Northlands Job Corps
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Northlands Job Corps to remain open for now
An injunction by a federal judge has saved Northlands Job Corps, the federal job training site in Vergennes, for now.
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Senators support Northlands
U.S. Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 37 of their colleagues have written to urge the Trump administration to reverse its decision to illegally terminate…
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Court order halts Job Corps closure
The Job Corps program had always enjoyed broad-based bipartisan support until the Trump Administration took office in January and has aggressively slashed programs, its officials claim, at times…
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New art adorns Vergennes bus stop
The re-imagination of the Tri-Valley Transit bus shelter in downtown Vergennes is blooming into reality.
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Job Corps class makes, gives bike rack to Vergennes
The newest amenity in Vergennes’s Fall Park is a custom-made bike rack, designed and built by the students in the Northlands Job Corps Advanced Welding class.
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Northlands Job Corps on the upswing
When Kentucky firm Education & Training Resources took over Northlands Job Corps in 2018, the once high-performing vocational training center overseen by the U.S. Department of Labor had…
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Officials back Northlands operator
Vergennes City Manager Ron Redmond and Police Chief George Merkel have written or are writing letters to the U.S. Department of Labor supporting the current operator of Northlands…
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Northlands whistleblower wins $3.2 million
VERGENNES — A jury has ordered the company that operates the Northlands Job Corps federally funded job training center in Vergennes to pay a former employee $3.2 million…
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Northland Job Corps Center gives virtual tours
VERGENNES — Northlands Job Corps Center is a fully funded residential career technical trade center based in Vergennes serving young adults ages 16-24. Students who have not yet…
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Northlands to pay for city police work
VERGENNES — Vergennes and Northlands Job Corps have struck a deal that will pay the city $51,000 a year for police services, including student outreach and mentoring and…
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City seeks more compensation for Northlands
VERGENNES — Two decades ago the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said it would no longer compensate Vergennes for hosting Northlands Job Corps, despite a 1978 agreement that…
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Hollister to compete in Aspen Special Olympics
VERGENNES — Dustin Hollister, 18, a current Culinary Arts student at Northlands Job Corps, has been nominated as one of 10 Special Olympians worldwide to compete as a…