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.
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At the American Legion Post 23 in Orleans, 83-year-old Stan Willis has served on the honor guard since the ‘50s.
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Lee Casagrande has been coming to Heidi Broome’s Pilates classes in St. Johnsbury twice a week for the last 20 years, and at age 90, she's the star student.
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From the front of Fern Crete’s home in Burlington, it looks like any other, but his quarter-acre plot has blossomed into a backyard paradise, a sanctuary for the soul.
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The Champlain Valley Fair, like so many others around the region, is a summertime tradition -- the games, rides, and of course, the food. Stan Gumienny is the king of kielbasa, but most know him as “Mr. Sausage.”
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Chuck Newsham’s life is about art. At 90, age is doing a number on his hands, but Korean War vet is not a man who gives up.
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The WCAX News photographers who witnessed Irene's wrath firsthand share their pictures and stories. Our Joe Carroll reports.
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Seventy-two-year-old Burlington native Lenny Couture gives away most of the corn he grows in his garden to veterans groups.
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Ken Fox headed for the hills of Vermont in the late ‘60s to pursue a career revolving around music, a passion the record collector continues today.
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The Ferrisburgh Union Meeting Hall needs some TLC, and some of that remodeling began Friday.
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Eight-six-year-old Mel Stoddard still works every day, raising beef cattle on his 100 acres of land in Wolcott.
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Rutland's Victor “Mulfy” Mulford Williams is celebrating his 100th birthday this week. The World War II vet fought at both D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge.
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Betty Busch, a 17-year volunteer at Copley Hospital in Morrisville, is known for the weekly treats she delivers, as well as being a delight to be around.
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For the last decade, Mary Turner has volunteered at Grand Isle State Park, a place she calls “a little piece of heaven.”
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The pandemic has been hard for everyone, but for seniors especially. The Twin Valley Senior Center gives them a place to interact and get a little bit of human touch.
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Joe Hall doesn’t hold back on his love of Bennington. The 89-year-old history buff's roots are firmly planted in his hometown.
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Super Senior Phyllis Kuhn has trained hundreds of Scottish terriers for competition over the years, all while running the Vermont Maple Museum in West Brattleboro.
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On a back road in Cabot, Edmond Menard's world is for the birds. The 78-year-old says carving birds from cedar was his destiny.
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They say music soothes the soul. This week’s Super Senior’s playing of the mandolin brings joy and also helps with heartache.
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It appears that it is not "the end of the line" for a historic train depot in New Haven.
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Outside the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in Saint Johnsbury, 88-year-old Caroline Frey is digging in the dirt. She’s the president of the Seed and Weed Garden Club, a group of volunteers adding a little color to the community.
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An iconic store that had one of everything and a ton of taxidermied animals became a destination in the town of Glover. But the Northeast Kingdom store closed last summer. Now, just in time for Memorial Day, it’s open again under new ownership.
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102-year-old Super Senior Constance Olszowy, affectionately known as “Mrs. O,” takes a stroll down memory lane with Joe Carroll.
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In the Washington County town of Worcester, Harold Richardson is a man in motion -- A dog walker, giver of directions, and “Mr. Fix-it.”
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After 20 years in the nonprofit sector, Super Senior Ludy Biddle of Shrewsbury plans to focus on her life-long love of horses.
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Some Vermonters are suing the government saying the state went too far during the pandemic.
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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.
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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.
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Carol McQuillen, a long-time teacher and volunteer director of Common Roots, is one of the pioneers of the Farm to School movement.
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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.
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A devastating church fire in Middlesex earlier this winter has raised questions about the future of the town’s volunteer department.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Winooski's Jay Clark is an autograph collector extraordinaire, accumulating thousands from sports figures, musicians, and celebrities over the past 50 years.
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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.
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For decades Charlie Auer and his sister, Christine Herbert, ran the rustic boathouse on Lake Champlain at the foot of the Winooski River.
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Woodstock's Liz McCredie has used painting to keep her going during this past year's pandemic.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.