It took a lot for the Sealakers to beat BFA-St. Albans 3-2 for the program’s first championship in its 10 year history.  BFA-St. Albans is the state’s most decorated team with 11 state championships and the Sealakers had already lost to them twice...

I am of two minds when it comes to “American Fiction”. I thought the theme here was phenomenal – the danger of promoting Black stereotypes and this not being inclusion. And I thought it was funny. But the plot in terms of personal storylines fell...

Where are you from originally? “New Hampshire.” What college did you go to to become a teacher? “I went to Bennington College for my undergrad. It’s a very tiny hippie school in Southern Vermont. And then I went to Boston and got my master’s...

What does it mean? Love her or hate her, Taylor Swift is a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. She is making history with every move she makes, both as an artist and a businesswoman. In 2021, she announced the release of her very first...

Tripadvisor lists Church Street Marketplace as one of the top 5 things to do while in Vermont. It is bustling with activity: street entertainers, festivals and a lot of small businesses standing side-by-side with larger companies. CVS sits across from...

Joe Biden is in trouble. Biden trails his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, in five out of six key swing states according to a recent New York Times/Siena Poll. Moreover, three quarters of young voters ages 18-29, a key demographic for Biden,...

Images of the catastrophic flooding that slammed Vermont last summer are still stuck in my head. Farmers in canoes paddling through Burlington’s Intervale, almost entirely engulfed by the Winooski River. Giant piles of debris lined up and down the sidewalks...

What comes to mind when someone tells you that they’re on their period? Do you think the word “ew?” Maybe you even say it out loud. As a culture, we have been conditioned to consider periods ¨TMI,¨ but studies show that this generation is ready...

Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali Ahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid grew up as close friends in the West Bank and have been visiting Burlington since they were children. While going on a walk together near Awartani’s grandmother’s house on Prospect Street, Jason...

28% of BSD students were chronically absent last school year – having missed more than 10% of school days. This follows a nation-wide trend of increased absenteeism in recent years. The chronic absenteeism rate during the 2023 school year was 75% higher...