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Hornet baseball receives ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
Lyndonville, VT - The Vermont State University Lyndon baseball team is among over 800 college and high school baseball teams from across the country who have been recognized as recipients of the 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack. Nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.
Motorcycle speeds through Underhill and Jericho, eludes police
UNDERHILL — A black motorcycle was clocked traveling nearly double the speed limit on Route 15 on July 28, leading to a high-speed pursuit by Vermont State Police. The unidentified motorcyclist was first spotted at 11:07 a.m. going 95 mph in a 50 mph zone and then 73 mph in a 35 mph zone, according to the Williston Barracks officials.
Donations from around the world pour into Peacham for flood repairs
PEACHAM, Vt. (WCAX) - Communities across the region came closer together in the wake of recent flooding. For one Vermont town, their community extends well outside the country. Not only did volunteers organize in Peacham to help dig out waterlogged homes, but they also helped raise a lot of cash...
A Passion to Do the Right Thing: Michael Monte and the Champlain Housing Trust
Who is Michael Monte, and why does everyone seem to love him?. For one thing, over the 46 years that Monte has worked in Burlington, he has dramatically changed the city for the better. For another, at a time when almost the whole of the United States is experiencing a...
Giant pine cone-like egg statue coming to new Williston art park
WILLISTON, Vt. (WCAX) - It looks like an ordinary construction zone, but something giant, round and magical is coming to Williston. “We have the wooden egg, which some people are calling the pine cone, but I kind of don’t mind because the two things are very similar,” said artist and sculptor Clay Mohrman.
Pick-your-own sunflower season begins
SHELBURNE, Vt. (WCAX) - It’s that time of year again, many farms in Vermont are getting ready for pick-your-own sunflowers. The Guillemette Farm Stand has been around for four years now, and they say their flowers are in peak season. The farm used to just have sunflowers, but have...
Winchester, NH, man arrested in connection with multiple burglaries in VT, police say
A Winchester, New Hampshire, man was charged in connection with multiple burglaries in Brattleboro, Vermont, police said. Brattleboro police said on Monday, July 15, officers received a report of a burglary from an office on Flat Street. Authorities said Richard Lee, 40, from Winchester, New Hampshire, allegedly stole a pop-up tent from the building on Flat Street. Police said Lee was later arrested on Tuesday, July 23 and held on $1,000 bail in connection with the alleged burglary.
Home tour of the week: A $650,000 home in Colchester with 0.71 acres of land to call your own
This home in Colchester has a updated kitchen with a breakfast bar and granite countertops. The house also has central air conditioning and custom built window blinds to help keep cool. Bedrooms: 3. Price: $650,000. HIGHLIGHTS: 0.71 acres of land, breakfast bar, wood stove. Listed by Chad Dion, Chad Dion...
Raymond Corporation among those competing for title of "Coolest Thing Made in New York"
For the next two months businesses from all across New York state are competing to see who makes the coolest thing, and there are several contenders for the crown in our region. One of the applicants selected for voting is the Raymond Corporation, an industry-leading forklift manufacturer, based in Greene.
Berkshire Force Drops into Consolation Bracket at World Series
FLORENCE, Ala. -- The Kinston, N.C., 12-and-under softball team Monday scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to finish off a 15-5, four-inning win over the Berkshire Force in the quarter-finals of the Babe Ruth World Series. Kinston moves on to Tuesday evening's semi-final round at the...
Mass. Teen, Woman ID'd In Fiery Fatal Vermont Crash
A 19-year-old man and 20-year-old woman were killed in a single-car crash in Vermont over the weekend after their vehicle caught on fire, authorities said. Sean Delaney and Elana Korey, both of Duxbury, were killed in the Middlesex, Vermont, crash on I-89 Sunday, July 28, Vermont State Police …
Raabe dominates American Racer North Series 60; Branham returns to victory lane
PLATTSBURGH | Chris Raabe won the American Racer North Series 60-lapper on Thursday, July 25 at Airborne Park Speedway over David Hebert and Mike Mahaney, leading all but one lap and collecting $3,250 USD ($4,500 CAD) for his efforts. Bucko Branham won the Sportsman Modified feature with Tylor Terry, Kris...
Hiker suffering from unknown illness rescued from Mount Washington
NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department rescued a hiker suffering from heat-related symptoms Saturday afternoon on Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine Trail. Just before 4 p.m. on July 27, the NH Fish and Game Department received word of a hiker suffering from what appeared to...
Bass Master National Qualifier Final Day
PLATTSBURGH, NY – The final day of the Bass Master National Qualifier would see the championships go to a couple Mass guys, but two locals broke into the top 20. Middlebury, Vermont’s, Dylan Stowe and Plattsburgh, New York’s Cody Peryea used their home lake to their advantage to compete with some of the nation’s best. […]
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