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Waterbury, Vt. – February 23, 2010 - The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for most areas of Vermont beginning this evening and continuing into Wednesday afternoon. Forecasters say the storm may produce 4 to 8 inches of snow. This will be a heavy wet snow, which may cause power outages and [...]
Burlington, Vt. - On February 27, 2010, at 3pm, the Mardi Gras celebration in Burlington, Vermont, will keep rolling with the Grand Parade winding its way through downtown Burlington! Line up early to get your prime viewing spot so you can see the regalia and catch the beads, moonpies and Lake Champlain chocolates as they [...]
Milton, Vermont – February 20, 2010 – Kitestorm 2010, a stormboarding event at Sandbar State Park in Milton, Vermont. - News coverage by VermontDailyNews.com
Randolph Center, Vt. – February 18, 2010 - Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., held a news conference today announcing the launch of an innovative biomass energy project at Vermont Technical College made possible with federal funding through the U.S. Department of Energy.
A wood pellet boiler will serve both as a practical heating source for a building on the college [...]
Maalox Product maker Agrees to Name Change to Avoid Confusion
Washington, D.C. – February 17, 2010 – Serious side effects can occur from mistakenly using Maalox Total Relief instead of other Maalox products says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers about the potential for problems. The two products are intended for the relief of [...]
Grand Isle, Vt. – February 18, 2010 -Make the intrepid trek from City Bay to Knight Island this weekend on skates, skis, snowshoes or sleds as part of the Grand Isle Chamber of Commerce ”Great Ice in Grand Isle” month-long event. Warm up at the ranger station on Knight Island with hot beverages. Be prepared for [...]
Burlington, Vt. – February 17, 2010 – The University of Vermont men’s and women’s basketball teams participated in the WBCA’s “Pink Zone” activities presented by Green Mountain Coffee to help raise breast cancer awareness over the weekend and raised over $7,000 for the Vermont Cancer Center with the help of the fans of Catamount Country.
The [...]
Burlington, Vt. – February 17, 2010 - Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss and City Council President Bill Keogh, D-Ward 5, issued a joint statement today about Burlington Telecom following up the Vermont Public Service Board’s decision to deny the city permission to use municipal funds to assist Burlington Telecom with a $386,000 interest payment payable today to CitiCapital.
The Wednesday statement from Kiss and Keogh read: “While [...]
Burlington, Vt. – February 16, 2010 – Join the fun during the Kitestorm 2010 , free riding, clinics and demos we have featured in the past. So far we have enthusiastic reps from HQ Kites, Slingshot, Ozone and Peter Lynn all lined up and ready to go with demos and goodies for lucky riders.
Organizers are [...]
Burlington, Vt. – February 16, 2010 - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joined by officials from the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the White River Junction Veterans Administration Medical Center, announced today that a proposed $125 billion budget for veterans will improve health care and other benefits for Vermont veterans.
The veterans budget for 2011 which the White House [...]