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not see the planes. Beta Technologies two prized prototypes take up the center of its bustling headquarters inside a hangar at Burlington International Airport. Around the upper rim of the airy space, employee workstations overlook the lustrous white machines through long walls of glass. During a recent tour, a group of engineers studied aircraft designs on a projection screen in one conference room. Next door, two others played Ping-Pong. The open office layout isn t to imitate Silicon Valley, or even to show off Beta s aircraft, founder and CEO Kyle Clark insisted. He thinks the glass helps get engineers talking to each other, which leads to a better plane. And Clark is obsessed with building a better plane.
Amtrak return in Vermont met with excitement
Amtrak services will be restarting in July, which could provide a needed boost in Vermont s economy. Share Updated: 7:56 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021
Amtrak return in Vermont met with excitement
Amtrak services will be restarting in July, which could provide a needed boost in Vermont s economy. Share Updated: 7:56 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021 It s been more than a year since Amtrak services stopped in Vermont because of Covid-19, but Thursday the Vermont Agency of Transportation announced that services should resume starting July 19. Last March we suspended Amtrak service in and out of Vermont due to Covid, Dan Delabruere at the Vermont Agency of Transportation said.The services include The Vermonter, running from St. Albans through Massachusetts and Connecticut all the way to Washington D.C. There is also the Ethan Allen Express, connecting Rutland to Albany and ending in New York City. Both options will return to their normal
Passenger rail service to Saratoga, Rutland to resume July 19
Vermont had closed its border to prevent coronavirus spread
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Vermont officials announced Thursday that Amtrak trains would return to the state in July, as the governor s pandemic reopening plan moves forward. The Ethan Allen Express, which had ended its run in Albany, will resume serving Schenectady, Saratoga Springs and Fort Edward on its way to Rutland. Above, coronavirus precaution signs at the Albany-Rensselaer train station in November. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
The Vermont Department of Transportation announced Thursday that Amtrak and state-supported inter-city bus service will resume in the state beginning July 19. The services had been suspended in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic.