Home funerals and green burials topic of presentation and group discussion
Home Funerals and Green Burials is the topic of a presentation and group discussion at the 2012 annual meeting and conference of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Vermont (FCA-VT) to be held at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Main St., across from Kellogg Hubbard Library, on Saturday, May 19th at 1:00 PM.
Irene, lower power costs affect rates in opposite ways
For Immediate Release: May 15, 2012 Contact: Steve Costello Director of Public Affairs, CVPS (802) 747-5427 (work) (802) 742-3062 (pager) Lower-than-expected power costs and Tropical Storm Irene will prompt a bill credit and small temporary rate increase respectively for Central Vermont Public Service customers July 1. For a typical residential customer using 500 kilowatt-hours of [...]
Facebook representatives to speak at Senator Leahy Business Breakfast
The Vermont Chamber Business & Industry EXPO 2012 will kick-off on May 23rd with the Senator Leahy Business Breakfast featuring representatives from Facebook.
Burlington bears its art: Bear sculptures to be unveiled at noon Wednesday
Sponsored by Citizens Bank and presented by the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Burlington Business Association, and the Church Street Marketplace, “Burlington Bears Its Art” is a mix of community, art, business and we’re unveiling the first Bear on Wednesday!
Attorney general sues companies that charged Vermonters’ phone bills
The Office of Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell has filed suit against 13 companies and 13 individuals whom the Attorney General alleges were involved in charging over 8,000 Vermont consumers and businesses in excess of $625,000 on their phone bill for services that the affected Vermonters did not authorize.
Welch bill to prevent Afghanistan from taxing U.S. aid coming to House floor tomorrow
A bill authored by Rep. Peter Welch to prevent the government of Afghanistan from taxing American companies delivering aid to the war-torn country will come before the U.S. House tomorrow.
Sanders: End HIV/AIDS drug monopolies
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called for eliminating legal monopolies that make HIV/AIDS medicine so expensive in the United States that many patients cannot afford treatment and die.
Companies that charged Vermonters’ phone bills settle with Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2012 CONTACT Elliot Burg Assistant Attorney General (802) 828-5507 FOUR COMPANIES THAT CHARGED VERMONTERS’ PHONE BILLS SETTLE WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL Four companies that charged hundreds of local consumers and businesses on their telephone bills for services, that many of the affected Vermonters say they did not authorize, have entered into [...]
Welch to take public questions on VPT call-in program
For release 5/14/12 Contact Ann Curran at (802) 655-8059, acurran@vpt.org or Jeff Vande Griek at (802) 655-8062, jeffv@vpt.org On Thursday, May 24, at 8 p.m. on the next Vermont Public Television “Report From Washington,” Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., will talk about key issues and take questions from the public. The one-hour program will be broadcast on VPT and webcast [...]
Vermont Historical Society to hold auction in Tunbridge
For immediate release May 14, 2012 Contact Julie Nelson Vermont Historical Society 60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641 julie.nelson@state.vt.us (802) 479-8519 Tunbridge, VT – During the American Civil War, goods seized by armies were sold at auction by the Colonel of the division. Thus, some of today’s auctioneers in the U.S. carry the unofficial [...]
