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...

The cult following Ari Aster has accumulated since the release of his off-kilter short film, The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, has been immense. From his first large-scale projects, Aster has taken...

EHS hosted its first chess tournament on April 6th in the library after school. There were 20 contenders that showed up for the tournament, and the skill level of the players ranged from novice to expert.  The...

The New England Music Festival Association (NEMFA) has been around since 1927, hosting student vocalists, percussionists, and string, wind, and brass players from Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine,...

On April 19, Fine Arts Night was held at Essex High School. After four years of the event being canceled due to both COVID and weather restrictions, schools across the community were able to join together...