Since the early 80s, locals who live around Joe’s Pond have laid bets on when the ice will finally leave this placid pond in West Danville. This year, the ice ebbed and flowed away on April 14th at 4:02 am.

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Get ready, treasure seekers and bargain enthusiasts!  This Sunday, April 14th, marks the last WOKO Gigantic Indoor Flea Market of the season. Head over to the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction for a sprawling wonderland of hidden gems and unbelievable deals.

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More than 50 sixth-grade students from the Stafford Middle School in Plattsburgh created projects that shared the process, history, and safety measures for the total solar eclipse on April 8. They’ve been learning about it in Mrs. Sarah McCarty’s class for months.

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The excitement is mounting as Vermont faces it’s fourth tournament in five seasons, and its first time facing Duke in the dance. No. 13 Vermont will face No. 4 Duke in the NCAA Tournament round of 64 on Friday night.

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The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife said they were notified by a hiker who said she was walking in the woods when she discovered a bear cub alone and crying. The hiker contacted Fish and Wildlife, who dispatched two wardens to locate the animal.

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WILLSBORO — As often occurs, small town businesses do what they can to assist others in their community, and Drew Reithel, proprietor of the Willsboro Diner, can be counted among them with a “Wall of Sharing”.

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On Sunday, the northern New York native will join more than 50,000 people at the starting line, competing in the 2023 New York City Marathon. But she will do so without her handcycle this time, using crutches instead.

“Why not?” she said. “It will be hard, and it will hurt. But because I can…I have so many friends that I race with that can not stand, can not walk. And that’s something that I still have the ability to do. ”

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Trooper Michelle Archer was chosen as December’s Officer of the Month by The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, an organization that tells the story of American law enforcement and honors those who died in the line of duty.

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Lydia Littwin’s 5-year-old son, Ari, received a potholder loom as a gift last year, and he put it to good use. Ari and his mom set up a small booth at the Foam Brewers Market and sold $200 worth of potholders. Half of of the proceeds went to Art from the Heart, an organization dedicated to providing art supplies to patients.

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The Artful Ice Shanties will be displayed at Retreat Farm (45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro, Vermont).

Visitors are welcome from dawn to dusk. Park at Retreat Farm, stop in at the welcome hut near the farmhouse, and then head into the square to see the shanties now until February 24th

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ARTFUL SHANTIES WITH WPTZ’S JACK THURSTON