Woman dead after motorcycle crash in Shelburne
SHELBURNE, Vt. (WCAX) – A woman is dead after a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Webster Road and Shelburne Road. Police say it appears the woman, who they have not named, lost control of her motorcycle
Slate Valley Unified School District prepares for fifth school budget vote
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. (WCAX) – Heading to its fifth budget vote on Tuesday, June 18th, the Slate Valley Unified School District is hoping to pass its spending plan this time around. When going into the fourth budget
Amendment to remove empty N.Y. prisons from forest reserve put on pause
ALBANY, N.Y. (WCAX) – A constitutional amendment in New York dealing with three vacant state prisons was left on the cutting room floor last week. North Country Democratic Assemblyman Billy Jones tells us lawmakers were working on
Report: Effort to provide free meals to Burlington mayor raises controversy
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Dinner donations are causing controversy in the Queen City. Vermont Freelance Reporter Mike Donoghue reports that a special food drive was started to provide free meals to Burlington’s mayor and her wife to
Wildlife Watch: Snapping turtles on the move
FERRISBURGH, Vt. (WCAX) – Snapping turtles are on the move this time of year and Vermont wildlife officials want drivers to keep an eye out for the slow-moving reptiles as they cross roadways. The turtles this time
CTE students lend a hand to mobile home recovery work
BARRE, Vt. (WCAX) – As the one-year anniversary of last July’s devastating flooding approaches, state officials are engaging local students to help out with ongoing recovery work for mobile home communities. “We saw the need to help
Celebrating Mount Philo, Vermont’s first state park
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Mount Philo, Vermont’s first and oldest state park is celebrating a century. The 237-acre park in Charlotte became the first Vermont State Park in 1924. With views of the Lake Champlain Valley and
Pamela Smart, serving life, accepts responsibility for her husband’s 1990 killing for the first time
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage student to have her husband killed in 1990, accepted full responsibility for his death for the first time in a
Decker Towers residents say efforts to address crime have been inadequate
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Public safety concerns persist at Decker Towers in Burlington. Residents at the state’s largest subsidized housing project have complained for the past year about crime and drug dealing but say meaningful improvements have
Feeding Chittenden to change name, expand mission
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Burlington’s Feeding Chittenden is expanding as a way for the food shelf to reach more people in the Champlain Valley. And that new mission is reflected in a new name. Feeding Chittenden is