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Honoring American patriots at Valcour Bay
Gunboat reenactors took to Valcour Bay as part of memorial events held Oct. 10, 2026 to remember those who died here in the war for Independence. — PERU | A day to honor history turned into a historic day at Valcour Bay, Oct. 10. Though one day shy of 250 years since the critical naval battle took place here in 1776, new revelations about the patriots who gave their lives came to light.
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Poet Alison Hawthorne Deming is St. Lawrence University's inaugural Environmental Scholar in Residence
How can art and science help move the needle during the climate crisis? That’s what environmentalist poet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming is working through. Deming is St. Lawrence University’s inaugural Environmental Scholar in Residence. This month, she’s hosting readings and talks around the Adirondacks and at St. Lawrence’s campus in Canton.
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Battle of Valcour commemoration concludes in Plattsburgh
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) - Plattsburgh’s three-day Battle of Valcour commemoration concluded Sunday with a reenactment at the Plattsburgh City Beach. A Navy band performed to signal the start of the 250th commemoration of the Battle of Valcour, a naval engagement in the American Revolution led by Benedict Arnold. Visitors...
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Battle of Valcour reenactment draws hundreds to City Beach
PLATTSBURGH | Reenactment of the Battle of Valcour drew hundreds to City Beach despite a brisk wind whipping off Lake Champlain. Weather and high seas pushed much of the naval battle reenactment to shore. But chairs filled and the crowd stayed to listen and pay tribute. The morning's anticipation was...
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Noah Kahan to appear on CBS Sunday Morning
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Noah Kahan, a musician from Vermont, will be featured on CBS Sunday Morning. Kahan said a prediction in his high school yearbook named him most likely to become a regionally known musician. “Yeah, my high school prediction, like, the right to predictions in the yearbook, was...
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This tiny New York village hosted the Winter Olympics twice, and you can still bobsled it
Lake Placid sits deep in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, a small walkable village with peaks and lakes pressing right up against its edge. It hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and again in 1980, putting it in rare company with St. Moritz, Innsbruck and Cortina d’Ampezzo as a two-time host.
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Vermont hip hop band pens tune about online relationship
When a friend's online relationship proved to be one-sided, local musician, Jilib - the front man for the Vermont pop, dance and hip-hop band, A2VT - wrote a song about it. "It didn't happen to me," Jilib said of the sticky situation, "but I witnessed it happening to my friend. And the song is about a real story that happened."
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Plattsburgh Re-creates the Battle of Valcour Island
Amid the fanfare surrounding the country’s 250th anniversary, Americans have celebrated as only Americans can: with spectacles — parades, concerts and, for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear, an MMA fight on the White House lawn. The past several months have also been a boon for a unique subset of celebrants: military reenactors.
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Battle of Valcour reenactment set for this weekend at Plattsburgh City Beach
The Clinton County Historical Association will host its signature America 250 event this weekend with a commemoration of the Battle of Valcour Island. On Oct. 11, 1776, a small American fleet led by Benedict Arnold met the British forces on Lake Champlain near modern-day Plattsburgh and Peru. The Americans lost the battle, but successfully delayed the British invasion from the north.
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Wish Benefit Tour kicks off in Saratoga
Make-A-Wish Vermont and Northeast New York kicked off the Wish Benefit Tour, a four city concert series, Tuesday night in Saratoga. The tour features former Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge, a founding member of Dead & Company, playing with the Vermont-based band LaMP.
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Tupper Lake Welcomes Patrick Sapling, New York's First Permanent Dambo Troll
A kneeling wooden giant now calls the Adirondacks home. The Wild Center in Tupper Lake has unveiled Patrick Sapling, a permanent troll sculpture built largely from reclaimed lumber that depicts a kneeling figure lifting a living sugar maple tree toward the sun among a scattering of Adirondack boulders. The sculpture...
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Foliage Photo Friday week 2
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - It was a tough competition this week, but we have a winner for week two of Foliage Photo Fridays! Congratulations to Nicholas Erwin, who submitted the stunning shot of foliage on Waterbury Reservoir (Photo 1). Nicholas’ photo received the most votes in our poll and will move on to the final round of voting on October 30 alongside our week one winner.
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Fabulous fall foliage keeps dazzling
COLCHESTER, Vt. (WCAX) - The foliage is now at its peak in some areas of our region and it won’t last for long!. WCAX Chief Meteorologist Jess Langlois checked out the views from the radar site at Camp Johnson in Colchester. The site is also how the WCAX First Alert Weather Team can alert viewers to changing weather conditions.
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Public invited to Northern N.Y. American-Canadian Genealogical Society's annual conference
The public is invited to join the Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society's annual conference on Saturday, Oct. 24. DANNEMORA | On Saturday, Oct. 24, the Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society will hold its annual conference from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m., with coffee and donuts opening the day at 9 a.m. The Society is located at 40 Emmons St. in Dannemora and everyone is invited to join them for a day full of history.
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A 1776 Crown Point Council of War Was A Deciding Factor
Their meeting during a council of war at Crown Point, fundamentally changed the course of the Revolutionary War in the North, and helped lay the groundwork for the American victory at the Battles of Saratoga a year later. Most of those who participated are now well-known figures in New York...
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Highlights from Fireside Folk Fest
TICONDEROGA | Saturday, Oct. 3 was a flurry of fall festivities and family-friendly activities as North Country Rural Development Coalitions’ second annual Fireside Folk Fest lit up the downtown corridor. The last of the storybook-themed bronze sculptures was revealed at Black Watch Memorial Library, with Mr. Toad from the...
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Special local history events lined up for Keeseville in October
The public is invited to two very special history of Keeseville and Lake Champlain events: a guided tour of the Keese Homestead on Oct. 17, and a presentation on the 1776 Battle of Valcour Island given by maritime historian Arthur Cohn, Oct. 22. — KEESEVILLE | The rich histories of Keeseville and Lake Champlain will be the focus of two free and open-to-the-public events this October: a guided tour of the Keese Homestead on Oct. 17, and a presentation on the 1776 Battle of Valcour Island given by maritime historian Arthur Cohn, Oct. 22.