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Student stories from quarantine Vol. 2

Student stories from quarantine Vol. 2

Nora Jacobsen May 26, 2020

I think I will remember this time as the biggest time for self-growth. I've had this time to really reflect on myself and prioritize mental health, and other things like that. I think for me this will be like a marking point for when I started...

Social distancing: the teenage perspective

Social distancing: the teenage perspective

Anna Huener May 14, 2020

On March 24, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed an order telling Vermonters to “stay home”. The repercussions include the shutting-down of non-essential businesses, ending social gatherings, and above all, staying home. This is hard for everyone....

Student stories from quarantine Vol. 1

Student stories from quarantine Vol. 1

Nora Jacobsen May 11, 2020

  I live next door to essential health care workers who have a four-year-old and four-month-old and they have been going to work, not at high-risk but they just needed help with babysitting. So the past few weeks I've been doing...

Photo: Rebecca Cunningham // Sherpa Kitchen Storefront on 119 College Street, Burlington, VT

Restaurant Review: Sherpa Kitchen

Rebecca Cunningham April 15, 2020

On a sparkling snow day last winter, a friend and I skied down the Burlington Bike Path and upon arriving at Echo, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain continued up the hill to stop at Sherpa Kitchen, a Himalayan restaurant, for lunch. There, an amiable...

Photo: Jenna Peterson // Many parks in Burlington, including Starr Farm Park, are cautioned taped to enforce their closures.

Photo essay: Burlington’s New North End affected by COVID-19

Jenna Peterson April 8, 2020

As of April 8, Chittenden County has 308 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths. The pandemic is leaving communities bare. Students are not in school, many adults are working from home, and businesses are closing. Burlington community members are coming...

Easter online: local churches worship from a distance

Easter online: local churches worship from a distance

Anna Huener April 8, 2020

Traditionally, in the Christian faith, Easter is observed as a service to celebrate the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Congregations gather to sing, eat, and worship. In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, Churches in the Burlington area...

Keeping distance: Seahorses navigate the first weeks of remote learning 

Keeping distance: Seahorses navigate the first weeks of remote learning 

Rebecca Cunningham March 31, 2020

On Sunday, March 15th, Governor Phil Scott ordered all school-related activities canceled by March 17th. Since his press release more than two weeks ago, Burlington High School (BHS) students and faculty have joined the coronavirus roller-coaster setting....

Five ways to help locally during a pandemic

Five ways to help locally during a pandemic

Nora Jacobsen March 30, 2020

Uncertainty has been the only consistent in the past few weeks. It is hard to know what to do, and in a global crisis as massive as COVID-19, it is easy to find oneself feeling powerless. Luckily there are many opportunities to make an impact locally....

Burlington-Colchester Sealakers advance to girls hockey finals

Burlington-Colchester Sealakers advance to girls hockey finals

Anna Huener March 7, 2020

At the end of the first period of the girl’s hockey semifinal, Burlington-Colchester trailed Harwood with a score of 2-1. With the lone goal scored by Colchester’s Meghan Lehouiller, tensions were high, Harwood was possessing, and shots were getting...

Photo: Sam Beste /
Pasquence poses for a picture at her last day working at Burlington High School.

BHS librarian Abbey Pasquence departs after four years

Sam Beste February 20, 2020

Anyone who has been inside the Burlington High School (BHS) library may have been welcomed by a bubbly and friendly blue haired librarian: Abbey Pasquence. People at BHS know Pasquence as helpful, caring and creative. She has been a librarian at BHS...

Students Mari Davis and Seth Harte rehearse for their show.

BHS writers, directors, and performers ready for the annual One Act Festival

Rebecca Cunningham February 18, 2020

Wander into the busy auditorium a week before the One Act Festival takes center stage at Burlington High School (BHS) and one finds clumps of students furiously practicing lines, running scenes, and cramming for upcoming tests before final rehearsals...

Dropping out to conquer the Pacific Crest Trail

Dropping out to conquer the Pacific Crest Trail

Anna Huener February 18, 2020
Seeventeen-year-old Zoe Greenhouse takes on the Pacific Crest Trail this March!
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