The Other Paper

07/06/2024

The South Burlington City Council will be holding meetings on alternating Saturdays with residents at neighborhood schools to hear their concerns. The first is on Saturday, June 8, from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Chamberlin School.

In my door-to-door campaign this spring, I was struck by how our various neighborhoods have different priorities. I guess I should not be surprised: The city of South Burlington, like

23/05/2024

Join us this Friday, May 24th at Veterans Memorial Park as we gather in remembrance of all who have sacrificed for our country with our Memorial Day Ceremony. The ceremony starts at 10:00am. 🇺🇸

05/04/2024

We’d love to see your eclipse photos. Send by Monday, after the event, of course! High resolution files works best.

Send to [email protected].

Be safe!

Illustration by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol, nhcf.org.

04/04/2024

South Burlington police are looking for a person who is suspected burglarizing a home in the Oak Hill Drive Area. The person was captured on video.

03/04/2024

To our loyal readers: Copies of The Other Paper won’t be delivered to the U.S. Post Office until Friday morning due to treacherous road conditions predicted for Wednesday night and into Thursday.

We apologize for the inconvenience but didn’t want to put our drivers at risk.

28/03/2024

The South Burlington School District budget failed to gain voter approval and we have been told Montpelier is to blame. That may be true, but does it really matter when

06/03/2024

Mike Scanlan, Laurie Smith and Elizabeth Fitzgerald were elected to the three open seats on the South Burlington City Council Tuesday night, according to official results, capping what has been

06/03/2024

Alex McHenry, former chair and seven-year veteran of the South Burlington School Board member, abruptly announced his immediate resignation, just hours after voters shot down the school budget on Town

06/03/2024

South Burlington residents Tuesday approved the city’s $64 million spending budget for next fiscal year and voted in favor of funding a second water tower on Dorset Street.

06/03/2024

In a 2,856 to 2,072 vote, South Burlington residents shot down the district’s proposed $71 million budget — a blow to school board members and officials now faced with potentially

18/12/2023

EDUCATION CENTER HOSTS COMMUNITY MEAL

On Saturday, Dec. 23, at 8 a.m., please join Trinity Educational Center for a South Burlington community breakfast at University Mall.

The menu will feature waffles, toast, scramble eggs, hashbrowns, beef and turkey sausages, fruit, hot chocolate, juice and milk.
Please respond ASAP as limited slots are available due to capacity constraints. Deadline is Dec. 21, at 5 p.m.

Email Travia Childs at dr.travia.c@gmail or call 802-777-8080 for additional information. Please call or email if you are interested in volunteering and or donating food items.

14/12/2023

15/11/2023

From the city:

On Thursday, Nov. 16, the South Burlington Water Department will shut water off on Spear Street between Allen Road and Pheasant Way.

The service interruption is for the repair of a fire hydrant that was damaged by a vehicle and needs to be replaced. The city says it anticipates that the water will be off between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Affected customers include everyone on Spear Street between Pheasant Way and Allen Road, all the South Pointe development, Chaplin Lane and Westview Drive.

Customers may experience discolored water when it is restored and should let their cold-water faucets run until clear.

27/10/2023

Jackhammering sparks concern over noise in South Burlington

Construction on a new housing development in South Burlington is prompting a wider examination of the city’s public nuisance ordinance after residents who live close to the site say that

24/10/2023

POLICE SEARCH FOR POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN PARKING GARAGE ASSAULT

The South Burlington Police are looking for a man they say attempted to grab a 16-year-old girl in the University Mall parking garage on Oct. 20 around 5:30 p.m.

The girl reported that while walking to her car she noticed a man in the garage near a truck. He then followed her on foot and attempted to grab her. She screamed and fled toward her car where another person in the garage came to her aid.

The man is described as a white, middle-aged with a beard.

Officers are trying to identify the owner of the Dodge Ram truck shown here and would also like to talk to the person who came to the girl’s aid.

Call South Burlington Police at 802-846-4111 with any information.

24/10/2023

18/10/2023

Tyler Barnes resigns from city council, which is looking to fill his seat.

City councilor Tyler Barnes announced his resignation Tuesday, just nine months after first being elected.

16/10/2023

South Burlington School Board Wednesday night switched gears and will now fill its vacant board seat.

UPDATE: At a meeting held on Oct. 11 after this story went to press, the South Burlington School Board reconsidered the decision made a week earlier not to fill the

27/09/2023

UPDATE: POLICE LOCATE MISSING MAN

South Burlington Police are looking for Eric Wunderlich, 59, of South Burlington, who walked away from a care facility near Spear Street and is now missing.

Police said Wunderlich is known to walk long distances. He is a white male, 6 feet, 4 inches tall, 180 pounds, with a thick graying bread, brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a gray hooded sweatshirt.

If you have information about his whereabouts, contact South Burlington Police at 802-846-4111.

26/09/2023

A pedestrian was killed crossing Shelburne Road on Monday around 8:45 p.m., according to South Burlington police.

06/09/2023

Korey Lee George struck a plea deal that is expected to get him a prison term of 18 years to life for pleading guilty to conspiring with his mother, Angela M. Auclair, to kill her husband David Auclair at a rural parking area off Gilman Road in Hinesburg in 2019.

The planned joint trial of a former Williston woman and her son on murder charges for killing her husband during a nighttime ambush in Hinesburg four years ago has taken

16/08/2023

South Burlington police are looking for man they say pulled a gun on an Uber driver on Aug. 14 shortly before 11 a.m. in a parking lot near the intersection

27/07/2023

Sticks & Stones headlines SB Nite Out on Thursday, Aug. 10, 5-8 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Park, South Burlington. The band includes Hayley Stone on lead vocals, Aaron Albee on bass, Brian Maple on lead guitar, Troy Cyphers, drums and Dan Parks, guitar and vocals. Quadra plays Aug. 3, with the Neon Ramblers on Aug. 17 and A House on Fire Aug. 24. Barbie-n-Bones plays tonight, July 27.

12/05/2023

With plenty of residential and commercial growth forecasted in South Burlington in the coming years, city officials are preparing to bid out for a second water tower on Dorset Street

12/04/2023

FRIENDS OF SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY HONOR MARJE VON OHLSEN

Friends of the South Burlington Library have donated an entire non-circulating collection of Caldecott Medal winners from 1938 to 2022 to honor Marje Von Ohlsen and her dedication to the children of South Burlington.

“Miss Marje” was the children’s librarian at the South Burlington Library from 1994-2010.

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of 19th-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

There will be a reception for Von Ohlsen on Thursday, April 20, at 11 a.m. in the Marabella Kidspace.

All are welcome to say hello, enjoy refreshments and peruse the collection of Caldecott books.