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-- Richard Russo, Jean Valentine, Damien Echols Lead List of Literary Luminaries June 26th through July 7th -- MONTPELIER, Vt., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA), a national center for graduate education in the arts, announced today the prominent writers who will join the MFA in Writing residency as Distinguished Visiting Faculty and Visiting Writers that takes place from June 26(th) through July 7(th.) All events are free and open to the...

Cabot Fit Team Runs to Increase Awareness of the Importance of Nutrition and Fitness CABOT, Vt., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This August, the ten members of Cabot Creamery Cooperative's first-ever Cabot Fit Team will assemble in Cape Elizabeth, Maine to compete in the 16(th) Annual TD Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race. The team, comprised of two Cabot family farmers and eight food and fitness bloggers, was created to increase awareness about the importance of wellness though...

--Supports Film Thesis Projects in New Vermont Film School-- MONTPELIER, Vt., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA), a national center for graduate education in the arts, announced today the creation of the Independent Filmmaker Production Grant, a thesis completion fellowship for students of the new MFA in Film degree program during their final year of study. The fellowship will go to support the production of film thesis projects of creative...

It's All About Dad, Family, And Good Eating On Father's Day CABOT, Vt., June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- June is here, and Father's Day is on the way. For Dad, it's time to get a little extra recognition and perhaps indulge in a few down home offerings from the family menu. We have some great suggestions. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120213/MM52737LOGO) There are 1200 farm families in Cabot Creamery Cooperative(®), and many of them have two or even three generations...

Advanced Mobility and Specialty Vehicles announced today that they have delivered a one-of-a-kind, custom designed and constructed mobile testlab trailer for Lightcraft Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Bennington, Vermont. This Mobile Testing Unit (MTU) will be the home of a state-of-the-art beamed energy propulsion research laboratory and test flight launch command center. Monee, Illinois (PRWEB) June 11, 2013 Advanced Mobility and Specialty Vehicles (http://www.amstcorp.com), a...

Mike Smith praised for educating seniors on telephone scams SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell has honored Mike Smith, Vermont state president of FairPoint Communications, with the Attorney General's Pure Vermont award for Smith's "significant efforts to educate Vermonters about telephone scams and to protect them from wire-transfer fraud." The Attorney General's Pure Vermont Awards Program recognizes individuals, businesses...

B. E. Smith, the only full-service leadership solutions firm dedicated exclusively to healthcare providers, has been retained to lead a national chief nursing officer search for Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) in St. Johnsbury, Vt. One of the top executive search firms in the healthcare industry, B. E. Smith has recently placed more than 900 senior-level healthcare executives into organizations. LENEXA, Kan. (PRWEB) June 10, 2013 B. E. Smith, the only full-service leadership...

The 34th Annual Hot Air Balloon, Craft and Music Festival will be held on June 13th, 14th and 15th. QUECHEE, Vt., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The 34(th) Annual Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music Festival will be held on the Village Green once again. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130610/CG28780) The balloon festival was forced to a different venue last year because of heavy rain and flooding damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The Quechee...

QLLA Charities CHaD Classic and Gala benefit the hospital's Child Advocacy and Protection Program QUECHEE, Vt., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Quechee Lakes Landowners Association (QLLA) Charities will host its annual CHaD Classic Golf Tournament at The Quechee Club on Monday, June 10 to benefit the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130608/CG28777 ) Registration is at 9:30 a.m. and the...

New Law Implements Real-Time, Stop-Sale Technology WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded the Vermont legislature and Governor Peter Shumlin (D) for their passage of House Bill 522, a bill that offers a solution to reducing the domestic production of methamphetamine through reasonable and balanced approaches. The new law makes Vermont the 27th state to adopt the pseudoephedrine (PSE) tracking system...