Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is looking to change their
name. According to the VP of Corporate
Communications and Investor Relations Suzanne DuLong, the company is trying to
change their name to Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. The company says they are trying to bring
together their two strongest brands, Keurig and Green Mountain Coffee. The company is hoping stockholders will
approve a corporate name change to Keurig Green Mountain Incorporated. The name change request will be voted on
March 6.
Middlebury officials are closing watching the Middlebury
River Middlebury River East Middlebury and easterly up the mountain,
pose the risk of flooding due to warmer and rain forecast for the weekend. East Middlebury
residents with properties in flood prone areas should take necessary
precautions. Both Route 125 and Route 7 are in the area of the river are also
at risk to see flooding.
A campaign finance bill passed in the House is now in the
hands of the Senate. The bill, which was
rolled over from the last session, limits how much money individuals can donate
to political campaigns in Vermont . It raises donation limits for statewide
candidates to four-thousand dollars while lowering the limits for local
elections to 15-hundred for Senate candidates and a thousand bucks for House
candidates. The state has been operating
without any campaign finance law since 2006 when courts struck down one which
had been on the books for nine years.
Vermont Transportation officials say the state still has
plenty of salt, but the stormy winter so far is putting a strain on the winter
roads budget. That’s because road crews
are out working so much, and so far the state has spent about 12-million
dollars so far on winter maintenance activities. That’s about half of the winter budget, and
the hope is the second half is much calmer.
If not, V-Trans will likely have to make up any overruns by reducing
spring and summer maintenance.
Killington Ski Resort’s new Peak Lodge is officially
open. Sitting at just over 41-hundred
feet, it’s the highest ski lodge in the state, offering spectacular views to
match the fine dining. The project has a
six-million dollar price tag, with construction slowed by the devastation of
Tropical Storm Irene two-and-a-half years ago.
The ski resort’s officials call the state-of-the-art facility the
culmination of three years in the making.
