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Vermont-based Burton Snowboards announces layoffs this week
Vermont-based company Burton Snowboards announced layoffs this week. NBC5 obtained copies of a companywide email from CEO John Lacy sent on Tuesday, where he said Burton will begin reducing jobs across the business this week. He said they are only cutting a "small percentage" of jobs. In the email, Lacy...
Montpelier hosts 41st VT Corporate Cup Challenge
One of Vermont’s oldest and largest road races hit the streets in Vermont’s capital city on Thursday. Roughly 2,500 participants gathered on the State House lawn for the 41st annual Vermont Corporate Cup Challenge and State Agency 5k race. All proceeds from the race help support the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to provide athletic programs like the Vermont Senior Games, Parks Rx, and Fit and Healthy Kids.
Former Vermont man charged for alleged role in death of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger reaches plea deal
Terms of the plea agreement for Sean McKinnon were not publicly released. Read the story on VTDigger here: Former Vermont man charged for alleged role in death of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger reaches plea deal.
Gas prices fall slowly, but should keep falling
Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.61 per gallon, down 1 cent per gallon from last week, up 16 cents/g from last month and up 13 cents/g from last year. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $3.28/g in Rutland, while the highest was $3.84/g in South Royalton.
Barre voters reject school budget, Lauzon returns to office as Mayor
Barre, VT- Voters in Barre have decided to return a prior mayor to office for a record-breaking 7th term, but voted down the school district’s proposed budget for the second time this year on Tuesday. Ward 1 City Councilor Thom Lauzon, who was the city’s mayor from 2006 to...
Hop over the border to these five music festivals just outside Vermont
When the weather starts turning nice in Vermont each spring it can be hard to leave the state. Why go somewhere else when there are hikes, swimming holes and Lake Champlain sunsets to be had?. Music can be one of those enticements to cross the border. The song of the...
Burlington National Weather Service not expecting wildfire smoke in our region this summer
Burlington, VT– One of last summer’s big problems is already back this year. Wildfires are once again burning in Canada, and some states in the Midwest are on air quality alerts. You may remember, our region saw several days’ worth of thick smoke in the air last summer....
Vermont-based hot sauce company pledges 10% of sales to animal shelters
South Burlington, VT- Some people say it takes a village to make a business work, and that’s true for one Vermont-based company looking to make a difference in the community. Sierra Tebeau-Sherry, co-owner of Hound Hot Sauce, says she has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. Tebeau-Sherry said, “I’ve just...
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