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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A love of old cars led to a new friendship for a pair of Rutland men. Our Joe Carroll introduces you to Bill McColgan and Bob Nickerson.
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Super Senior Trueman Bryer lives on the lake but the 93-year-old made a living working the rails, and his story is now in print.
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Baseball season is in full swing in Montpelier, and long-time volunteers Alice and Richard Angney are at the heart of the Mountaineers lineup.
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Eighty-year-old Peter Lakatos truly is the king of the hill when it comes to biking with his buddies around the Rutland area.
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Seven years after a huge hole was created in downtown Newport, there may be progress toward filling it.
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Rosalind Fritz back in the '60s was a singer that topped the charts in England. Now, she's making headlines in Vermont for a different reason.
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Super Seniors Frankie Woodward & John Keefer back in the mid-'60s were fixtures on the East Coast drag racing circuit in the U.S. and Canada.
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At her summer home in West Glover, Ellen Braithwaite has discovered a treasure trove of memories -- a half-century of living in the Northeast Kingdom.
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On Lake Dunmore, there’s a pontoon boat like no other. At the wheel is Mike Korkuc. The boat is aptly named “The Loonatic.”
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Mike Korkuc loves loons on Lake Dunmore and on Tuesday he was honored for those conservation efforts.
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Super Senior Joe Moore lately has been feeling the blues. The 73-year-old saxophonist has an assortment of ailments that impact his ability to play.
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Williston is a town in transition. From its commercial core at Taft Corners, to the new neighborhoods that were once farmland, 80-year-old Super Senior Mike Mauss has seen it all at Windswept Farm.
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Vermont musician Jon Gailmor has been composing songs with school kids for decades. The 73-year-old Super Senior is on a life-long mission to entertain others, proving that music does soothe the soul.
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Irene Schaefer traveled to Randolph's sister city in Ukraine nearly 20 years ago. Now, the 93-old Super Senior is spearheading “Project Dove,” an effort to provide aid to the war-torn community.
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Folks in Randolph have banded together to send 3 tons of supplies to their community's sister city in Myrhorod, Ukraine.
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In the center of Brattleboro, Sam’s Outdoor Outfitters and its owner, 88-year-old Stanley “Pal” Borofsky, are one of a kind.
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In the back of the Town Cobbler in Williston, John Welsh dons his leather apron for a little show and tell.
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Dan Higgins knows Winooski perhaps like no other. The 80-year-old artist and anthropologist has documented the people of his community since his arrival in 1969.
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At his home studio in South Burlington, 82-year-old Michael Strauss’ passion is painting.
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Peter and Marion Abell have lived a life in harmony. The Brattleboro Super Seniors have traveled on numerous humanitarian missions to provide medical assistance, as well as making a difference in their own community.
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Lincoln community volunteer Mark Benz has brought millions of dollars in grant funding for the town of Lincoln.
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Stefanie Schaffer was a young woman without a care in the world until an explosion nearly claimed her life. A newly published book chronicles her journey to recovery. Our Joe Carroll reports.
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It’s prime time at the Robb Sugarhouse in West Brattleboro and 78-year-old Helen Robb is the "sparkplug" of the family operation.
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It's springtime in Vermont, but we are now in an unofficial season: mud. Our Joe Carroll takes you down some of the most challenging roads around.
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Eight-seven-year-old Jack Baroffio was on Northfield High School’s first rifle team and has now coached it for over four decades.
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At Paul Percy’s sugarhouse in Stowe, the season is picking up steam. The 81-year-old Super Senior has been sugaring for a long time.
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Winter’s grip has not let up in Craftsbury, and 84-year-old Jim Moffatt is about to commute to work, logging the forest on his 700-acres of land.
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This Vermont Super Senior knows what it's like to live through a war. And with the invasion of Ukraine, Doris Newton told our Joe Carroll she worries about the future.
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Vermont businesses are benefiting from federal money Sen. Patrick Leahy secured for the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center.
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It’s a windy Wednesday at Smugglers' Notch ski area in Jeffersonville. where kids brave the elements and some more “seasoned skiers” head to the Meeting House for their weekly get-together over coffee.
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Three days a week, 76-year-old Bonner Brown ties up the laces to power lift with her coach in Burlington. The Super Senior recently set four Vermont weight lifting records for her age and weight class.
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In the Leyland and Gray School nurse's office, 80-year-old retired nurse Ruth Daigneault has been lending her daughter a hand during the omicron surge.
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When you're 100, you have more than a few stories to tell. And Ed Billings has plenty. This Vermont Super Senior has lived a life full of adventure and love. Our Joe Carroll reports.
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It was 25 years ago when these Super Seniors “came out” in a historic way. Puterbaugh and Farnham filed a lawsuit for the right for same-sex partners to marry.
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Meet the “Wood Angels” of Dummerston. The four super seniors provide firewood services to locals in need, no questions asked.
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A part of Vermont’s past hit the road early Wednesday morning saving it from being derailed.
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A historic building in New Haven will hit the road early Wednesday, but it shouldn't interfere with the morning commute.
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Harry DeLong works at the Clarendon Transfer Station. He has no official title but serves as the meet and greet guy.
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We've all heard the used car salesman jokes. These Vermont Super Seniors would laugh at them too, even though that's their job-- for now. Our Joe Carroll finds out what's down the road for Sharon and Raymond Nutting.
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Moose antlers and antique engines get this Vermont super senior's motor running. Walt Celley shared his collections with our Joe Carroll.
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Eighty-four-year-old Dave Mallory’s history is squarely in the middle of Fair Haven. The self-described imperfect man has spent his life trying to make his community better.
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Natasha Koval Paden’s fingers dance over the keys on her concert grand. The music she plays, Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu, is a lot like her life -- there’s joy and melancholy.
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After flying helicopters in Vietnam, Super Senior Ed Scott returned to Vermont, later becoming a high school teacher and sharing his passion for flight with young people.
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In 1943, Marge Coulter and her brother modelled for Norman Rockwell in his painting “Freedom From Fear.” The family lived next door to the famous artist.
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Spectators lined Main Street as bands, police, fire and, of course, veterans marched up to City Park for Barre's Veterans Day ceremony.
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In his basement in Barre Town, Wayne Pelkey has a time capsule -- photo albums from the Korean War nearly 70 years ago.
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Super Senior Gene Tessier is a handyman and part-time school bus driver in Derby Center. But what really brings the Vietnam vet joy, is his elaborate holiday-season display.
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Super Senior Rosie Vear has documented her life in a memoir. And at 95, she continues to write about the impacts of the pandemic on her community and the world.
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Two of Vermont’s oldest citizens -- and WCAX Super Seniors -- died this week.