Whether serenading your sweetheart long distance or in person, Green Mountain Chorus offers their 4-part harmonies as a unique Valentine’s Day Gift.

READ MORE ABOUT SERENADING YOUR SWEETHEART COURTESY OF WPTZ’S MICHAEL CUSANELLI

Local camp directors say the problem is real. In fact, some have announced changes to their registration systems this year, though adding more capacity is much harder, given staffing and space constraints. They offered a few suggestions to help parents in the meantime.

READ MORE ABOUT THE SUMMER CAMP SCRAMBLE COURTESY OF SEVEN DAYS HERE

It’s not all in your head; January is on record for being the cloudiest January in the North Country since 1951. Seasonal Affective Disorder or S.A.D. affects 5% of us. Women are 4 times more likely to succumb to these long, cloudy days. What can you do?

1. Make a habit of getting out for a daily walk. …
2. Add vitamin D into your diet and nutritional changes. …
3. Plan fun activities and stick to those commitments. …
4. Get social with friends and family.

READ MORE ABOUT SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER COURTESY OF UVM’S DR. KELLY ROHAN

The last weekend is set aside for anglers ready to enjoy a Free Fishing Saturday with no license required. Enjoy this free way to encourage new anglers to try ice fishing in Elmore.

SEE THE FULL STORY COURTESY OF WPTZ HERE

The Yankee Sportsman Classic returns to the Champlain Valley Expo January 19th – 21st!
Friday January 19th 12pm-6pm
Saturday January 20th 9am-6pm
Sunday January 21st 9am-4pm

Come enjoy three full days of outdoor fun and learning, with tons of great vendors and informational seminars there’s something for everyone.

Tickets can be purchased at the door. Paid admission is good for all three days!
Adults $13
Children 3-12 years old $5
Children under 3 Free!

For more information visit www.yankeeclassic.net

Each year, 98.9 WOKO teams up with Hannaford Supermarkets to highlight 20 outstanding women who serve our Vermont and Upstate New York communities. Past winners have ranged from Cecile Brannon, the organizer of the Vermont Maple Festival to Tammy Carrol, the founder of Big Beautiful Life, a foundation dedicated to spreading joy to children in crisis.

From February 26th through March 22nd one winner per day will be recognized both on 98.9 WOKO and woko.com. A gathering of all the winners will be invited to an evening to remember as they’re celebrated as Hannaford’s 20 Outstanding Women at the Delta Hotel by Marriott on March 27th.

Nominations are being accepted now at woko.com.

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According to The Press Republican, Plattsburgh High School music director William Verity will direct the Select Vocal Ensemble for the last time at the Martin Luther King Celebration, 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, at the Blessed John XXIII Newman Center, 90 Broad St., in Plattsburgh.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee welcomes attendees to this annual celebration, whose theme for 2024 is, “Why we can’t wait: activating our power for equity in justice.”

Read more about William Verity’s legacy with the school and how this concert will pay homage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Looking for a fun, active sport that connects you with more people during the long winter? Try Pickleball! A new recreation facility in South Burlington is opening  up this fun sport to beat the winter blues. WPTZ has more.

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Hotels in both Vermont and New York are already gearing up for the solar eclipse coming April 8th.

This eclipse is a rare one — it will be the first total solar eclipse to directly hit the North Country in at least a millennium.

According to the Press Republican,  a partial eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017 brought more than 500 people to the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory in Tupper Lake and around 1,800 to the Wild Center, but tourism officials expect visitation on April 8 to eclipse that figure many times over.

Mark Breen, Senior Meteorologist and Planetarium Director at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, told Vermont Public that “the path will basically cover all of the Adirondacks and St. Lawrence Valley, and in Vermont, the top of the area will be around Montreal, and the lower part of the area will run near Middlebury, Montpelier, St. Johnsbury and Bethlehem, New Hampshire.”

From stories of gentling wild mustangs with The Project Equestrian, scooter riding dogs in Essex to record-breaking fundraisers for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, 2023 was a year of many positives in the midst of some tough challenges with the flooding in the North Country. Even celebrity boosts from Luis Guzman on Jeopardy and eyebrows raised for a Rod Stewart look-alike in Vergennes, we had quite an eye-popping year. Scroll through some of our favorite stories in Backyard Burlington’s Positive News or check out these fun video favs from our friends over at WPTZ:

Video Highlights of 2023 courtesy of WPTZ HERE