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State of Vermont highlights FairPoint program in annual Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FairPoint Communications, Inc., (NasdaqCM: FRP), a leading communications provider in northern New England, has been singled out for its anti-idling initiative by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. FairPoint will receive its honorable mention award at the annual Vermont Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence at a...

NEW YORK, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Kathryn Wasserman Davis, author, journalist, philanthropist and scholar, died peacefully at home at the age of 106 surrounded by her family and devoted caregivers. She was a resident of Hobe Sound, Florida; Tarrytown, New York; and Northeast Harbor, Maine. Having skied into her 80s, played tennis into her 90s and kayaked, swum, painted, traveled and taken on all comers at croquet until this year, Mrs. Davis remained a wonder and...

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to an analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), providing earned health care time to workers in Vermont is expected to save the state's employers nearly $4 million annually. The state's proposed bill, "An Act Relating to Absence from Work for Health Care and Safety," would offer paid sick days to approximately 57,530 private sector workers and 4,690 state and local government workers who currently lack...

POULTNEY, Vt., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Green Mountain College continues to earn accolades as one of the greenest colleges in the country. GMC received a perfect "99" green rating in the 2013 edition of The Princeton Review's Guide to 322 Green Colleges released today. Created by The Princeton Review in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Guide to 322 Green Colleges is a comprehensive guidebook profiling higher education institutions that...

PHOENIX, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul International, Inc., today released the results of the annual U-Haul National Migration Trend Report, reflecting the nation's top-growth states for families that moved during 2012. The report, titled "U-Haul 2012 Top 10 U.S. Growth States," indicates that for states with more than 20,000 families moving, Washington had the highest percentage of growth, with 4.27 percent more families moving into the state than out. In addition to...

70% Choose home care options RICHMOND, Va., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 10th year, the Genworth (NYSE: GNW) 2013 Cost of Care Survey shows the cost to receive care at home in Vermont through a home health aide increased over the past five years. On a national level, the survey shows a dramatic increase in facility based care such as an assisted living facility or nursing home, while the cost to receive care at home through homemaker services or a home health aide is rising...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Burlington International Airport (BTV) has selected a joint venture led by premier travel retailer Hudson Group as the winner in its recent competitive bid process for the airport's retail concessions program. The Hudson team has been operating newsstands at the airport since 2004. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060705/NYW034LOGO) The new five-year contract includes three Hudson travel essentials stores (the latest...

Vermont's aggressive health care reform initiatives can serve as a roadmap for other states, according to a Master of Public Health candidate at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The paper, "Lessons from Vermont's Health Care Reform," will appear tomorrow in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study's author, Laura Grubb, M.D., of The University of Texas School of Public Health, part of UTHealth, wrote that Vermont is well ahead of most other states...

New fiber-based services will provide communities of Burlington, South Burlington, Essex, Essex Junction, Williston and Winooski with advanced connectivity solutions to help them grow and support new initiatives BURLINGTON, Vt., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company, today announced that its Ethernet services will be available in the coming weeks across six communities in Chittenden County, Vermont. Targeted for businesses with more...

State Leaders Urged to Support Tobacco Prevention Initiatives WASHINGTON, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kids in Vermont will stand up against tobacco on March 20 as they join thousands of young people nationwide for the 18(th) annual Kick Butts Day. More than 1,200 events are planned across the United States. (See below for a list of local events.) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) Organized by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and sponsored...