Bear caught on camera enjoying Vermont family’s hammock
WAITSFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) – A pair of bears were caught on camera making themselves at home in a Vermont backyard. Waitsfield resident Noah Dweck took the video when he came across two young bears in his yard.
New Vt. law aims to make addiction recovery safer, more affordable
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – A new law is in place to make addiction recovery more affordable and safe for both providers and clients. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed H.847 into law Wednesday. It creates a pathway for
New funding to explore old Lake Champlain wreck
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) – New funding is available to help researchers reinspect a Revolutionary War-era gunboat at the bottom of Lake Champlain. New York’s State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation awarded $12,000 to the Clinton
Financially strapped Rutland cemetery will remain open
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) – Rutland’s Evergreen Cemetery is building back better. The 163-year-old cemetery has faced financial challenges and back in March the board announced it would fold. However, plot holders last month voted in a new
Massachusetts murder suspect ordered held without bail in Vermont
GUILDHALL, Vt. (WCAX) – A man wanted for murder in Massachusetts who was captured in Vermont is being held without bail. Kevin Digregorio, 33, of Randolph, Massachusetts, was arrested in Lunenburg. Digregorio is wanted in Massachusetts for
Police ID victim in fatal Shelburne motorcycle crash
SHELBURNE, Vt. (WCAX) – Police have identified the woman who died in a motorcycle crash in Shelburne Tuesday night. They say Jennifer Mayhew, 43, of Shelburne, was riding down Webster Road around 8 p.m. when she lost
Barton man fined for illegal salvage yard
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont natural resource officials Thursday fined a Barton man for operating an unpermitted salvage yard. Vermont Agency of Natural Resources officials say Brent Bapp was fined $24,859.80 for storing junk cars on his
Montpelier’s Feast Farm relocates to higher ground
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Only tree tops were visible over the eight feet of water that covered Feast Farm in Montpelier last summer. Almost a year later, the farm is turning over a new leaf on a
WATCH LIVE: WCAXtra Special Report
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Tune in to our live stream featuring a report from Calvin Cutler. Our Calvin Cutler outlines lawmakers’ progress in avoiding a massive property tax spike. Meteorologist Peter Kvietkauskas has the latest forecast.
Barstow Union School District passes budget
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Another school district can take the budget deadline off their calendars as the third time was the charm at a school funding plan. Barstow Union School District passed its school budget yesterday by