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AllEarth Renewables has announced the hiring of Phil Pouech as its director of operations.

Pouech, who joins the company’s management team, will oversee manufacturing and operations for the award winning Verm0nt-based solar tracker manufacturer.

The Addison County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the grand opening of Pro Skin Studio at 45 Court Street, Suite A. Pro Skin Studio is owned and operated by Jenn Buker.

Ken and Gail Albert of Shelburne Vineyard are heading to California for the 8th Annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival (April 9 – 12) where their award-winning 2012 Marquette Reserve will be sampled and discussed during blogger/author/humorist Dan Dunn's seminar and reading of American Wino: A Story of Reds, Whites and One Writer’s Blues on the Winey Road to Redemption (HarperCollins), a

Goddard College presents two Marshfield residents with awards this Sunday, March 29th.

The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, has awarded 14 Vermont high school seniors scholarships through its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program.

Burlington Labs CEO and Co-Founder Michael Casarico was presented with one of Vermont’s top honors for work supporting addiction recovery. Casarico accepted the 2015 Jack Barry Award at a ceremony at the annual Recovery Day at the Vermont Statehouse.

Eva McKend has joined the WCAX News Team after spending two years as a reporter at the Time Warner Cable News station in the Hudson Valley. During her time in the Greater New York City region, Eva covered many stories at the 24-hour cable news channel that received national and international attention.

Vermont’s own Hinda Miller received a Lifetime Achievement Award last night in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Sports Business Innovation Awards 2015, for invention of the “Jogbra”, a sports bra for women she co-invented in 1977.

Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center, the state’s only Smithsonian Affiliate, will host Dr. Tom Crouch, Senior Curator of Aeronautics at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for a lunch-and-learn on Wednesday, April 8 at noon in Milano Ballroom, located in Roberts Hall.

Lyndon State College will host a “Media and Social Justice” panel discussion on Tuesday, March 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Moore Community Room/ASAC 100. It is presented in partnership with Lyndon FAIR (Promoting Fairness, Awareness, Inclusion, and Relationships in our community) as part of Lyndon State’s on-going Year of Social Justice events and is free and open to the public.

National Bank of Middlebury has announced that Stacey Brown has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She is currently an officer, and vice president, and until her promotion was the Finance Operations Manager. Ms. Brown received her Accounting degree from Champlain College and joined the NBM team a few short months later.

SunCommon in Waterbury Center has hired Karen Nielsen as Community Solar Advisor, Dustin Bowman and Nicole Bourassa as Community Solar Membership Coordinators and Olga Martin as Community Solar Specialist.