Seven South Burlington fire fighters have nearly completed a year-long paramedic training. Fire fighters Will Moran, Nick Perkov, Brad Dattilio, John Christman, John Goodrich, Will Boyea, and Justin Bliss are scheduled to graduate in early December from a program that Fire Chief Douglas Brent described as “never available in Chittenden County before.” Previously, fire fighters … [Read more…]
The City of South Burlington recently received a $15,000 grant from the Secretary of State’s office to improve voting access at City Hall for individuals with disabilities. City Clerk Donna Kinville was instrumental in “identifying the funding source and preparing and submitting the grant application, with City Council approval,” according to City Council Chair Sandra … [Read more…]
SBRIP City Retirement Plan and ICMA Retirement Program What is it? Hafter was enrolled in two benefit plans: one through the City (SBRIP—South Burlington Retirement Income Plan) and one through the International City/County Management Association-Retirement Corporation (ICMA). A city employee can be enrolled in more than one plan. Hafter’s pension plans were fully funded by … [Read more…]
Curriculum Area Supervisory and Language Teacher Ann Sorrell will retire at the end of this school year after forty years of teaching in South Burlington. Sorrell, a Quebec native, began teaching in 1971 and has taught French, as well as serving as a curriculum area supervisor. Notable to many South Burlington students, past and present, … [Read more…]
I submitted a story today to be included in an upcoming book on Rescue Cats. Would you read this story? What does it feel like to be a cat, alone on the streets, unrescued, unloved, unnamed? In a community where there are more stray animals than people, Mama Kitty faces the constant threat of other … [Read more…]
When I am not writing, I am busy teaching others to write. As such, I am the faculty editor of the student publication The Knightly News. I was recently asked to contribute this article to the alumni magazine outlining the work the student journalists do.
I have reported on the city of South Burlington since 2005. Here is an article I wrote for South Burlington’s The Other Paper my first year there. Bartlett Bay Residents Petition against VELCO
The Almost Right Word: A Talk by Stephen Kiernan By Annalisa Parent The basic building block of writing is, of course, the word. As famous British poet and critic Samuel Coleridge once wrote “Prose is words in their best order—poetry is the best words in the best order.” As writers, therefore, regardless of genre, we … [Read more…]
For over 10 years I wrote for South Burlington’s The Other Paper. I was on the municipal beat and attending City Council, Development Review Board, and Planning Commission meetings, among others. Sometimes a last minute meeting would come up and the publisher would scramble for coverage. I just found this old email from one of those … [Read more…]
How to Get Over a Breakup: It’s Cliché Because it Works By Annalisa Parent I love clichés. Can’t get enough enough of ‘em. Not because I am unoriginal and can’t come up with my own words to say– well, at least I hope that’s not the case– but for the truth that lies within them. As a writer, I find … [Read more…]
By Annalisa Parent www.annalisaparent.com Writers’ conferences are wonderful opportunities to remember that, as writers, though we write alone, we are not alone. Last evening I was treated, without hyperbole, to the most beautiful author talk I have ever had the honor to experience. Terry Tempest Williams is one of the most genuine and present people I have ever … [Read more…]
By Annalisa Parent www.annalisaparent.com Time was I was the principal reporter for South Burlington, Vermont’s The Other Paper. As such often the front page featured articles exclusively by me. It got to be a bit much and so the newspaper’s editor at the time started publishing my articles under pseudonyms like Alex Mills. I was a busy … [Read more…]
By Annalisa Parent www.annalisaparent.com For just shy of a decade, I reported for the city of South Burlington’s The Other Paper as their principal reporter. Here is one of my first articles, written about the founders of educational job site School Spring. Happy #TBT!
With the recent winter being one of the coldest on record, Vermonters need, more than ever, to get out and enjoy a good time. Well, spring has sprung in more ways than one, and the Green Mountain Comedy Festival is here to help you dust the cobwebs off your funny bone. “Comedy in general … [Read more…]
