When Teen Flood, of Charlotte, proposed a unique fundraising idea to the Cancer Patient Support Program (CPS), no one knew just how successful it would be. To celebrate her 25th year free from cancer, and her 60th birthday, Flood pledged to ride 85 miles in support of cancer patients throughout Vermont and upstate New York.… Read More »
Liam Murphy is still the best lawyer. That is, according to his 21 year streak in “The Best Lawyers in America,” a peer review guide to the legal profession that has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Murphy has been included in many different categories of the publication in light of… Read More »
When Shelburne Vineyard founder Ken Albert answered his phone at 5:32pm on Aug. 19, he listened carefully as University of Minnesota’s professor Gary Gardner shared good news. “You folks really have the recipe!” meaning that for the fourth consecutive year, a Shelburne Vineyard Marquette wine, the 2012 Marquette Reserve, won “Best Red Wine in Show”… Read More »
Eighteen partners at Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in “The Best Lawyers in America 2015”, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Ellen Mercer Fallon, who practices in Middlebury and resides in Hinesburg, was recognized in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Employment Law-Individuals… Read More »
Antoine T. Williams of Shelburne has qualified for the exclusive Court of the Table of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), The Premier Association of Financial Professionals®, again. Williams is a six-year MDRT member and a five-time Court of the Table qualifier. Achieving Court of the Table status places Williams among the top professionals in… Read More »
Vermont Tech Jam organizers are now accepting nominations for the 2014 Vermont Tech Jam awards, presented by Merchants Bank. The two awards recognize Vermont’s most innovative tech company and its most enthusiastic tech ambassador. Pwnie Express of Berlin received the 2013 Innovation Award for its PwnPad, a groundbreaking penetration device that evaluates wired and wireless… Read More »
by Antoine Williams One of the most challenging aspects of planning an inheritance is that families are complicated. American families are varied throughout the country but their members tend to fall into one or more of a few broad categories. According to the Key Findings Report in the 2014 U.S. Trust Insights on Wealth and… Read More »
Vermont Hands to Honduras-Tela will host a Latin Dance Party on Friday, Sept. 5 from 7-11pm at Shelburne Farms Coach Barn in support of the organization. The cost for the benefit is $30 per person and includes dancing to Rhode Island’s hottest Latin band Jesus Andujar & Grupo Sazon, salsa dance instruction, musical performances by Alejandro… Read More »
Gadue’s Dry Cleaning has begun its annual “Back To School” program. “Back to School” is now in its seventh year of providing fully stocked backpacks to children in the greater Burlington area. We find ourselves in a time when many families in our community are finding it harder and harder to provide even the basic… Read More »
By Megan Downey To some, chocolate is a treat or a tool employed for bribing children, apologizing to or romancing a love interest. For others, it may even be an obsession, but for the owners of Shelburne’s Studio Cacao, Kevin and Laura Toohey, chocolate is a religion. “Chocolate is a complex food substance with chemistry… Read More »