Beds of yellow tulips brightened the grounds of Essex Middle School and Albert D. Lawton School recently after they were planted nearly seven months earlier. The flowers were planted as a part of the Yellow Tulip Project , a nationwide effort to increase awareness of mental illness. The organization was started by Julia Hanson, a high school student from Portland, Maine who lost two of her best friends to suicide. Essex Junction resident and artist Susan Teare is working as the project’s creative director. Essex Middle School was really happy Teare reached out to help form a group where students...