Augustin raises funds to purchase land for earthquake refugees By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor These days, what Mona Augustin calls home is a political mess. In his home in Haiti when the devastating 7.0 earthquake hit in January 2010, people of his village thought he was dead until he emerged from […]

  Actor/director Hoffman has been involved in nine productions of show By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For local actress, singer and director Jenny Hoffman, the musical “Godspell” has always been about creating a magical environment. “Every time I’ve done ‘Godspell,’ there’s been magic from day one,” said Hoffman, who is in […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The question of just what to do with the Burlington Community Pool continues to loom large for city officials, as Common Council members debated what their role might be Tuesday night. Buoyed by $25,000 worth of cosmetic repairs – funded by the city – the pool […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The City of Burlington Common Council held a closed-session meeting Sept. 30 to discuss options with the Burlington Area Rescue Squad contract. Mayor Bob Miller and City Administrator Kevin Lahner confirmed that negotiations with the rescue squad have been ongoing, but that nothing had been decided […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It is a league that has been around, in the words of Roger Tess, “forever.” While the name has changed – just last year, in fact – the senior bowling league at Towne and Country Lanes in Burlington, the “Nifty-Fifty +” has been around since the […]

Eric Erickson performs an original song at the “Out of the Darkness” suicide awareness fundraiser at the Coffee House at Chestnut and Pine Saturday. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart) By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As Jessica Borkowski explains, people talk about diabetes. They seek treatment for cancer. When their physical health is […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For the first time in recent memory, the Burlington Area School District is negotiating teacher salaries for the future instead of the past. With a 5-2 vote to approve the salary schedules for both 2013-14 and 2014-15 Monday night at a special meeting of the School […]

  Jim McKusker speaks to the assembled crowd as the guest speaker at this year’s Memorial Day Service at Echo Park in Burlington. McKusker, a Vietnam War vet who was heavily involved in both veteran affairs and the Burlington community, died last week at the age of 65. (Photo by […]

By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief A late July burglary of the Plaza Theater has left the owner of the downtown Burlington fixture reeling and now he’s appealing to the community for help in solving the crime. “The magnitude of the loss is a real struggle,” said Shad Branen, who […]