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Vermonters in multiple communities hit the polls for school budget revotes
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. (WCAX) - Voters hit the polls-- again-- in many Vermont communities on Tuesday to decide on their school budgets. Residents in South Burlington and St. Johnsbury are facing third votes to try to find a budget. Alburgh, Caledonia Cooperative, Washington Central, Twinfield and Essex-Westford voters are casting...
Home tour of the week: A home in Colchester with 3 bedrooms priced at $599,000
This home in Colchester has a formal dining area and a kitchen with granite countertops. Hardwood and ceramic flooring are laid out throughout the home. Bathrooms: 3 (1 full,1 three-quarter, 1 half) Price: $599,000. Square Feet: 2,135. HIGHLIGHTS: gas fireplace, granite countertops. Listed by Nancy Durand, Pall Spera Company Realtors-Morrisville.
New management takes over Champlain Centre mall
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) - The Champlain Centre mall in Plattsburgh is now under new management. In a joint statement, town officials say the Los Angeles-based company Pacific Retail Capital Partners will bring a fresh perspective to the shopping center. It also says the development company has a focus in evolving...
Progressive Party leaders say Democratic appointment breaks with precedent
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont Progressives are crying foul over Governor Phil Scott’s pick to fill Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak’s former House seat. The governor on Monday appointed Abbey Duke, a Democrat, to the Burlington seat. Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak is a fusion candidate -- a Progressive Democrat -- and was the chair of the House Progressive caucus.
Queen City Café’s Biscuits Are Hot at Burlington's Coal Collective
Sean Richards didn't intend to open a biscuit restaurant. His plan for Queen City Café was wide-ranging — breakfast, lunch and dinner — and built around simple, seasonal wood-fired fare, including rôtisserie chickens and whole-roasted cauliflower. But almost as soon as he fired up the 10-by-12-foot...
Gov. Scott appoints Burlington business owner to House seat vacated by Mulvaney-Stanak
Gov. Phil Scott announced his appointment of Abbey Duke to the Vermont House of Representatives. She will be replacing Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak as the representative for Chittenden-17, who stepped down when she took mayoral office in April this year. Duke’s appointment is effective Monday, May 6. She was selected...
Pope names new bishop to lead Burlington diocese
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The pope has named the new bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington. He is a familiar face for many-- the current Monsignor John McDermott is now the bishop-elect following a 10-month wait for a new leader of Vermont’s Catholic Church. “We think that...
UVM student protestors shift focus to calling for “amnesty”
Burlington, VT– It’s been nine days since a group of University of Vermont students set up tents in support of Palestine. As negotiations on the group’s five demands are reportedly ongoing, students say they’re focusing on calling for amnesty right now. UVM said last week that...
Your Max Advantage Forecast
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Happy Monday! We’ll start our Monday with more clouds and a few more passing rain showers; by the time we get to lunchtime, we are dry and beginning to break apart the clouds. Much of the second half of the day will feature more sunshine, with a few fair-weather clouds mixing in here and there. Daytime highs with the afternoon sunshine will climb back into the mid and upper 60s and lower 70s. Tonight, calm and clear conditions stick around as overnight lows fall back into the 40s and 50s. We’ll keep the sunshine going for our day on Tuesday as temperatures climb back into the upper 60s and low to mid-70s. Enjoy it, because the rest of the week will be wet and cooler.
Burlington Fire Marshal investigating Pearl St. fire
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Burlington Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after a fire Saturday afternoon. The Burlington Fire Department responded to a structure fire behind 198 Pearl St. Multiple crews, including fire departments from surrounding cities and towns, ended up responding as onlookers reported seeing people in the apartment...
Art exhibit documents the Covid-19 vaccine experiences of Black Vermonters
The storytelling project, conducted by the Clemmons Family Farm at the height of the pandemic, is an effort to highlight and learn from Black Vermonters’ experiences. Read the story on VTDigger here: Art exhibit documents the Covid-19 vaccine experiences of Black Vermonters.
UVM students call for amnesty as school cracks down on policy violations ahead of commencement
BURLINGTON, Vt. — As students at the University of Vermont gear up for commencement, the school is taking another look the encampment protests on its campus. It comes after the school announced that its original commencement speaker, United Nations Rep. Linda Thomas-Greenfield will no longer be speaking at the ceremony.
Radio Bean assessing damage from the impact of Saturday's structure fire
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Astructure fire in Burlington on Saturday left a popular downtown bar with a major water issue to deal with. The local music venue "Radio Bean" flooded from hoses and the sprinkler system, after the apartment above them caught on fire. Owner Lee Anderson said the water...
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