Community
Looking for a fun way to spend an evening with your family and friends while also supporting a local non-profit that benefits hundreds of people in your community? Get your ticket now for Burlington Feud, the family-friendly game show featuring some of your favorite Burlington residents and members of town
Sports
The volleyball teams swept Arlington yesterday with freshman, JV, and varsity teams shutting out the Spyponders at home. Watertown came out over the junior varsity boys' soccer team, and the field hockey team lost to reading with a score of 6-0. Today the only sports item on the calendar
Schools
Questions about the Fox Hill project? Sign up for our first-ever Community Conversation. On September 23,2024, Burlington's legislative body will take up the question of funding a new elementary school building for Burlington. Fox Hill has been a topic of conversation in the community since at least
Schools
Many opportunities for growth have been identified by the ongoing literacy curriculum audit in Burlington Public Schools, an initiative for which Town Meeting this May authorized a spend of nearly a quarter of a million dollars. Dr. Gail Lovette, contracted by the district to perform a comprehensive review of preK-12th
Sports
Tthe combined Woburn/Burlington girls' swim team fell to Winchester 91-74 yesterday. Even with the loss, six swimmers have already qualified for sectionals and/or state championships! The boys' cross country team lost to Arlington yesterday afternoon with a score of 17-46, and freshman boys' soccer fell
Local Government
On the Town Meeting Warrant this September will be an article asking to place a question on the ballot that many towns in Massachusetts have passed. Sarah Cawley, who sat on the subcommittee to investigate the pros and cons of having an appointed Town Clerk in the town of Burlington,
Sports
The JV volleyball team was the only one to pick up a win yesterday, as they improved their record to 2-1 with a 2-1 win against Newton south. Varsity girls lost 3-0, and freshmen lost 2-0. The boys' and girls' soccer teams both fell to Arlington, with respective
Sports
Soccer and volleyball are on the agenda this afternoon. The girls' soccer teams host Arlington at 4:15 at Marshall Simonds Middle School, while boys travel to play the Spy Ponders in an away game. The volleyball teams host Newton South today at BHS, with JV and freshman teams
Local Government
Planning continues for the demolition of Burlington's current police station and construction of a new one, a project which was approved nearly unanimously by Town Meeting in May. As a part of this project, the Police Department will need to relocate while a new building is being constructed.
Sports
The golf team came out over Wakefield with a score of 40-32 but fell to Arlington in a very close 36.5-35.5 in yesterday's tri-match at Winchester Country Club. The boys' soccer team lost 1-0 to Lexington following a great goal by the Minutemen in the
Sports
The Field Hockey team yesterday fell 6-0 to Reading. Meanwhile, the varsity girls' volleyball team took the W against the Rockets, winning 3-0; Karina Boyadjiev earned Player of the Match. The freshman and JV teams both lost their matches 0-2. The golf team kicks off the sports schedule today
Civic Engagement
The Massachusetts State Primary results are in, and District 3 will have a new Governor's Councillor after November's election. In her second consecutive Democratic Primary challenge to current Councillor, Marilyn Pettito Devaney, Dolan brought home a victory of close margins. There was no Republican on the