Oct 14-20, 2009
The Winter Preview Issue: Green Cards for Sale in the Green Mountains?; Junk Boarders get a Jump on the Season; Vermont International Film Festival Guide
Obama’s AG Smokes Bush-era Ban on Medical Marijuana
Advanced cancer sufferers, multiple sclerosis patients, those with AIDS and other chronically debilitating diseases who use state-sanctioned medical marijuana have one less thing to worry…
Venture Vermont 2009 — Mission Accomplished
This summer, I blogged a couple times about the Venture Vermont Outdoor Challenge, a self-guided scavenger hunt organized by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks…
State Tells City: Stop Loaning Cash to Burlington Telecom
The Department of Public Service told the city of Burlington late Friday it wants a firm commitment from the Queen City that it will not…
City to Host Special Meetings on Burlington Telecom
City officials have called two special meetings in the next two weeks to discuss the ongoing financial issues at Burlington Telecom. They are also taking…
General Dynamics to Leave Burlington
Updated at 4:45 p.m. with quote from city officials in Burlington General Dynamics, which employs 450 people in Burlington, is moving its Technology Center from…
Meet the Farmers Who Grow Your Fair Trade Coffee
Arcadio Daniel Galindo (pictured) has never set foot on the Church Street Marketplace but he’s quite familiar with the fair trade coffee blends for sale…
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
www.greenmountaincoffee.com 888-TRY-GMCR Waterbury, Vermont As a leader in the specialty coffee industry, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. is recognized for its award-winning coffees, innovative brewing…
Vermont Department of Labor
www.labor.vermont.gov 802-863-7676 Montpelier, Vermont The Vermont Department of Labor has a resource center with a self-help resource room, job matching, registered apprenticeship, database of education…
Young Writer’s Project
www.youngwritersproject.org 802-324-9537 Winooski, Vermont Young Writers Project, a leading-edge, Web-based educational nonprofit, helps students improve their writing skills and brings 21st century technology into Vermont…
Vermont Business Magazine
www.vermontbiz.com 802-863-8038 Burlington, Vermont Since 1972, Vermont Business Magazine has published the latest and most accurate information and economic data available. Vermont’s only statewide business…
TelJet Long Haul, LLC
www.teljet.com 802-264-3000 South Burlington, Vermont TelJet has designed and built the largest open-access fiber-to-the-premises telecommunications network in Vermont. More than 90 percent of the company’s…
Got Jobs? Feds Giveth & the State Taketh
Another of those “good news / bad news” days on the Vermont jobs front. First the good news. Chief Recovery Officer “Czar” Tom Evslin reported…
Vermont Women’s Business Center
www.vwbc.org 802-479-7379 Barre, Vermont The mission of the Vermont Women’s Business Center is to provide women with the training, assistance and support necessary to start…
Center for Technology, Essex
www.ccsuvt.org 802-879-5562 Essex, Vermont Center for Technology, Essex provides comprehensive technical programs, including career exploration, preparation and technical literacy in a respectful learning environment. The…
Vermont Venture Network
www.vermontventurenetwork.org 802-658-7830 Burlington, Vermont A forum created to enhance the interaction and exchange of ideas among Vermont’s entrepreneurs, the Vermont Venture Network has been at…
Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
www.dca.state.vt.us 802-828-3211 Montpelier, Vermont Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development encompasses three major state departments and many programs that serve the Vermont public by…
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
www.sba.gov/vt 802-828-4422, ext. 211 Montpelier, Vermont The U.S. Small Business Administration provides financial, technical and management assistance to help small businesses start, grow and succeed….
Linking Learning to Life
www.linkinglearningtolife.org 802-951-8850 Burlington, Vermont Linking Learning to Life is a nonprofit organization that develops and manages a wide range of programs and services to help…
Big Picture South Burlington
www.bigpicture.org/2009/03/bp-south-burlington 802-652-7060 South Burlington, Vermont South Burlington High School is part of “Big Picture Learning,” the mission of which is to lead vital changes in…
The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA)
www.veda.org 802-828-5627 Montpelier, Vermont The Vermont Economic Development Authority, created by the General Assembly in 1974, is Vermont’s economic development finance lender. In the past…
North Country Federal Credit Union
www.northcountry.org 800-660-3258 Statewide, Vermont North Country Federal prides itself on being being large enough to serve its customers well and small enough to know their…
Seldon Technologies
www.seldontechnologies.com 802-674-2444 Windsor, Vermont Seldon Technologies, Inc. is a 6-year-old nanotechnology company that has developed patented breakthrough materials and products based on carbon nanotubes for…
QuantaSpec Inc.
www.quantaspec.com 802-861-2728 Burlington, Vermont QuantaSpec performs contract research and development for urgent national needs. Current research includes developing systems for standoff detection of explosives, chemicals,…
Northern Benefits
www.vtbenefits.com 802-865-2733 Burlington, Vermont Northern Benefits was founded in 1999 by three employees of a health-insurance company that was leaving Vermont. Since its inception, the…
BioTek Instruments, Inc.
www.biotek.com 888-451-5171 Colchester, Vermont BioTek® Instruments, Inc. is recognized worldwide for its customer-focused, quality-driven and value-honored commitment to providing exceptional microplate instrumentation and software. BioTek…
Vermont’s Future (Governor)?
Potential Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Dunne has launched a website asking the simple question: “What is the future of Vermont?”Though he stresses this is not…
InventVermont
www.inventvermont.com 802-879-7411 InventVermont is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of innovation, invention and creativity through educational programs and by providing a mechanism for…
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 300
www.ibewlocal300.org 802-862-6379 South Burlington, Vermont Chartered in 1939, IBEW Local 300 is a labor union that serves 1200-plus working Vermonters at some of the state’s…
Letters to the Editor
Life after Douglas What’s wrong with Vermont Life [“Vermont Life’s ‘Advisors’ Worry Its Troubles Could be Terminal,” October 7]? One question, one answer: Jim Douglas!…
Commerce Generation
www.commercegeneration.com 877-410-1110 Burlington, Vermont Commerce Generation, located on Burlington’s Church Street, is the state’s leading provider of robust, scalable, enterprise-wide e-commerce solutions. The company partners…
Physician’s Computer Company
www.pcc.com 800-722-7708 Winooski, Vermont When the American Academy of Pediatrics needs help sorting out 50-plus immunization registries around the country, they call Physician’s Computer Company…
Crafting Crustaceans
Burlington metal sculptor Kat Clear has another oversized work to add to her growing list of credits (the last was a 40-foot quilt for Fletcher…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again While responding to a domestic disturbance call in Carter County, Tenn., sheriff’s Deputy Richard Barnett drove to the wrong address. Daniel Hubert…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for October 14 – 21, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): You say you…
Green Card, White Slope
“Alien” investors are financing Vermont ski area developments. Got a problem with that?
Backcountry 911
Area rescue teams prove that Vermont’s mountains cannot be taken for granted
Candid Camera
Art Review: “The Relentless Eye: Global Cellphone Photography 2009,” Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Through November 28.
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Giant Pumpkin Regatta [SIV147]
10/11/09: The 2nd Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta transformed the Burlington Waterfront Sunday with crowds of cheering fans and a bevy of floating pumpkin vessels. The…
Best Bites: Koto Restaurant
792 Shelburne Road, South Burlington 660-8976 Look, I know this is going to ruin my Japanese culinary cred, but I can’t help it. Just as…
