Meteorologist Jay Shafer from Lyndon State College puts this week's record heat in perspective. And Tracy Dolan of the Health Department cautions us about how to cope with the heat until the high temps pass.

An unusually hot spell is heralding the start of summer along much of the Eastern Seaboard, with temperatures headed toward the high 90s.

This year's wild weather swings, from a soggy spring to a scorched and dry summer have made life difficult for farmers and gardeners. Among the problems this season is late blight, a disease that has begun to appear on many farms.

Ethan Allen is a towering figure in early Vermont history, and now his biography is told in the new book, “Ethan Allen: His Life and Times” by historian Willard Sterne Randall.

We talk with area meteorologists about our soggy summer, and find out what's causing it.