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Unemployment insurance claims in Middlebury-area doubled last week
MONTPELIER — A Vermont Department of Labor report issued Thursday showed that — no surprise — claims for unemployment insurance in the Green Mountain State skyrocketed in the…
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What you need to know about the federal government’s COVID-19 direct payments
The office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday put out information on how Vermonters (and all Americans) can get the $1,200 federal stimulous money promised in a…
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Advice on avoiding Zoom bombing
As news reports circulate about business meetings on the videoconferencing platform Zoom being interrupted, the Better Business Bureau is offering advice on how businesses can protect themselves from…
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Recovery Resource Center offers Vt. businesses COVID-19 answers
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development on Wednesday, April 1, established a COVID-19 Recovery Resource Center, a new website that is helping financially strapped…
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Local officials ask state to allow Middlebury rail bridges project to proceed now
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard has asked state officials to designate the currently suspended downtown Middlebury rail bridges project as a “critical infrastructure” job, which would allow construction…
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Contractors are challenged by COVID-19, rk Miles & Goodro stay open
ADDISON COUNTY — The two largest building-supply firms in the center of Addison County — rk Miles in Middlebury and Goodro Lumber Co. Inc in East Middlebury —…
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State, federal governments act to help firms, workers
VERMONT — While Gov. Phil Scott’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order has affected the majority of businesses around the county and state, the state and federal governments have in the…
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Tax deadlines are delayed for Vermont businesses and individuals
MONTPELIER — Vermont tax authorities have loosed up deadlines that businesses and individuals must meet for filing taxes. Gov. Phil Scott has directed the Commissioner of Taxes to…
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Who is an ‘essential worker’ in Vermont?
MIDDLEBURY — Gov. Phil Scott on March 25 issued a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order limits in-person operations for all “non-essential” businesses. But what does that really…
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Middlebury rail bridges project delayed
MIDDLEBURY — Work on the downtown Middlebury rail bridges project won’t begin on Monday, March 30, as had previously been reported. Instead, that work won’t be permitted to…