a wide range of civil cases.