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Scattered thunderstorms during the morning becoming more widespread this afternoon. High 67F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%..
Partly cloudy skies. Low 53F. Winds light and variable.
Updated: June 20, 2026 @ 4:31 am
Gwozdz
The new Salisbury Square apartment buildings operate on a AC/DC microgrid.
A vehicle navigates the chicanes at Smugglers’ Notch following installation.
From left, UVM Extension Maple Specialist Mark Isselhardt, International Maple Syrup Institute past president Martin Désilets, and UMaine Assistant Extension Professor Jason Lilley. Isselhardt and Lilley have received the 2026 Lynn Reynolds Memorial Leadership Award from the International Maple Syrup Institute for their efforts in providing maple grading education to the industry.
May 2026 DAISY Individual Award to Christina Myers.
May 2026 DAISY Team Award to Medical Oncology Unit Nursing Care (left to right): Shared Governance Council co-president Elizabeth Oshinaike, Danielle Fitzsimmons, Maria Francisco, Felixberta (Mitzi) Giffen, Shared Governance Council co-president Michelle Burnett.
May 2026 DAISY Individual Award (left to right): Foley Cancer Center Director Lindsey Munger; Shared Governance Council co-presidents Elizabeth Oshinaike, Michelle Burnet; Holly Fox; Foley Cancer Center Dr. Allan Eisemann.
May 2026 DAISY Individual Award (left to right): Shared Governance Council co-president Elizabeth Oshinaike, William Guban, Emergency Dept. Nursing Manager Meighan Rice, Shared Governance Council co-president Michelle Burnett.
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From left: Catherine Stack, Vermont Small Business Development Center business advisor for Windham County; Keiron Aube; Wyatt McGuire; Halen Ranslow; Erin Lovett Sherman, Twin Valley Business and Entrepreneurial Studies teacher.
Chris Jacobsen
Osama Harraz
Dr. Peter Hyson
Debra Townsend and daughter Hannah Townsend Allain
Gwozdz
The new Salisbury Square apartment buildings operate on a AC/DC microgrid.
A vehicle navigates the chicanes at Smugglers’ Notch following installation.
From left, UVM Extension Maple Specialist Mark Isselhardt, International Maple Syrup Institute past president Martin Désilets, and UMaine Assistant Extension Professor Jason Lilley. Isselhardt and Lilley have received the 2026 Lynn Reynolds Memorial Leadership Award from the International Maple Syrup Institute for their efforts in providing maple grading education to the industry.
May 2026 DAISY Individual Award to Christina Myers.
May 2026 DAISY Team Award to Medical Oncology Unit Nursing Care (left to right): Shared Governance Council co-president Elizabeth Oshinaike, Danielle Fitzsimmons, Maria Francisco, Felixberta (Mitzi) Giffen, Shared Governance Council co-president Michelle Burnett.
May 2026 DAISY Individual Award (left to right): Foley Cancer Center Director Lindsey Munger; Shared Governance Council co-presidents Elizabeth Oshinaike, Michelle Burnet; Holly Fox; Foley Cancer Center Dr. Allan Eisemann.
May 2026 DAISY Individual Award (left to right): Shared Governance Council co-president Elizabeth Oshinaike, William Guban, Emergency Dept. Nursing Manager Meighan Rice, Shared Governance Council co-president Michelle Burnett.
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From left: Catherine Stack, Vermont Small Business Development Center business advisor for Windham County; Keiron Aube; Wyatt McGuire; Halen Ranslow; Erin Lovett Sherman, Twin Valley Business and Entrepreneurial Studies teacher.
Chris Jacobsen
Osama Harraz
Dr. Peter Hyson
Debra Townsend and daughter Hannah Townsend Allain
AROUND VT
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that 2026 Vermont maple syrup production totaled 3.091 million gallons, once again leading the nation in this category and producing more than 50% of the nation’s maple. This follows two years of similar output in 2024 and 2025.
Vermont maple syrup producers deployed 8.2 million maple taps in 2026, and the yield per tap is estimated to be 0.377 gallons, bettering the output of the 2025 season. Many maple producers experienced traditional winter conditions from New Years Day through mid-March. Large snowstorms were few, but temperatures remained fairly consistent, allowing snowpacks to build up in the sugar woods. Mid-March through April temperatures permitted many sap runs that started and stopped with some cold days but, on the whole, were more consistent than recent years.
ALBURGH — UVM Extension will hold its 19th annual Crops and Soils Field Day from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, rain or shine, at Borderview Research Farm, 487 Line Road, Alburgh. Check-in from 9:30-10 a.m. (exhibitors set up by 9:30 a.m.).
This year’s theme is The Demonstration Derby. Attendees can experience live demonstrations of cutting-edge technology and in-the-field skills. Price is free for farmers, $30 per person for non-farmers. A barbecue lunch by Cold Hollow Catering is included, as well as Ben & Jerry’s ice cream bars. Preregister online at na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=881093&.
If you require an accommodation related to a disability, email access@uvm.edu or call 802-656-7753.
BENNINGTON — Bank of Bennington Vice President Business Development Officer and Branch Administrator Annick Gwozdz has graduated from ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking and received a leadership certificate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She joins more than 190 banking professionals from across the country in these Class of 2026 accomplishments. As a mutual community bank, The Bank of Bennington operates branches in Bennington, Arlington, Manchester and Rutland.
Vermont has been named Cell Captive Domicile of the Year and Captive Domicile of the Year at the 2026 U.S. Captive Review Awards in Chicago, Illinois. This is Vermont’s first Cell Captive Domicile of the Year Award, while the Captive Domicile of the Year Award marks the state’s third consecutive year receiving the honor, and the 12th time overall, within the category of domiciles that wrote more than $5 billion in gross premiums.
Captive insurance companies are formed by companies or groups of companies as an alternative insurance to better manage their own risk. Captives are commonly used for corporate lines of insurance such as property, general liability, products liability, or professional liability.
SHELBURNE — Douglas Sweets has been named 2026 Vermont’s SBA Microbusiness of the Year. Owners Debra Townsend and daughter Hannah Townsend Allain craft multi-flavored shortbread cookies and have grown the small at-home bakery into a brand carried by retailers nationwide.
RANDOLPH — DuBois & King announced it received two Grand Awards and the Green Mountain Award, for projects advancing road safety and affordable housing energy innovation, at the 2026 Engineering Excellence Awards celebration hosted by the American Council of Engineering Companies, Vermont Section.
The first Grand Award was presented to D&K’s Smugglers’ Notch/VT Route 108 Truck Stuckage Reduction Chicane Trial, led by project manager Ken Robie and transportation engineer Stephanie Solla. A chicane is a physical barrier configuration that forces vehicles to navigate a redirect, effectively preventing oversized trucks from proceeding.
The second Grand Award, along with the Green Mountain Award for best overall engineering project in Vermont, was presented to D&K’s Salisbury Square Affordable Housing and Microgrid project, led by project manager Chris Rivet, with electrical design led by electrical project manager Elijah Daniels. The project’s parallel AC/DC microgrid powers a housing development consisting of three four-unit apartment buildings serving low- and median-income residents.
MONTPELIER — U.S. General Services Administration announced the public auction of the Montpelier Federal Building located at 87 State St. This three-story, 70,000-square-foot building sits on approximately 1.6 acres. The building accommodates office, administrative and storage functions, and is surrounded by government and commercial properties. Those interested in bidding are urged to read the Invitation for Bids and additional information at https://bit.ly/43PJmtk
RANDOLPH — Gifford Health Care welcomes Shelby Bassett to its hospitalist team at Gifford Medical Center. Bassett joins Gifford with more than four years of experience as a family nurse practitioner in primary care and urgent care settings, as well as more than eight years of inpatient medical-surgical care and nursing leadership, most recently as a registered nurse at Gifford Medical Center.
COLCHESTER — Green Mountain Power announced the winners of this year’s Vermont Writers’ Prize. The short story “The Apprentice” by Emily Rinkema, of Westford, won the top award for prose; and the poem “Sugarhouse Steel” by Laura Kujawa, of South Burlington, won in the poetry category. Winners are published in the Vermont Magazine summer issue and each also receives $1,250. Entries for the 2027 Vermont Writers’ Prize are now being accepted. To learn more and submit your entry by Jan. 1, 2027, visit vermontwritersprize.submittable.com/submit/351142/vermont-writers-prize-accepting-entries-for-2027.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival names Andy Mitchell as its new managing producer, joining the MNFF team of artistic director/co-founder Jay Craven, co-founder Lloyd Komesar and associate producer Annika Ellis.
Mitchell is a five-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker as a producer, director, writer and director of photography. His work appears on Netflix, National Geographic, Disney+, BBC, and other platforms, with credits such as Secrets of the Whales, Penguin Town, and Inside the Mind of a Dog. His 25-year career also includes 15 years as an Emmy Awards judge.
MONTPELIER — Monteverdi Music School will offer its first Porchfest celebration of music and community Sunday, Sept. 20. It is a free music festival where attendees are “encouraged to stroll, scoot, cycle or drive from porch to porch, driveway to driveway, neighborhood to neighborhood, to enjoy a day filled with music, community and connection.” For more information, visit Montpelierporchfest.org.
RUTLAND — In May, Rutland Regional Medical Center honored six nurses with the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award during Nurses Week. The DAISY awardees were celebrated at a luncheon that included the Green Mountain Nurses Honor Guard in the hospital’s CVPS/Leahy Community Health Education Center. The DAISY Individual Awards went to Holly Fox, Foley Cancer Center; William Guban, Emergency Department; Christina Myers, Emergency Department contract staff. The DAISY Team Award honored the Medical Oncology Unit Nursing Care Team of Maria Francisco, Danielle Fitzsimmons and Felixberta “Mitzi” Giffen.
St. JOHNSBURY — Salvation Army Northern New England Division announced its thrift stores located at 250 Railroad St., St. Johnsbury, and at 7 Martin Drive, West Lebanon, New Hampshire, permanently closed June 16. While the thrift stores are closing, local programs, including emergency assistance, food support, youth development, camp opportunities, seasonal programs and spiritual care, will continue without interruption. Services will also remain available through nearby Salvation Army locations, including the Barre Corps Community Center, 25 Keith Ave., Barre.
The Salvation Army Northern New England Division provides spiritual, educational and social services through 20 community centers, shelters, senior programs, youth development initiatives, disaster response, and assistance for individuals and families in crisis. These programs will continue to operate in both St. Johnsbury and West Lebanon.
For more information, visit easternusa.salvationarmy.org/northern-new-england/ or call 207-245-3730.
WHITINGHAM — Twin Valley Middle High School students Wyatt McGuire, Halen Ranslow and Keiron Aube received an honorable mention in the statewide Youth Entrepreneurship Business Model Canvas Competition held by Vermont Small Business Development Center. The three high school students were recognized for their TRAPBOY Records business plan. The plan envisions a Vermont-based recording studio and record label designed to support local artists and create opportunities for Vermont youth within the music industry.
BURLINGTON — Osama Harraz, Bloomfield Professor in Cardiovascular Research and assistant professor of pharmacology at the University of Vermont’s Robert Larner College of Medicine, has been selected as a 2026 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
With this distinction, Harraz joins a cohort of 21 early-career scientists nationwide pursuing innovative research in health and medicine. He is the third researcher in UVM history to receive this honor. As a Pew Scholar, Harraz will receive four years of flexible funding to support foundational research to help scientists develop new medicines for humans to prevent cognitive decline and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
BURLINGTON — Dr. Peter Hyson, Green and Gold Early Career Professor in the department of Medicine at the University of Vermont’s Robert Larner College of Medicine, and infectious disease specialist at UVM Medical Center, received a $150,000 Emerging Leader Award from Bay Area Lyme Foundation. The foundation is a public charity sponsor of Lyme and tick-borne disease research in the United States, and gives this award to accelerate innovative approaches and generate insights that can improve patient care.
Dr. Hyson will use the funding to advance research into babesiosis, a tick-borne blood infection. With approximately 60% of blacklegged ticks in Vermont testing positive for a tickborne disease, Vermonters are at high risk for infection.
BURLINGTON — The University of Vermont Foundation Board of Directors has appointed Christopher D. Jacobsen as its next president and chief executive officer, effective Aug. 3. Jacobsen brings campaign and principal-gift experience, including at Cornell University, Dartmouth College and Hamilton College. Most recently, he served as associate dean for alumni affairs and development for Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business. Before Cornell, Jacobsen served as executive director of development at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.
BURLINGTON — Vermont Information Technology Leaders announced the appointments of Nicole “Nikki” Ball as chief operating officer and Sarah Thompson as director of client services & communications.
Ball has held senior leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Capital One, SVB Private, and Osaic. She has most recently been working with VITL as a contractor leading the organization’s client experience project.
Thompson’s career leadership roles at Vermont companies include Seventh Generation, Concept2, and Danforth Pewter. Most recently, she has been serving as VITL Interim Director of Product & Client Engagement.
VITL is the independent nonprofit designated by the state to develop, operate, and maintain the Vermont Health Information Exchange. It integrates clinical, demographic and encounter data from hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, federally qualified health centers, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, laboratories, pharmacies, payers, and public health entities, to create a health record for every Vermonter.
Vermont State University’s Academic Support and Educational Opportunity Programs house Vermont Rural Learning Collective to support AmeriCorps members with a living allowance and professional development through a $386,780 grant from SerVermont.
The program primarily serves Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties, as well as rural counties surrounding the university’s campuses, including Lamoille, Orange, Rutland and Washington counties.
VRLC AmeriCorps members work to strengthen community-based nonprofits by supporting educational programming and essential services for rural and underserved learners of all ages. Members address community needs such as food insecurity through farm-to-school education, local food access initiatives, community garden development, and nutrition programs. Members also assist host sites with volunteer engagement, outreach and marketing efforts, disaster relief support, and public land stewardship initiatives.
This summer, the VTSU Castleton, Johnson and Lyndon Upward Bound programs will also host VRLC AmeriCorps members, further expanding educational support opportunities for first-generation and low-income students across Vermont. In addition, Vermont Farmers Food Center, along with the host sites mentioned above, are still recruiting AmeriCorps members for summer service opportunities.
BRATTLEBORO — Vermont Theatre Company is seeking proposals from directors of all levels of experience for its 2026-2027 season. The season will include a one-weekend production of four one-act plays, a winter production in downtown Brattleboro, a 24-hour play-making event, and a summer Shakespeare in the Park production on Brattleboro’s Living Memorial Park stage.
Directors will be supported by a volunteer producer and the volunteer artistic director of the company. There are small stipends available for directors, choreographers and designers to help defray the costs of participating. To submit a proposal, visit the VTC website at vermonttheatrecompany.org to fill out the directors proposal form by June 30. For more information, email jessica.lee.iris@gmail.com.
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