Lake Champlain

Thirty sets of remains of War of 1812 veterans that were buried at different locations in Burlington are going to be reburied Saturday during a ceremony in Vermont’s largest city, officials say. State and city officials are planning to attend a ceremony at Burlington’s Lakeview Cemetery to mark the reinternment of some of the estimated 500 soldiers who were believed…

Widespread snowfall blanketed Vermont Friday, creating experiences ranging from tragic to fun. Vermont State Police reported at least one death from a multi-car crash in hazardous conditions on Interstate 89 in Milton, which involved around 30 vehicles and forced an hourslong closure to the highway. According to VSP, the crash happened during heavy and blowing snow, when the road was…

Snow fell Friday in Vermont, but some dove into the icy water as they sought to make the most of it.

Following a summer-long project that saw a Vermont artist and colleagues painting and drawing on and alongside Lake Champlain, a new exhibition allows the public to check out their creations. “It’s all coming from the same source of inspiration,” said Rob Mullen of West Bolton. The Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro is now spotlighting works in a...

A Vermont artist has finished up the paintings he made while sailing Lake Champlain.

A Vermont artist who last year grabbed attention for his athletic approach to painting is back at it again, with a summer project that has him seeing Lake Champlain in a new way.

A Vermont artist’s big new project has him crossing Lake Champlain on a floating studio.

Swimmers in Vermont’s largest city were crestfallen Thursday after a natural, but possibly dangerous, substance was spotted near the shore of Lake Champlain — closing a busy beach for the day. Health and environmental experts are now urging people in Burlington and beyond to read up on cyanobacteria. “We’re definitely disappointed,” said Tessa Santarpia of Buffalo, New York, who...

A potentially harmful bacteria closed Burlington’s busiest beach to swimmers Thursday.

Ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, a busy time on the water, law enforcement agencies in Vermont discussed a new approach they have to handling suspected cases of drunk boating. Vermont State Police and partners like game wardens and Colchester Police are now using a seated version of those familiar roadside sobriety checks. The evolved version can be conducted…

Officials in Vermont are pushing for people to hand over the controls of boats if they’ve been drinking.

A search is continuing for a missing boater on Lake Champlain. A witness told Burlington police that a man trying to sail a small sailboat near the mouth of the Winooski River on Monday afternoon fell into the water and did not resurface. Police say the sailboat drifted to the north shore. Divers searched the area and a Coast Guard…

A small Vermont charity is bouncing back for the start of a busy summer after the coronavirus pandemic limited its ability to reach as many people as normal last year.   “We are going to be very busy this summer,” predicted Sylvia Oblak, the executive director of Healing Winds. The nonprofit uses donations to take cancer patients and their loved ones…

A small Vermont charity is bouncing back from the pandemic, expanding its reach by offering excursions to sick people at no cost.

A plan to create a new destination for scuba divers in Lake Champlain has been reversed after pushback from environmental groups and the public. The Lake Champlain Transportation Company and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation planned to sink the Adirondack, a historic, double-ended ferry. The concept, known as an “artificial reef,” was created in the Atlantic off the coast…

A plan to create a new destination for scuba divers in Lake Champlain is being met with pushback from a pair of environmental groups. The concept is known as an “artificial reef.” One was created in the Atlantic off the coast of Delaware and New Jersey by sinking an old Coast Guard vessel. Similarly, the Vermont version would see the…

An effort to intentionally sink an old ferry and turn it into a reef is getting some pushback.

A brave group of community members has smashed fundraising goals with weeks left in its effort to raise money for a nonprofit serving at-risk youth in Burlington and St. Albans, Vermont. The Red Hot Chilly Dippers are friends who are taking daily dips into icy Lake Champlain throughout March to raise money and awareness for Spectrum Youth and Family Services….

The “Red Hot Chilly Dippers” take daily swims into Lake Champlain to raise funds for Spectrum Youth and Family Services.

Cold winter weather is no match for one group in Vermont.