Essex-Westford School District votes to merge middle schools
ESSEX, Vt. (WCAX) – The Essex-Westford School District voted in their school budget on Tuesday. As part of the passage of their budget, the school district will be taking their middle schoolers at Westford Elementary School, 6th
Officials want your input on Vermonter’s dam problem
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – A few dozen people gathered in East Montpelier at U-32 Middle and High School to learn about Vermont’s dam problem on Tuesday night. After two summers of catastrophic flooding, Vermont Fish and
ECHO Center’s new exhibit space set to open this summer
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – It may look like a construction zone right now, but the future location of the ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain’s “Into the Lake Exhibit” is on track for a summer opening. The
Music project brings together Vt. students, NH family
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (WCAX) – High school band students in Bellows Falls are preparing a special concert where, for the first time, they will perform a song inspired by two young sisters. It’s a project that brings
New Hardwick Food Hub sees increased role distributing for local farms
HARDWICK, Vt. (WCAX) – An expanded food hub in Lamoille County is aimed at helping Vermont farms find new markets for their products. Delivery drivers were busy Tuesday morning at the new Hardwick Food Hub unloading milk
Getting Answers: Why is I-91 Hartford rest area closed?
HARTFORD, Vt. (WCAX) – Travelers along Interstate 91 in Hartford may have wondered what happened to a rest area that has remained closed for the past five years. VTrans says it was closed from 2020 to 2023
Southern Vt. towns have father-and-son police chiefs
PITTSFORD, Vt. (WCAX) – A pair of police chiefs is making history in Vermont as the first family members to hold top jobs at the same time. “He’s young enough where he’s going to see more changes
Trump’s election order ‘a solution in search of a problem,’ says Vt. secretary of state
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas is calling the Trump administration’s efforts to ensure election integrity a “solution in search of a problem.” When Vermonters register to vote, they have to attest
Did a rally make the difference in whether ICE-detained family would return to Sackets Harbor?
SACKETS HARBOR, New York (WWNY) – Just days ago, the yard in front of the Sackets Harbor Visitor Center was filled with roughly 1000 people who marched, demanding the release of a migrant family of four from
School board votes to close Ripton Elementary School
RIPTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Ripton Elementary School students will become Salisbury Community School students starting this fall. The Addison Central School District board voted unanimously to transfer the roughly 20 students for the upcoming school year because