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Snow showers early with a chance of lingering snow showers later. High 31F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 40%..
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Updated: January 17, 2026 @ 12:36 am
The Winter Renaissance Faire will be held Feb. 7-8 at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction.
The Winter Renaissance Faire will be held Feb. 7-8 at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction.
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Advance Transit, nonprofit fare-free public transit provider serving communities in Vermont and New Hampshire, announced the appointment of Teri Palmer as its new executive director. Palmer will begin her role Jan. 19.
BOLTON — Bolton Valley Resort and Washington County Mental Health Services will hold Turns for a Cause Feb. 11, a community ski and ride day for recreation, inclusion and mental health advocacy. Bolton Valley will remain open until 10 p.m. Bolton Valley will donate a percentage of the day’s sales to WCMHS. The day will feature clients from WCMHS’s Center for Developmental Services spending time on the slopes alongside Vermont Adaptive, community members, staff and supporters.
BERLIN — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (Blue Cross VT) announced Beth Roberts as president/CEO following a two-month transition period with outgoing president/CEO Don George. Roberts joins Blue Cross VT from Beth Israel Lahey Health Performance Network, a network of physicians, clinicians and hospitals.
BERLIN — UVM Health–Central Vermont Medical Center announced Anna Tempesta Noonan will retire as president/COO following nine years leading CVMC, and more than three decades of service across UVM Health. Noonan will step down in spring 2026.
Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has launched a new online commercial vehicle permitting system, called VT Haul Pass, intended to reduce the time required for the commercial vehicle industry to obtain permits to operate oversize or overweight vehicles on Vermont highways, including if an emergency move is needed, it can be done outside of regular business hours. For more information, go to: dmv.vermont.gov/CVO.
BURLINGTON — Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC law firm is expanding its Government and Public Affairs group with the addition of Nick Charyk, with more than 15 years of experience in Vermont policy, politics and campaigns. Charyk’s work spans coalition building, lobbying, executive communication, earned and paid media, and narrative development.
MIDDLEBURY — Due to a recent Mobility and Transportation Innovations grant award, Elderly Services will extend transportation services beyond Addison County to improve access to adult day services for elders and their caregivers in Chittenden and Rutland counties.
RANDOLPH — Gifford Health Care announced the election of five new members to its board:
Mark Andrews is co-head of Investment Strategy at Hanson & Doremus Investment Management in Burlington and serves on the Vermont Council on World Affairs Board.
Dr. Barbara McKeon brings over 25 years of leadership in education, wellness and speech-language pathology, most recently as senior program director at the Cahn Fellowship in New York from 2017-25.
Dr. Lucy Mize is a retired public health professional with more than 35 years of international experience, including as former senior advisor with USAID.
George Silowash is vice president of IT/chief information officer at Norwich University, with more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, risk management and information systems.
Dr. Jerry Ward is a retired internist with more than 30 years of service in Vermont and New Hampshire, including over two decades on Gifford’s medical staff.
Gifford Health Care also welcomes neurologist Thomas T. Schmidt, MD, and obstetrician-gynecologist R. Mariah North, MD, to its medical staff.
WALTHAM, Mass. — New England Donor Services organ procurement organization announced a record number of 1,692 life-saving organ transplants last year from 640 deceased organ donors in New England. One person can save up to eight lives as an organ donor and heal 75 people as a tissue donor. Residents of New England can register as donors on their driver’s license, through the Apple iPhone health app or on the national Donate Life Donor Registry at www.RegisterMe.org.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Dairy farmers, processors and stakeholders are invited to the second Northeast Dairy Innovation Summit, to be held March 10-11 in Albany, New York. The Summit offers workshops: Dairy Farm Innovation and Modernization, Processing Modernization and Expansion, Dairy Workforce Development and other topics. Visit summit.nedairyinnovation.com for more information.
NORTHFIELD — Northfield Savings Bank announced year-end community contributions totaling $127,500 to support organizations addressing housing and food insecurity across Vermont: $25,000 each, Let’s Build Homes, Downstreet Housing & Community Development, Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity, Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity; $10,000 each, COTS, Vermont Foodbank; $7,500, Champlain Housing Trust.
NORTHFIELD — The Dressing for Success event, an initiative of Norwich University’s Women Kicking Glass committee, continues to provide students with donated business attire at no cost and prepare them for internship and job interviews, professional networking opportunities, and other career-related social and professional settings.
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit organizations in Vermont who sustained economic losses caused by the drought beginning Oct. 7, 2025. The disaster declaration covers the Vermont counties of Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans and Washington.
CONCORD, N.H. — Turner Group has announced Paige Wilber, senior associate and structural engineering co-manager, has been elected to the firm’s Board of Directors by its stockholders. Wilber has been with Turner Group for eight years and is responsible for managing structural engineering efforts.
BURLINGTON — UVM Extension Small Ruminant Team will offer dairy goat and sheep producers a milk quality management education event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 14, remote via Zoom or in-person at Sugar Maple Ballroom, UVM Dudley H. Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington. This is a free event, and lunch will be provided. Online registration is required.
ROCHESTER — Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports has purchased more than 125 acres of land in Rochester and conserved the property with the Vermont Land Trust. The land will become Vermont Adaptive’s first owned outdoor education and retreat center. The property, now known as the Vermont Adaptive Outdoor Center, was purchased from the George Dean Martin and Mary Ann Martin Trust. The Martin family were part of VLT’s earlier conservation efforts in the Rochester Valley that helped protect more than 1,500 acres of surrounding forest and farmland.
Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery, Central Vermont Prevention Coalition, and Tufts University HOPE National Resource Center announced a new statewide collaboration to expand access to the HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) framework across Vermont. Through the Collective Learning Institute of Vermont, Vermont’s prevention, recovery, mental health, education and human services workforce can now engage with the HOPE model through accessible training options that strengthen community well-being statewide.
Vermont Bond Bank announced its Housing Infrastructure Loan Program to support creation of housing by lowering the cost of expanding municipally owned water, wastewater and transportation infrastructure. The pilot round will be awarded at the end of March, with quarterly applications and awards starting mid-2026. Visit www.vtbondbank.org/hilp for more information.
Vermont Conservation Voters presented this year’s VCV Environmental Rising Star Awards to Rep. Chloe Tomlinson, P/D-Winooski, and Rep. Dara Torre, D-Moretown. The award is presented bi-annually to newer legislators who have “stepped up to be effective champions of VCV priority issues in their first or second legislative session, and who have a bright future of environmental leadership.”
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