Joe Carroll
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Joe is expanding his duties, including reporting on the unique people and places of Vermont.
The Rutland native is a Lyndon State College graduate. He started his career at Channel 22, and then as the videotape editor at Channel 3.
His favorite stories are the kind that combine a strong character with great visuals, making the viewer feel they are there. From covering Howard Dean's campaign in Iowa to the pope in Toronto, Joe feels privileged to witness history wherever it happens.
Have a story idea? Please let him know, he might show up with his camera to document a little bit of Vermont history.
Some Vermonters are suing the government saying the state went too far during the pandemic.
It's a new chapter in life for this family of authors. Vermont Super Seniors Bill and Ruth Porter have a candid conversation with our Joe Carroll.
Like many families with loved ones in assisted living, a Vermont mom and daughter were kept apart by COVID for more than a year. But now, facilities are starting to reopen to visitors. Our Joe Carroll shows you a long-awaited embrace.
Carol McQuillen, a long-time teacher and volunteer director of Common Roots, is one of the pioneers of the Farm to School movement.
Local residents and members of the Williamstown Federated Church community are grappling with the news that their beloved church was destroyed by fire Monday night. But as Joe Carroll reports, one of the church’s most important features managed to make it through safely.
A devastating church fire in Middlesex earlier this winter has raised questions about the future of the town’s volunteer department.
Outside Don Shedd’s home in Wallingford, there’s a hint of his military past -- a small “Semper Fidelis” sticker on a window. But inside, an album is filled with images from a war long ago.
Every time Stan Wilbur and Don Gilman pick up a basketball they’re in hoop heaven. But what’s amazing -- besides their age -- is what the two plan for the future.
Some progress has been made on saving the historic New Haven Junction train depot. Our Joe Carroll has an update.
Jane Brown has volunteered for the Joe’s Pond Ice Out fundraiser since it started, but her connection to the pond stretches back nearly a century.
The 75-year-old Super Senior has been helping out in the classrooms of Castleton Elementary School for close to 15 years. “Us senior citizens aren’t old. If we have it in our heart to do something, we’re going to do it,” she said.
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For the last year, Jim Hasson hasn’t let anyone from the outside -- inside
Florilla Ames was a busy lady Wednesday, with cake, cards, and phone calls. It was all to honor the native Vermonter on her 110th birthday.
Jim Lovely is brutally honest about his life. The Waterbury Super Senior is a serious collector of toys that brings him joy, something he needed to get him through his struggles.
Sometimes Steve and Lorna Garrow struggled with money working on the farm. But what they gave to others and the love in return, made them perhaps the richest people you'll ever meet.
Winooski's Jay Clark is an autograph collector extraordinaire, accumulating thousands from sports figures, musicians, and celebrities over the past 50 years.
Frank Bullis has never had a long commute. Except for a stint in the Army, he’s spent much of his life down on the farm in Grand Isle.
For decades Charlie Auer and his sister, Christine Herbert, ran the rustic boathouse on Lake Champlain at the foot of the Winooski River.
Woodstock's Liz McCredie has used painting to keep her going during this past year's pandemic.
Joe Carroll introduces us to Carol Richards, the latest officeholder in a long history of West Haven town clerks.
An unmovable fixture in Addison County has stood tall for over a century-and-a-half. But the train depot that for generations has been there for all to see is now at a junction.
While plows were out in full force for Tuesday's snowstorm, overall, Vermont's winter maintenance budget is in pretty good shape-- at least for now.
For 57 years he has rarely gone a day without playing the guitar. Right now, he’s working on a new song for better times.
This Vermont Super Senior finds comfort in his kitchen baking goodies for community members. He honed his skills watching his wife of 65 years before he lost her. Meet Sonny Giroux.
A Channel 3 Super Senior who is now Vermont’s oldest veteran got his COVID shot Friday.
Joe Carroll introduces us to Fred Stone, a retired farmer who continues to help out on the farm, and has a passion for bluebirds.
We are remembering WCAX Super Seniors Mary Ojala and Joe Maiola who died in the last week.
He's a man who's had a world of experiences. Joe Carroll shows us how no matter where this week's Super Senior went, the Green Mountains were always home.
Organist Kevin Parizo is part of the rituals at the United Methodist Church and Saint Mary’s Church of the Assumption in Middlebury.
Reporter Joe Carroll has a senior moment of his own and pays a return visit to longtime Westfield selectman and recycling center coordinator Yves Daigle.
James Messier helped set up an ag program in the Franklin County schools back in the 60s, and the 81-year-old has been teaching ever since.
Sometimes you have to travel a bit to find treasures. The Bills brothers from the southern Vermont town of Wardsboro are pure gold.
It's a tradition for many folks-- picking out a Christmas tree to help get into the holiday spirit. Andy Moffatt has been helping folks do that for half a century at his stand in South Burlington. Our Joe Carroll stopped by for some Christmas cheer.
Alice Baker celebrated a big birthday this week. So how did she celebrate? By working. Her motto: "If I got a job, I'm going to do it!" She's a strong woman with a warm heart. Our Joe Carroll went "on the road" with this Super Senior.
In a small barn in Williston, Super Senior Edwards Smith is a master woodworker and a dedicated teacher whose lessons go beyond the mere craft.
Joe Carroll introduces us to 98-year-old Klara Calitri. The Super Senior fled from Nazi-occupied Europe as a teen and has embraced the U.S. as her adopted home.
There is no doubt that 2020 will go down in history as being a low point for most of us. A Burlington artist has made this a year of transformation not only for her artwork, but herself.
Super Senior Dr. Bill O'Rourke has been volunteering his time at the Rutland County Free Clinic for close to 10 years.
Super Senior Marie Boisvert has long knit hats to give away for area youth groups, but when the pandemic hit, the 80-year-old stepped up with a new project to help her community.
David Putter grew up in a typical middle-class family just outside of Syracuse, but the adopted Super Senior recently discovered his birth mother's more colorful past.
For well over a half-century, Brian Anderson has made his living working with his hands. Joe Carroll introduces us to the South Starksboro blacksmith.
Tucked behind the Chelsea Station Restaurant in South Royalton, there’s a store bursting at the seams. Joe Carroll introduces us to Raelene Lemery, who has run the Sunshine Thrift Shop for 30-plus years.
Joe Carroll introduces us to Super Senior Maggie Rutledge, who says she found her calling late in life as a foster grandparent in local schools.
This is a story about a 70-year friendship in rural Middlebury. Joe Carroll introduces us to Harley Grice and Ernie Malzac.
The Green Mountain Racetrack in Pownal is considered a total loss after a suspicious fire.
At his house in South Londonderry, Super Senior Hubert Schriebl has a wall full of memories captured in photographs from a life of adventure.
Super Senior Dick Smith is a regular volunteer at the Trinity United Methodist Church's soup kitchen.