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The recently enacted PUMP Act requires most employers to provide private lactation spaces, but does not provide monetary support to do so.
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Rutland-based Casella Waste Systems plans to buy trash collection, recycling, and transfer operations from one of its largest competitors for $525 million.
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Even if you’ve never done business with Mac Equipment and Steel in Rutland, you’ve probably seen their whimsical sculptures out front along Route 7. After 70 years, the iconic three-generation business is closing.
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Since 1975, staff at Polly’s Pancake Parlor in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, has been tracking when the leaves peak, when they fade and when the season’s first snowfall arrives. It’s a tradition that customers have come to rely on when planning their fall foliage watching.
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Fernandez Hardware in Northfield is one of a kind. It’s labyrinthine and stuffed to the gills, full of everything you might dream to find at a hardware store.
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"We ordered three bushels of onions last week. We only got one,” said Shawn McNulty, manager of the Lobster Pot in Provincetown.
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Using a technology developed in Vermont, people with virtual reality headsets can now smell in the metaverse.
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Three former Casella Waste Systems drivers are suing the Rutland-based company, alleging Casella did not pay them for routine overtime hours. Casella has asked a federal judge to dismiss the case.
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During the pandemic, now-former El Toro owner Jennifer Isabell cut back on hours and staff. To her surprise, the business actually became more profitable. Then after six years in the business, Isabell got an offer on her restaurant, and she sold the company on Sept. 1.
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Earlier this week, State Auditor Doug Hoffer released an audit of a major grant program that distributed millions of dollars of federal funds to businesses last year. The intent was to help businesses that faced hardships from the sudden shutdowns due to the pandemic. But Hoffer's audit finds that some businesses received more money than they should have.