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Vermont’s Short-Term Rental Stock Continues to Grow

13% increase over previous year  Click here for the Seven Days Story 

National Weather Service Burlington – Coolest August since 2014

There aren’t too many days left to August and the end of meteorological summer (August 31st). After a long stretch of very warm Augusts, 2023 looks to be one of the cooler Augusts in recent memory. The last comparably cool August was in 2014.

Overdose tracker shows amount of drug-related fatalities in Vermont, Northern New York

Clinton County recorded 23 drug overdose deaths, with 65% involving synthetic opioids. Franklin County recorded 10 overdose deaths, and Essex County recorded less than 10 deaths. Click here for the MYNBC5 Story 

Rare Mosquito-borne illness found in Vermont

Rare mosquito-borne virus in Franklin and Grand Isle counties. Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Here’s how to stay safe from harmful algal blooms in Lake Champlain

Click here for the NCPR story 

UVM planning major housing expansion on Trinity campus

Click here for the WCAXTV story 

Watershed Voices: Giving the Lake a Musical Voice

Grand Isle, VT –  Join the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) for a summer edition of their Love the Lake series! Glenn McClure, an eco-composer from the Adirondacks, and LCBP Associate Scientist Mae Kate Campbell will present “Watershed Voices: Giving the Lake a Musical Voice” on Wednesday, August 16th, 6-7:30 PM at the Barn at […]

PRICE CHOPPER/MARKET 32 ISSUES VOLUNTARY RECALL OF “CORNER TO CORNER” PIZZA

(Schenectady, N.Y.) – Price Chopper/Market 32 is issuing a voluntary recall on a variety of store-made “corner to corner” pizzas, manufactured on July 2, 2023. The products are being recalled because the manufacturer of the pizza dough, Deiorio’s, has advised that foreign materials – fragments of a conveyer belt used in the manufacturing process — […]

Williston Christmas Tree Shops to close on August 12

Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Preliminary tally indicates Vermont floods damaged more than 4,000 homes and 800 businesses

Click here for the VTDigger story 

Phish to donate funds from special concerts to Vermont, New York flood recovery

Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

National amputee baseball team plays in Burlington

Louisville Slugger Warriors are a team made up of amputee military veterans, wounded warriors and active duty personnel Click here for the WCAX story 

Flood watch in effect until 2 am Wed.

Flood Watch- National Weather Service Burlington VT, 341 PM EDT Tue Jul 18 341 PM EDT Tue Jul 18 2023 …FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY… * WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE…Portions of northern New York, including Clinton and Essex counties. All of central […]

Tornado travels for 12.3 miles in northern Rutland County

It may have lifted at different points; damage was focused in Benson Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Burlington’s refugee farmers face a completely lost season from floods

Click here for the VtDigger story story 

‘It’s a shock’: Barre man drowns at home in 1st known flood-related fatality

Click here for VTDigger story 

Thunderstorms could create more flooding, strong winds, weak tornadoes in Vermont, New York

Clouds will begin forming in Northern New York around 2pm on Thursday, and will move east, with a line of thunderstorms making its way into Vermont into the early evening. Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Sewer line break dumps untreated wastewater into Winooski River, Lake Champlain

While officials say some of the wastewater has been diverted back to the treatment plant, 10% of the city’s wastewater is still entering the river. Click for the VTDigger story 

Flood Watch National Weather Service Burlington VT 242 AM EDT Thu Jul 13 2023

Eastern Clinton-Western Clinton-Western Essex-Eastern Essex- Orleans-Essex-Lamoille-Caledonia-Washington-Western Addison- Orange-Western Rutland-Eastern Franklin-Eastern Chittenden- Eastern Addison-Eastern Rutland-Western Windsor-Eastern Windsor- Including the cities of Champlain, Plattsburgh, Dannemora, Ellenburg, Lake Placid, Newcomb, Port Henry, Ticonderoga, Derby, Newport, Island Pond, Lunenburg, Johnson, Stowe, Hardwick, St. Johnsbury, Montpelier, Waitsfield, Middlebury, Vergennes, Bradford, Randolph, Fair Haven, Rutland, Enosburg Falls, Richford, Richmond, Underhill, Bristol, […]

See how New York fared in new ranking of best states for business

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

After rapid rise, rivers crest and fall throughout Vermont

Several bodies of water reached new highs, while others came close to matching records set during Tropical Storm Irene. By Tuesday night, most were receding. Click here for the VTDigger story 

VIDEO: Watch as a drone flies over a flooded Montpelier

Click here for the VT story 

Vermont flooding photos: See images from across the state

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Rainfall exceeds 8 inches as forecasters eye rising rivers

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Flood Watch National Weather Service Burlington VT 324 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2023

Widespread, heavy rainfall capable of producing considerable to catastrophic flooding is beginning to unfold. Road washouts are ongoing, and are expected to increase in extent and severity over the course of the day. Northern Franklin-Eastern Clinton-Southern Franklin-Western Clinton-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Grand Isle-Western Franklin- Orleans-Essex-Western Chittenden-Lamoille-Caledonia-Washington-Western Addison-Orange-Western Rutland-Eastern Franklin-Eastern Chittenden-Eastern Addison-Eastern Rutland-Western Windsor-Eastern Windsor-Including the cities of Fort Covington, Malone, […]