Top 25 bearded Vermonters to vie for Best Beard title this Saturday, April 17
Vermont Business Magazine Top 25 bearded Vermonters to vie for Best Beard title this Saturday, April 17Saturday, April 17, from 7-8:30 pm, Make-A-Wish Vermont is hosting the final, in-person, culmination of their contest and fundraiser to find the Best Beard in Vermont. This outdoor, drive-in/tailgate style event will feature some of the best beards from across the state, along with Wish Kids, prizes, and more.
WHO: The Top 25 Fundraisers from Make-A-Wish Vermont’s Beardies Competition, and their families
WHAT: Live, in-person competition to find the “Best Beard in Vermont” plus Wish Kids, axe-throwing, and more.
Out & About: This year, Green Up Day is more like Green Up Weeks or Months
Eric Boen and his children Mada Boen, 10, left, and Merrick Boen, 9, sort the trash they found along their road in Sharon, Vt., on May 6, 2017. Helping them is River Sotak,6, who was with his father at the Sharon Town Garage that day. They were helping in the sorting of trash brought in from Green-up Day. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Chris Rimmer, of Norwich, Vt., adds goggles found in the ditch to a trash bag held by Carolyn Brennan, also of Norwich, while picking up trash and birding on Kendall Station Road in Norwich during Green Up Day on May 4, 2019. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
This Way Up on April 28
th to Focus on Women Entrepreneurship
On April 28
th at 5:00 p.m. ET, the Vermont Women’s Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation will co-host
This Way Up, a virtual event to examine the potential of women’s entrepreneurship, the opportunities and pitfalls associated with business ownership, and why gender impacts financial outcomes. Moderated by Vermont Public Radio’s Jane Lindholm, the event will feature four women business owners from southern Vermont.
This topic is a bit of a mystery in Vermont as there is no conclusive data on the number of women-owned businesses in the state. Based on US Census data, the
By Jeff Feingold - NH Business Review
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Nearly 80 New Hampshire businesses and organizations have added their voices in opposition to a bill in the Legislature that would prevent public schools, organizations and state contractors from teaching about systemic racism.
House Bill 544 would prohibit discussing ideas that New Hampshire or the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist, that individuals are inherently oppressive due to their race or sex, that individuals should feel discomfort or guilt on account of their race or sex, that meritocracy and “hard work ethic” is inherently oppressive, and or any other form of race or sex “stereotyping” or “scapegoating.” HB 544 was approved in 10-9 vote by the House Executive Departments and Administration Committee and is scheduled to be debated later this week when the full House meets for a three-day session at in indoor sports complex in Bedford. The bill is
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