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Causeway Bike Ferry prepares to kick off new season
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Another sign of the season, Local Motion’s bike ferry is returning to service Memorial Day Weekend. The ferry runs on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through mid-June, and then will expand to seven days a week through Labor Day. The service is by donation and you don’t need to make a reservation.
Burlington airport, electric department propose 2025 budgets - here's what they presented
Back-to-back budget presentations from two of Burlington's biggest departments revealed requests for more support, including for projects and staffing. Staff from the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport and Burlington Electric Department (BED) met with the City Council Monday, May 13, to give their Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposals and answer questions about it. The...
Huntington man moving his house 12 feet to comply with zoning rules
HUNTINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A Chittenden County man is on the move, and he’s taking his house with him. It’s all because of different zoning rules between the neighboring towns of Huntington and Bolton. Power tools buzz at Rick Weston’s home in Huntington. But what initially looks like...
Planting Time: Growing indoor microgreens
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Gardening season is underway in our region but there are also ways for folks to grow edible goodies inside. We’re continuing our gardening segments with Joyce Amsden, a master gardener, and we’re talking about getting microgreens started. A lot of people have those in salads and things like that, but there are some notes about which kind of seeds people should be using or not using.
Vermont-based Burton Snowboards announces layoffs this week
Vermont-based company Burton Snowboards announced layoffs this week. NBC5 obtained copies of a companywide email from CEO John Lacy sent on Tuesday, where he said Burton will begin reducing jobs across the business this week. He said they are only cutting a "small percentage" of jobs. In the email, Lacy...
What's going up at intersection of Williston Road and Industrial Avenue?
Anastasia Gaina immigrated to the United States from Moldova in 2007, landing in Vermont one year after her husband, Sergiu, came here in 2006. By 2010, the couple had opened their business, MD Motors, selling used cars from a hidden-away spot in Williston on Dorset Lane at the end of James Brown Drive.
Gas prices fall slowly, but should keep falling
Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.61 per gallon, down 1 cent per gallon from last week, up 16 cents/g from last month and up 13 cents/g from last year. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $3.28/g in Rutland, while the highest was $3.84/g in South Royalton.
It's 'bout time! Green Mountain Roller Derby hits its home rink for the first time since 2020
On a recent Tuesday evening, just as a spring thunderstorm rolled through Essex Junction, members of the Green Mountain Roller Derby team streamed into the Blue Ribbon Pavilion building at the Champlain Valley Expo for practice. They donned protective pads, helmets, jerseys and roller skates before taking laps on a...
Runners toe the line for 41st Vt. Corporate Cup
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Upwards of 2,200 runners and walkers took part Thursday in the 41st running of the Vermont Corporate Cup. The Montpellier event began in 1980 as a 10K with teams from different state agencies competing for bragging rights and to promote fitness. Today the 5K is also open to teams from other businesses and nonprofits. Officials say the event attracted upwards of 4,000 participants prior to the pandemic. This year’s event has about 2,400 participants registered, including virtual runners and walkers.
Colchester High School hosts mock trial for students, presentation from grieving parent, raising awareness to the dangers of drunk driving before prom
COLCHESTER — An air of nervous anticipation overtook Colchester High School’s largest gathering spaces Friday morning as a voice filled a loudspeaker, directing students where to go. Upperclassmen assembled in the seats of the auditorium, and underclassmen filed into the bleachers of the gym, each group convening to...
Winooski, Vermont’s Deputy Mayor announces he will run for Lieutenant Governor
The race for Vermont lieutenant governor, elected separately from the governor, is taking shape. On Thursday, the deputy mayor of Winooski announced his campaign for the state’s second-highest office. Democrat Thomas Renner, Deputy Mayor of Winooski, is a member of the Vermont Professionals of Color Network and is openly...
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