By COLIN FLANDERS JULY 07, 2021 A sudden roar announced that the military jets were taking to the sky again. Julia Parise’s son had developed a routine for whenever this happened: He would look to his mother and assess whether it was “one of them” — the F-35 fighter jets that had become such a […]
By: Melissa Cronin May 5, 2021 Since my husband and I moved to North Hero Island last November, I wake each day well-held by the still morning. Tranquility is our neighbor. With a population of a little more than eight hundred, uninvited noise is a rare occurrence. That can’t be said for the greater Burlington […]
By Grace Elletson September 27, 2020 Jen Lazer didn’t think that motherhood in Burlington, Vermont, would include desensitizing her baby to the frequent roar of F-35 fighter jets. “She stares at the sky and shakes and cries and grabs me. She thrusts her head into my chest,” Lazer said. “We explain that there are machines […]
By: Aidan Quigley for VTDigger, Apr. 24, 2019 The first noise map for the Burlington International Airport that includes the F-35s coming this fall is “substantially complete” and won’t include any surprises, airport officials say. The map is consistent with findings in the Air Force’s Environmental Impact Statement and will be published May 28, according […]
By: Jen Fifield for AZ Central, Feb. 5, 2019 As skies around Luke Air Force Base get busier and noisier, the base wants West Valley residents who live nearby to know that this is the new norm. The base’s F-35 program is growing, as planned. With more planes and more pilots to train, there’s more […]
By: Jasper Craven for VTDigger, December 19, 2018 Release of the first noise map for the Burlington International Airport to include data on the F-35 fighter jets will be delayed by two months, according to airport officials. The map was originally scheduled to be released this week, but won’t be available until sometime in February, […]
July 7, 2018 When considering the long list of pressing public health problems, a number of examples may come to mind — air pollution, drug addiction, contaminated water. Not getting enough exercise. Maybe even too much screen time. But one issue in particular may not seem immediately obvious — a noisy environment. It’s no secret […]
By Cory Dawson March 20, 2018 School officials will begin conducting noise pollution tests soon at a South Burlington elementary school that sits about a half mile from Burlington International Airport runways. For years, teachers, students and staff at Chamberlin School — with 250 students from kindergarten through 5th grade — have endured jet noise […]
By Nicole Higgins DeSmet March 11, 2018 An elementary school near the Vermont Air National Guard base will be tested for sound levels in April, a year after a federal manager warned that the 1960s-era structure required modifications to protect students from jet noise. “So long as sound insulation is provided and the windows are shut in […]
By Kathy Buley I have been a teacher in the South Burlington school district for over thirty years. I have taught in all three of the elementary schools, and have been here at Chamberlin for twenty years. I have also lived in the Chamberlin neighborhood since 1980. I have, therefore, had a considerable amount of […]