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Teachers prepare classrooms for start of school year
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Behind every first day of school are school staff working hard to create the perfect learning environment. In just a few days, kids will run through their school doors to find their classes, stuff their cubbies, and meet tablemates. But before the magical first day of school are weeks of meticulous and passionate planning.
High School Huddle Camp Tour: Colchester Lakers
COLCHESTER, VT – The Colchester Lakers football team lost to North Country in the championship last fall. The Lakers hope to use their experience from 2023 to have another deep playoff run this season. “For us it boils down to a couple really simple things, we have to stay together as a team. That teamwork […]
Swanton road closed after tractor-trailer rolls into river
SWANTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A tractor-trailer crash in Swanton snarled traffic on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say Route 78 is completely closed while crews work to remove the truck which went off the road into the Mississquoi River. The truck remains partially submerged but the driver was removed and no one...
CCC plans for fall semester, sustainable future
Plans progress to shift operations to SUNY Plattsburgh campus in fall 2025. PLATTSBURGH | Clinton Community College, set for the start of its fall semester on Monday, Aug. 26, has completed a monitoring report and related required materials for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a critical step for the institution as it lays the groundwork for a sustainable future and a planned move to buildings on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus beginning with classes one year from now in fall 2025.
Moriah, Ti to renew football rivalry Oct. 19
TICONDEROGA | Moriah and Ticonderoga’s varsity football teams will renew their storied rivalry on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Sentinel Field. It’s the first meeting between the two Essex County programs since Ticonderoga’s departure from the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference to play an independent, eight-man schedule after the 2022 season.
Weeks after floods, Vermont businesses struggling to get visitors to return
BURKE, Vt. (AP) — Two bouts of flooding from storms in July has hampered businesses and destinations in an economically depressed section of northern Vermont, with some still closed as […]
You Can Quote Me: Aug. 17, 2024
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - On this “You Can Quote Me,” the cost of gun violence; how much taxpayers are on the hook. Also, IV Hydration clinics are popping up in storefronts and at events, often to help with hangovers. But who’s regulating them? We find out. The...
UConn women’s soccer team ties their home opener versus Vermont
STORRS — The UConn Huskies women’s soccer team hosted the Vermont Catamounts in their home opener on Saturday night, hoping to start the 2024 season with a win. UConn wasn’t to do that as they tied Vermont 2-2 at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.
Effort to make more Vermont trails accessible to all
CAMBRIDGE, Vt. (WCAX) - A Vermont organization is working to make connecting with nature more accessible. The Vermont Land Trust has been working on a series of projects to make it easier for people with disabilities to access their network of trails. Crews at the Brewster Uplands are laying down...
Facing short staff, South Burlington schools to offer more money to bus drivers
The new agreement eliminates the yearly 15-step salary model that the district had outlined for fiscal year 2025. Starting wages are now equivalent to what drivers would have been making at the highest step in the previous salary model. Read the story on VTDigger here: Facing short staff, South Burlington schools to offer more money to bus drivers.
Vermont Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Woods present "Twelfth Night"
Vermont Public Theater will be presenting an outdoor free presentation of Shakespeare in the Woods production of “Twelfth Night” at Merchants Park in Downtown Bennington, Vermont. The night is a Fundraiser for Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless. The family friendly production of “Twelfth Night” will be performed...
From flood plain to food forest
BRATTLEBORO-In 2011, Tropical Storm Irene changed the landscape of Vermont, including turning a house lot at 805 Western Ave. into a flooded, vacant, unbuildable space bordering Whetstone Brook. Now, Edible Brattleboro is changing that piece of the landscape yet again, partnering with the town to create a public "food forest"...
Drug cartels are the root of Brattleboro’s crisis
BRATTLEBORO-I commend all those who attended the recent Selectboard meetings to address the plight of Brattleboro's downtown. And kudos to Susan Bellville for pointing out that Brattleboro cannot "ticket" its way out of an increasingly desperate situation by only addressing the symptoms of a deepening crisis of crime and addiction in our community. Nor will blaming public officials, our police force, or society at large stem this rising tide.
Pittsfield man injured in UTV rollover crash
PITTSFIELD — A man was injured in a UTV rollover crash on private property in Pittsfield on Aug. 16 at approximately 1:38 p.m., according to New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officers. Richard Bousquet, 66, of Pittsfield, was operating the UTV at 121 Barnstead Road when he attempted a...
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