Bradford Community to vote on new skatepark funding this Town Meeting Day
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The town of Bradford is voting on a potential skate park this Town Meeting Day. Nine-year-old future pro-skater Natalie Winthrop says she has to go all the way to New Hampshire to ride
Students hold presser to promote bar gun ban
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Students adding their voices to calls for increased gun safety in Burlington. Student advocates from the University of Vermont and Champlain College showed their support for a proposed ordinance that would prohibit guns
‘Granny Squad’ gets new uniforms
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – A Super Senior follow-up — last week reporter Joe Carroll featured a group of grandmothers taking in high school basketball games in Montpelier Carroll in his story dubbed them “the Granny Squad” and
Unlike Musk, Vt. officials say hybrid work is here to stay
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – While the Trump administration is calling federal workers back to the office, Vermont officials say they have no plans for state workers to return to pre-pandemic schedules. Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest
Montpelier crews remove tons of snow after storm
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Crews in Montpelier removed a serious amount of snow from city streets after last week’s storm. They say overnight last Thursday, Department of Public Works crews lugged about 3,500 cubic yards of snow
State health department issues measles advisory
ALBANY, New York (WWNY) – The state health department issued an advisory Thursday as measles cases and hospitalizations increase in parts of the country, and after the death of a school-aged child in Texas from measles. The
Williston Super Senior to mark her 100th birthday
WILLISTON, Vt. (WCAX) – She’s only been at the Williston Place senior living community since September, but Carolyn Bessette stands out. “I give 100+ percent to everything I start to do,” Bessette said. Like keeping fit —
Local independent booksellers bullish on the future
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Despite the prevalence of digital reading, book lovers aren’t turning the page on bookstores. “I don’t like seeing my screen time numbers go up, and I think that’s an incentive in itself —
Increased flight offerings contributing to airport parking pinch
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – WCAX News is getting you answers about the parking pinch at the Burlington airport. Several viewers sent us questions they wanted answered after seeing our reporting about the full garage and parking lots
Many Vt. communities struggling to field candidates for public office
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – With less than a week to go until Town Meeting Day, Vermont communities are preparing to cast their votes for a number of town office positions. In some communities, where sitting on