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Vermont H.S. playoff scores for Tuesday, June 11: MMU girls tennis repeats in D-II
The 2024 Vermont high school spring season has begun. See below for scores, schedules and game details (statistical leaders, game notes) from baseball, softball, lacrosse, track and field, tennis and Ultimate. To report scores: Coaches or team representatives are asked to report results ASAP after games by emailing sports@burlingtonfreepress.com. Please submit with a name/contact number. ...
Accounting error brings Burlington budget gap to $14.1M
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The Burlington City Council Monday night will get a closer look at the 2025 budget, and a budget gap that has now grown to $14.1 million because of a recently found $1.1 million accounting error. It’s a case of deja vu for Burlington Chief Administrative Officer...
Vermont musician Noah Kahan to play benefit concert
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont musician Noah Kahan will host a benefit concert in Essex Junction in September. Proceeds from the concert announced on Tuesday will go to Kahan’s charity, the Busyhead Project, which supports access to mental health care. The show will take place at the Champlain...
Vermont police stage mock mass shooting during high school field trip
The Burlington, Vermont, Police Department issued an apology on Thursday after staging a mock mass shooting during a high school field trip. The ordeal terrorized the students and even left some injured, according to local outlet Seven Days. The incident took place Wednesday at the Burlington police station as roughly...
Dr. Oz discusses revving up your energy level
Q: I used to have a lot more get-up-and-go than I do now. It’s not that I’ve gained weight or have some serious chronic condition. At age 57, I want to feel more energetic! What will work? -- Gayle T., Burlington, Vermont. A: There is no doubt that...
A jet missing since 1971 was found submerged in Vermont's Lake Champlain
Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long lost jet in Lake Champlain. (AP Video produced by Rodrique Ngowi.) Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long lost jet in Lake Champlain. The corporate jet disappeared shortly after departing the Burlington airport for Providence, Rhode Island, on Jan. 27, 1971. Those aboard included two crew members and three employees of a Georgia development company Cousins...
Burlington City Council discusses road projects
City officials in Burlington discussed two road construction projects Monday night. One of the projects, the Champlain Parkway, has been ongoing for years, but the other, a new connection between two streets downtown, is still in its conceptual phase.
Two teens accused of shooting airsoft guns at car in Jay
Jay, NY- Two teens have been arrested after police say they fired airsoft guns at a car on Sawmill Rd in Jay on Monday night. Police say they got reports of a car being fired at near Sawmill Road in Jay around 6:30 p.m. and the suspects fled into the woods nearby. About an hour earlier, police were told two suspicious men were walking along the road, carrying what looked like guns.
Two women critically hurt in I-89 crash in Colchester
Two women critically injured in crash on I-89 North in Colchester. Two women are in critical condition at University of Vermont Medical Center after a crash on Interstate 89 in Colchester. Vermont State Police say they’re Denea France, 24, of Brockton, Massachusetts and her mother, Dawn France, 52, of Flushing,...
Burlington mayor to outline plans for waterfront homeless encampment
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Burlington’s mayor is bringing her plan for homeless encampments to the City Council Monday night. It comes as the city is shifting tactics with the new Progressive administration, including ongoing engagement and assistance for two encampments growing on the city’s waterfront. Visitors headed toward...
Burlington mayor gets free meals
A special food drive is underway to provide free weekly dinners to the Burlington mayor and her wife to help reduce the burden of being public servants. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who took office as Mayor on April 1, and her partner Megan Moir, the director of water resources for the city of Burlington, make about $250,000 a year, but friends have started a food drive for the two women and their two children.
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