School musicals require work and effort from many people. On the nights they are performed, audience members show up and enjoy the impressive performance. But have you ever wondered what happens behind...

Not what I Wished for You said you wanted a relationship, But in reality, you were lying. You can’t have a relationship And not have what comes with it. I wish that things would change, I...

Mitsuki Miyawaki (otherwise known as Mitski), is a Japanese-American indie pop singer. After redirecting her childhood drive from anger of how she looked, to music, she discovered a time-worthy hobby....

Essex High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) consists of around 80 multi-talented students, all who bring the worlds of music, theater and art together. After their four years in...

The Essex High School Theater program is performing senior Theodore (Theo) Herrin’s original one-act play, Ellie, March 14-17 in the EHS Auditorium. Theo offered insight into the writing process and...

The City of Essex Junction is in the midst of determining the budget for FY25. The Brownell Library was asked by the City Council to keep our budget the same as FY24 (level funding) or increase it by 2%....

Enter the derelict streets of Skid Row, where love, greed, and a mysterious, unidentified plant collide in the upbeat, dark comedy musical Little Shop of Horrors. Seymour Krelborn, a meek and downtrodden...

EHS’s fall musical, Little Shop of Horrors, is right around the corner, premiering on November 16, 2023. The work that our performers put into the show, the puppets, and the great musical numbers will...

These Violent Delights, by Chloe Gong, made its New York Times bestselling debut blowing up in communities such as BookTok and Goodreads in 2020. I had been putting off reading it for a while and was skeptical...

2023 has been an impressive year of music thus far. As someone who enjoys music more than anything, it’s always good to see growth and synthesization of sounds. Each of these albums show a variety of...

Griffin Holzman, an 11th grader at EHS, is passionate about fashion.  Recently, he designed original clothing for Starstruck, his own fashion show in the school auditorium. A crowd gathered to see his...