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Vermont State Police search for missing teen from Williamstown
ROYALTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont State Police is asking for your help in locating a missing teen. They say 16-year-old Justice Bracken of Williamstown has been missing since last Tuesday, May 14th. She was last seen in Royalton with her boyfriend Xavier Tetreault. Bracken is 5′3″, roughly 170 lbs., and...
Made in Vermont: St. Johnsbury Distillery
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - In the heart of St. Johnsbury sits a distillery making superior spirits. “It’s really by sight, smell, taste as well... that we’re producing these spirits,” says Brendan Hughes, co-founder and president of St. Johnsbury Distillery. He started up this business with his...
Tenant protections failed to gain traction in the Statehouse
This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public. As Vermont faces a razor-thin rental vacancy rate, an ever-tighter home-buying market, and an uptick in homelessness, lawmakers focused this year on clearing the way for more housing development. But...
Body of missing man found in New Hampshire after hikers discover gear
NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA — The body of a man from Massachusetts who was last seen in mid-April has been recovered after hikers in New Hampshire discovered gear that belonged to him, giving search crews the clues they needed to find his body. On April 28, officials with New Hampshire...
Siemons Bests Sportsman Field at the Bowl
WEST HAVEN, VT —Orford, N.H.’s Tanner Siemons won the 30-lap Sunoco Sportsman feature at Devil’s Bowl on Saturday, May 18th while fellow McGee Automotive Family driver Jason Quenneville triumphed in the O’Reilly Auto Partys Limited Ranks. Nick Austin-Neil bagged his first Novice win of 2024, with Ray Hanson, Chris Sumner, Rob Steele and Brent Wilbur also winning main events.
2 Drivers arrested for wrong-way interstate driving on Wednesday
In two separate incidents on Wednesday, police arrested drivers who were reportedly driving the wrong way on Vermont’s interstates, and in one case police needed spike strips to stop them. Police say Daniel Bartlett, 79, from Swanton, was driving south in the northbound lanes of I-89 between Exit 21...
Fares resume for Green Mountain Transit
CHITTENDEN COUNTY, Vt. — Starting Monday, May 20, Green Mountain Transit will start collecting fares again on public buses. According to Green Mountain Transit, the change applies to local Chittenden County routes, Chittenden County commuter buses, and LINK Express services in St. Albans and Montpelier. The bus service started...
Police, school officials investigate U-32 lockdown response
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Authorities and school officials are trying to figure out what prompted a lockdown at U-32 High School late Thursday morning. The Washington Central Unified Union School District Superintendent says the automated emergency response system placed the school into lockdown just after 11:30 a.m. It’s not believed to have been initiated from inside the building and police responded to find no threat to the school.
Vermont man arrested for allegedly trying to assault firefighters working to put out house fire
NEWBURY, Vt. — Vermont State Police are investigating after they say a man tried to assault the firefighters who were working to put out a fire at his home. Police said the incident happened in Newbury on Tuesday around 8 p.m. According to investigators, Wells River firefighters were responding...
Stuck in Vt: Ford Model A ‘Lizzie’ driven by Aubin family for 5 generations
LYNDONVILLE, Vt. (WCAX) - C.J. Aubin never considered himself a “car guy” until he inherited a 1931 Ford Model A from his cousin Bryan Aubin two years ago. Their great-grandfather Alphonse Aubin bought the car and named her Lizzie. The Aubins have lived in Lyndonville for seven generations, and Lizzie has been driven by their family for five.
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