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Variable clouds with snow showers. Temps nearly steady in the mid 30s. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 40%. Higher wind gusts possible..
Cloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. A few flurries or snow showers possible. Low 21F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.
Updated: March 14, 2026 @ 10:24 am
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust presents a donation to the Boys & Girls Club of Rutland County. From left: Zina Ramadanovic, BHBT personal banker; Amy Chamberlin, BHBT AVP treasury and payment services officer; Nicole Rice, BGCRC executive director; Iris Hudson, BGCRC director of finance; Malik Hines, BGCRC director of operations; and Tad Kemnitzer, BHBT branch relationship manager.
The Vermont Spring Market will be April 11 and 12 at the Champlain Valley Exposition, with more than 65 local artisans and crafters, including Designs by Serena.
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Bar Harbor Bank & Trust presents a donation to the Boys & Girls Club of Rutland County. From left: Zina Ramadanovic, BHBT personal banker; Amy Chamberlin, BHBT AVP treasury and payment services officer; Nicole Rice, BGCRC executive director; Iris Hudson, BGCRC director of finance; Malik Hines, BGCRC director of operations; and Tad Kemnitzer, BHBT branch relationship manager.
The Vermont Spring Market will be April 11 and 12 at the Champlain Valley Exposition, with more than 65 local artisans and crafters, including Designs by Serena.
AROUND VT
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees recently presented more than $26,000 in donations collected through its employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for a Cause, to 10 organizations serving communities in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Vermont recipients during 4Q2025 are Boys & Girls Club of Rutland County and Rochester Community Care Home.
Casual for a Cause participants dress casually on Fridays in exchange for a biweekly payroll deduction made to a pool of funds collected each quarter. The program participants then vote on which community organizations will receive the funds collected the previous quarter.
BELMONT — Ludlow Rotary Club recently welcomed Alissa Chronert, the new owner of Belmont General Store, as a guest speaker at a recent meeting. In 2023, Alissa and her husband, Michael, a professional triathlete, purchased the property and began an extensive renovation project to restore the historic building. Today, Belmont General Store is once again open seven days a week. Family connections include Chronert’s brother, owner of the nearby Mount Holly Beer Co., and her father bakes pastries for the store.
MONTPELIER — Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation announced Fred Kenney, who has 30 years of economic development experience, has been brought on to lead the organization as interim executive director during a transition period. He recently retired after serving as executive director of Addison County Economic Development Corporation for eight years. Previously, he served as executive director of the Vermont Economic Progress Council for 15 years, and before that, on U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy’s staff for 13 years.
Market 32 and Price Chopper Big League Raffle fundraiser is for youth sports teams to win prizes while keeping 100% of the proceeds for their organization. Teams across the region can sell $5 raffle tickets for prizes, including high-value gift cards. The spring sports raffle drawing will take place June 25. Teams interested can visit: pricechopper.com/big-league-raffle for details.
MORRISVILLE — Union Bank announced the appointment of Jeff Weidley as its new president/CEO. He succeeds David Silverman, who will retire after 40 years with the bank.
Weidley’s career spans commercial banking, business banking, treasury management, digital transformation and enterprise leadership. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and chief deposit officer at MVB Bank, previously holding senior leadership roles at Sandy Spring Bank.
Mandar Dewoolkar has been appointed to lead the University of Vermont’s College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. Currently serving as interim dean, he is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and a faculty fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment.
Dewoolkar’s research areas include geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, transportation geotechnics, hazard mitigation, geotechnical aspects of space exploration, cultural preservation and engineering education.
Dewoolkar has also served as UVM’s Sustainability Fellow and Service-Learning Fellow. His many awards include the university’s Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award, Vermont Campus Compact’s Engaged Scholar Award, and he is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Dr. Judy Schaechter, division director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, and professor emerita of pediatrics at the University of Miami, has been appointed as chair of the department of pediatrics at the Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont and UVM Health, and chief of pediatrics at Golisano Children’s Hospital at University of Vermont Health, effective July 1. The Golisano Children’s Hospital at UVM Health and the Department of Pediatrics encompass six academic hospital sites and five primary care locations across Vermont and northern New York.
Dr. Schaechter succeeds Dr. Lewis First, who joined UVM in 1994 as professor and chair of pediatrics, served in these roles since making him the longest-serving pediatric department chair in the nation.
She was president/CEO of the American Board of Pediatrics and the ABP Foundation. From 2012 to 2020, Dr. Schaechter held the George E. Batchelor Endowed Chair in Child Health and served as chair of the department of pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Dr. Schaechter is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and an elected member of the American Pediatric Society, Academic Pediatric Association and National Medical Association. She also spent a year as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow, participating in the policy process with the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Subcommittee on Children and Families, now the Subcommittee on Education and the American Family.
U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it has awarded more than $26.8 million to grant projects through the Local Agriculture Market Program. The program helps local and regional food entities develop, coordinate and expand producer-to-consumer marketing, local and regional food markets, and local food enterprises. LAMP includes the Farmers Market Promotion Program, Local Food Promotion Program, and the Regional Food System Partnerships. FMPP is awarding almost $11.1 million to 43 projects FMPP FY2025 Description of Funded Projects across 28 states and territories. LFPP is awarding almost $11.1 million to 37 projects LFPP FY2025 Description of Funded Projects across 24 states and territories. Through RFSP, about $4.7 million is being awarded to seven partnerships RFSP FY2025 Description of Funded Projects across 10 states.
JOHNSON — The latest round of grants by Vermont Electric Co-op continues to support fundamental needs across the VEC region: food security, warmth and health.
Cambridge Cares, one of the recent grant recipients, was awarded funds to help with immediate financial needs of people in need in the Cambridge area. The organization has delivered firewood, paid energy bills, provided medical transportation, helped with vehicle repairs, registrations and inspections, and purchased, or helped purchase, appliances.
Mount Mansfield Villages, a social network providing members with the support they need to stay in their homes while getting older, also received funds in the latest grant round.
A third grant recipient, Salvation Farms, of Morrisville, gleans surplus food from farms for distribution. The group’s work is concentrated in highly rural areas of the Northeast Kingdom and Lamoille Valley.
Other recent grant recipients were:
— American Legion Jay Peak Post #28 (for free community dinners and other programs).
— AWARE (for prevention of child sexual abuse).
— Beat the Winter Blues (to help grant wishes for children suffering from life-threatening diseases).
— Eli Goss Memorial Fund (for an ice fishing tournament that supports local student scholarships).
— Hardwick Area Food Pantry (to support food boxes for NEK migrant farm workers).
— Highland Center for the Arts (for the FORT, an interactive world made of cardboard).
— Montgomery Center for the Arts (to upgrade an electrical panel and install an accessible bathroom).
— North Country Supervisory Union (to support the annual science and engineering fair).
— Starksboro Cooperative Preschool (to support purchase of six storm windows for Starksboro Village Meeting House).
— Vermont Council on Rural Development (for Vermont Community Leadership Network).
— Vermont Maple Festival (to support children’s entertainment during the festival).
— Village of Derby Line (to support purchase of flags mounted on utility poles to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence).
RANDOLPH CENTER — Vermont Woodlands Association (VWA) will host the 2026 Vermont Woodlands Conference on Saturday, April 11, at VSTU in Randolph Center. The annual gathering brings together woodland owners, foresters, loggers, conservation professionals and forest stewards from across the state for a full day of learning, conversation and connection around the future of Vermont’s forests.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Tending the Forest: Stewardship in Changing Times.” New this year, Vermont Woodlands Association is partnering with Audubon Vermont to offer a Kids Conference, designed to introduce the next generation of forest stewards to the woods. The youth program will run alongside the afternoon conference sessions and is open to children ages 6-14.
The day will include the Vermont Woodlands Association Annual Business Meeting and recognition of 2026 Vermont Tree Farm Program award recipients. Registration is required at: vermontwoodlands.org/2026-vermont-woodland-conference.
RUTLAND — VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region announced the hiring of a pediatric occupational therapist in Rutland County, restoring a service the agency has not been able to offer for many years due to staffing. For more information, visit vermontvisitingnurses.org or call 802-775-0568.
BARRE — Washington County Mental Health Services announced Matthew Rosenthal as the new senior director of quality assurance and compliance. He brings experience in quality assurance, compliance strategy and systems improvement in behavioral health settings.
Rosenthal most recently served as director of health information systems with USAID in Tanzania, and previously held senior leadership roles with USAID across Africa, where he monitored and evaluated community health systems and quality improvement efforts related to HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, malaria and tuberculosis.
The Associated General Contractors of Vermont celebrated Women in Construction Week with an event at its Montpelier headquarters, bringing together tradeswomen, industry leaders, educators and community partners to recognize the growing impact of women across Vermont’s construction workforce. WIC Week, observed nationally each March, honors the achievements of women in construction while supporting workforce development, mentorship, and pathways for future generations.
Vermont Works for Women celebrates National Women in Construction Week by preparing for the 2026 slate of its Trailblazers program, a free training that prepares women and gender-expansive individuals ages 18+ for careers in construction and the trades:
March 17-April 30, Carpenter’s Union, South Burlington.
May 26-July 9, Hartford Area Career & Tech Center, Hartford.
Summer, Burr & Burton Academy, Manchester.
Fall, St. J Academy, St. Johnsbury.
To apply, visit www.vtworksforwomen.org/trailblazers. Businesses and organizations who would like to partner with Trailblazers should email rmoyer@vtworksforwomen.org.
ESSEX JUNCTION — The Vermont Spring Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 11 and 12 at the Champlain Valley Exposition, with more than 65 local artisans and crafters.
In a celebration of handmade goods and regional creativity, featured items include woodcrafts, clothing, jewelry, spices, pottery, specialty foods and sweets, maple products, artwork, teas, meads, wines and distilled spirits, games, pet goods, and much more.
Admission is $10 for adults, children under age 12 are admitted free. Free parking is available on-site.
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