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For Immediate Release March 3, 2021 Appalachian Gap Distillery making big changes to reduce carbon footprint Middlebury, Vt. – VGS and Appalachian Gap Distillery announced today the distillery has committed to offset half of its natural gas usage with VGS’s first-in-the-nation renewable natural gas (RNG) to produce its quality craft spirits. This announcement is another […]
Rockingham, VT – Restoring downtown buildings was identified as a top priority during last year’s Rockingham community visit, led by the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD). To sustain this momentum and address the need for small-scale development in downtown Bellows Falls, the Town of Rockingham sought help through BDCC’s Southern Vermont Economy Project (SVEP). […]
Rutland, VT, March 2, 2021 — Come Alive Outside is pleased to announce the appointment of new board member, award-winning author and plus-size adventurer Kara Richardson Whitely. “Our Board of Directors is a dedicated team of community leaders committed to advancing Come Alive Outside’s mission to bring the health and wellness benefits of the outdoors […]
BURLINGTON – Vermonters filed 5,021 scam reports with the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) in 2020. The Social Security number phishing scam, which typically involves calls claiming that your Social Security number has been compromised, suspended, or linked to criminal activity, remained the most commonly reported scam for the second year in a row […]
March 2, 2021 Berlin, Vermont—The owner of the Berlin Mall, Berlin Mall, LLC, has entered into an agreement with the Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) to allow CVMC to use space within the mall as a location for administering vaccinations against COVID-19. The space CVMC will use is where the former JC Penny store was […]
Contact: Anna Grearson Branding & Communications Specialist Union Mutual (802) 229-5502 / [email protected] MONTPELIER – Union Mutual was proudly represented by over 40 employees, independent agency partners, vendors, friends, and family members in a virtual Penguin Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Vermont on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. The Union Mutual Popsicles donned […]
Contact: FaRied Munarsyah (802) 272 8339 [email protected] Burlington VT (3/1/21) – The result of this election has not been announced, yet some Burlington voters are already calling for recalls to be on the ballot next year, along with voter-initiated popular referendums. Proposition Zero, a nonpartisan electoral campaign to expand direct democracy in Burlington, on Monday […]
Tim Scott Real Estate is proud to welcome a new agent to the Company, Sam Young. His face may be familiar as Sam served as a State Representative for the towns of Albany, Barton, Craftsbury, Greensboro, Glover, Sheffield and Wheelock in the Vermont Legislature from 2011-2021, serving on both the House Committee on Commerce and […]
Join the Meeting Live on GMP’s Facebook Page, Wednesday, March 3 COLCHESTER, Vt. – Green Mountain Power (GMP) is hosting a meeting for customers on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. live on the GMP Facebook page. It is a chance to meet with company leaders and ask questions about GMP’s Multi-Year Regulation Plan, performance measures for […]
ESSEX, Vt. — Virtual public hearings on the status of migratory game bird populations and proposed 2021 migratory game bird hunting seasons for the interior zone of Vermont and Lake Champlain zone in New York and Vermont will be held starting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 and Thursday, March 11. For more information, including the […]
Vermont’s Endangered Species Committee took a decisive step Friday in upholding the state’s endangered species law by declaring that a pesticide-spraying program in Vermont’s Champlain Valley is putting the state’s endangered bat species at risk. The committee voted unanimously in favor of submitting a formal recommendation to the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources […]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded the Clara Martin Center a two-year, $3.87 million demonstration grant in support of their proposal to become the first community mental health agency in Vermont to be designated as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). With this award, CCBHC’s have now expanded to […]
Montpelier, Vt – Today, Lt. Governor Gray joined members of the National Lieutenant Governor’s Association (NLGA) across the United States in introducing a resolution for consideration to proclaim March 28 as Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Day. Gray is a co-sponsored of the bi-partisan NLGA resolution which aims to increase awareness of the disabling disease and support […]
MONTPELIER – The Vermont Department of Labor (VDOL) announced today, that all new 1099-G forms have been reviewed and printed, and are set for mailing. The State began delivering the 180,000 pieces of mail to the U.S. Postal Service in Essex beginning Friday afternoon, with the last batch being delivered on Monday, March 1st. Claimants […]