Burlington Garden Club honors founding member with bench
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Gardening is tiring work, and a Burlington gardener now has her own bench to rest on. The Burlington Garden Club surprised one of its original members, Jan DeSarno, with a bench dedicated in
Conference focuses on preserving the past
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (WCAX) – An all-day conference in Bellows Falls on Wednesday looks to the future by taking a closer look at the past. Every two years, the Downtown and Historic Preservation Conference takes place in a
Vt. task force sniffing out increasing number of child predators
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont authorities are using a very good boy to sniff out very bad actors. But as Cam Smith reports, the attorney general’s office’s K-9 is just one small part of a much larger
Gov. Scott signs sweeping library policy bill
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Governor Phil Scott has signed a sweeping bill governing library policy, including the banning of books. Among other provisions, it creates statewide rules for people who want to challenge books they object to.
Champlain Street Park slated to reopen this summer
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A project to revamp a small Burlington park should be complete later this summer after facing continued delays. The Champlain Street Park near the waterfront has been a hotspot for the homeless and
Maine company plans to launch small satellites starting in 2025
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Representatives for a Maine company that plans to send small satellites into space from the Northeast’s most rural state said they will start launches next year. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace hopes to turn Maine
802 News Podcast: Why an overdose prevention center makes sense
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont lawmakers will try later this month to override Governor Phil Scott’s veto of a bill allowing the creation of a drug overdose prevention center in Burlington. The governor said such sites are
Police looking for lawnmower thief
ESSEX, Vt. (WCAX) – Police are asking for help in identifying a suspect who stole $9,000 in push mowers and parts over the weekend. Essex Police say it happened around 11 p.m. Saturday, May 25th, 2024. at
Strafford residents reject town hall renovation
STRAFFORD, Vt. (WCAX) – A plan to renovate and expand the historic town office building in Strafford is going back to the drawing board after it was rejected by voters Monday. The current building is outdated and
NH man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his mother after the two had argued about the volume on the video games he was