Robert L. Walsh: The governor should let the Vermont Legislature adjourn

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Stuck in Vermont: A Sunset Sail With Whistling Man Schooner

Since 1996, Whistling Man Schooner has hosted thousands of tourists and locals on sailboat rides around Lake Champlain. The current owner, Capt. Cory Dalsimer, is a University of Vermont graduate who started as a deckhand and earned a commercial captain’s …

Vermont Green downs Flower City 1872 in women’s friendly

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - On a picture perfect Wednesday night, the Vermont Green women’s team downed Flower City 1872 out of Rochester, New York 4-0 in front of a sold out crowd. “It was so much fun, I’m so proud of the team. As you all know, we had a …

Vermont bar Wolf Tree, up for James Beard Award, aims to…

Will Vermont court ruling settle question for neighbors of stinky farm?

ORLEANS, Vt. (WCAX) - A recent ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court gives cities and towns more authority to regulate farms. That’s welcome news to residents in Orleans, who have expressed repeated concerns over the smell and alleged mistreatment of dozens …

Vermont medical experts dismayed by RFK Jr. vaccine rhetoric

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - As federal health officials under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continue to send mixed messages about vaccines, state medical experts say they are reminding Vermonters that vaccines have been proven to be safe. RFK Jr., one of the nation’s …

Vermont lawmakers question slow rollout of speed cameras for work zones

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont lawmakers are questioning the slow rollout of a pilot project to install speed cameras in work zones. The law approved last year was prompted, in part, after a construction flagger was struck and killed on the job. The …

Omnibus election bill moving through Vermont Senate

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A sweeping elections bill that has been years in the making is advancing at the Vermont Statehouse. Since first implementing universal vote by mail during the pandemic, other election policy proposals in the past few sessions …

Take a look inside Wolf Tree, James Beard Award-nominated Vermont bar

Vermont Green FC Women take the field against Flower City 1872 live on WYCI Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Wednesday evening, the Vermont Green FC Women host Flower City 1872 in the second-ever women’s exhibition match at Virtue Field in Burlington. The crowd at the field has been a sell-out for days now, so WCAX sister station WYCI is …