Local students used engineering and math to have fun in the snow, learn some science, and--at least for the near future--change the landscape of their school’s property.
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A local musician will soon be taking the stage at Burlington’s Flynn Center for the Performing Arts with a special opportunity he has not yet experienced through an already-extensive playing career.
On Jan. 14, four Essex High School (EHS) students were among nine young musicians who put on a stellar performance at the Cathedral Arts’ Young Artist Showcase Recital at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington.
Chris Luke is an employee of The Essex Agency, and his son, Colton Luke, has been deployed to Japan to help guard interests and people in that part of the world.
Essex High School seniors Alessandra Michaelides, Samuel Phillippo, Henry Wu, and Nathan Wu qualified as finalists for consideration in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Recently, the Town and Village Highway Employees, assisted by personnel from the Essex Parks and Recreation Department, picked up and recycled over 1,855 Christmas trees from the community.
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The Brownell Library in Essex Junction recently had a display showcasing some of our community’s hopes and fears for now and the future. Submissions started being accepted in August and then decorated the walls of the Kolvoord Community Room through December.
Ben Lewis, a seventh-grade student, won the final round of Albert D. Lawton (ADL) School’s National Geographic Geo Bee against sixth-grader Liam Baty. Several sudden elimination rounds took place in a close battle for first place. This is Lewis’ second consecutive year as the ADL champion.
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An Essex Junction teenager put aside her nervousness and put on a dazzling performance on one of the area’s biggest stages as the star of a recent production.
Photos from holiday events and displays around Essex and Essex Junction including the Village's Train Hop, Troy's Toys, and the Maple Street Park tree lights.
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The Essex Community Players (ECP) recently made a sizable donation to a local food shelf.
Twenty-five people have won gift cards to Franklin and Chittenden County businesses as part of the O’Rourke Media Group Making Spirits Bright holiday giveaway.
Age Well has announced its plans for free holiday meals for in Chittenden County.
MONTPELIER — Vermont is once again the healthiest state in the nation, according to the United Health Foundation’s newly released America’s Heath Rankings annual report. The state moved up three steps to reclaim the top spot in the Foundation’s 30th year documenting the nation’s health trend…
People may not be aware that thousands of Vermont kids live below the property level. At Christmas, they would not have a “Good Toy Day” if not for the efforts of Toys for Kids (T4K)--a 100 percent volunteer, non-profit program. Toys for Kids, coordinated by the Marine Corps League (MCL), is…
The faces of local cops have looked a little-less clean-cut lately, but it’s because of a good cause.
Former Essex baseball player Theo McDowell delivers a pitch vs the Vancouver Canadians, the Toronto Blue Jays Class A Short Season Affiliate. For the 2019 season,Theo was a member of the Texas Rangers Northwest Short Season A affiliate the Spokane Indians.
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Troy’s Toys is returning to Maple Street Park for the second-straight year in an attempt to collect toys for the Salvation Army.
A casual, nightly stroll through Maple Street Park became much-more festive this past weekend as the Essex Parks & Recreation/Essex Junction Recreation & Parks departments started Winter Lights in the Park.
FRANKLIN COUNTY – On Thursday, December 19, at 12:30 p.m., presents will be delivered to The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital by Santa.
The Essex High girls' volleyball team held a dodgeball tournament on Friday (11/22) to raise funds for the program. The event had over 10 teams register and participate for a fun-filled afternoon in the school's gymnasium prior to its Thanksgiving break.
Levi Russell Hutchins was born at the University of Vermont Medical Center on Oct. 24 to Brooke and Alex Hutchins of Essex. Grandparents are Beth and Steve Smith, Robin and Keith Scarbeau, and David Hutchins and Valerie Lipka.
The Essex Selectboard announced its endorsement of the 10th-annual Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30, 2019. Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting the independent businesses which make local communities unique and provide valuable contributions to the economy.
Community members Chip and Mary Hart are calling on fellow Vermonters to donate turkeys to Feeding Chittenden, and they will match the next 500 turkeys donated! Thanksgiving is less than a month away and Feeding Chittenden is 3,873 short of its 4,500 goal.
Vermont State Game Wardens and the Vermont Marine Corps League are partnering to support Toys for Tots. Wardens will accept toys, gift cards, and donations until Dec. 15, which will allow time to transfer them to the Toys for Tots program.
Saint Michael's College men's basketball senior Eli DiGrande of Essex Junction landed a spot on the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on Sunday, Nov. 17. It was DiGrande's initial accolade of the season and third of his career.
MENTOR Vermont recently awarded 25 grants, totaling $348,735, to support youth mentoring programs throughout the state. The 2019-2020 Vermont Mentoring Grants will support more than 100 new and existing program sites, and more than 1,800 adult-to-youth mentor pairs in communities across Vermont.
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Katherine Lewis of Essex Junction earned Girl Scouting’s highest honor, the Gold Award, for her project, Renewable Resources for Hiawatha Elementary School.
More than 80 area 4-H'ers and family members gathered at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction on Nov. 3 for the annual Chittenden County 4-H Achievement Dinner and Awards Night.
The Essex Junction Fire Dept. will be receiving $141,000 from the federal government. Essex Rescue, in conjunction with Colchester Rescue and the Williston Fire Dept. is receiving $305,000.
Eighty-one-years young Wild Bill McDowell hit his first career hole-in-one on October 22 at hole No. 13 at The Links at Lang Farm. McDowell was playing with Jared Cilley and hit a 5 hybrid from 226 yards. McDowell says he owes it all to his late sister Jacqueline, whose name he shouted just …
The Snelling Center for Government is pleased to announce that Elaine Haney of Essex Junction has been accepted into the Vermont Leadership Institute Class of 2020. Haney is currently the Legislative Liaison & Think Vermont Project Manager at the Vermont Agency of Commerce & Communit…
ESSEX – Essex resident Alan K. Kinney III was recently named president of the Vermont Insurance Agents Association. He is principal at Kinney Insurance Agency, with his brother Drew Kinney. Kinney Insurance has offices in Milton, St. Albans and South Hero.
ESSEX JCT. – Girls on the Run Vermont’s spring coach registration is now open. Becoming a coach for Girls on the Run Vermont means creating a positive impact for Vermont girls. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based positive youth development (PA-PYD) program that is designed to enhan…
