Calendar of events September 5 – October 2
September 5 – Free tobacco cessation program to begin at Porter Medical Center. Let’s quit! You don’t have to do it alone!
Around Town
to Leath Tonino, author, former Charlotte resident and CVU High School grad who had a short story in the summer edition of Orion Magazine. Titled “Middle of Nowhere,” the piece takes Leath and his three friends from high school to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, not for the Burning Man festivities, “not for 60,000 humans, not for lasers and whumping bass and skyscraper flames, but for the desert’s own severe weirdness. Its isolation.”
Our forests, our future: Can Vermont landowners sell carbon offsets?
The Vermont Land Trust has a long history of conserving Vermont’s most productive working lands. As VLT’s president, I’m proud of that track record, but I’m also concerned about our farm and forest economy. These lands and the industries that rely on them are facing real challenges today, with bigger challenges on the horizon.
Charlotte Senior Center News
Haven’t we all been a little surprised at the person looking back at us in the mirror? We are a little like an iceberg (but in the warmest sort of way)—there is so much more below the surface.
All of your days
I was having a conversation with Nate, my son who is going to turn 21 soon, about meaning and life. He was curious about how we find meaning. Almost as if meaning is hidden somewhere, and our life’s work is to search and search for this thing that will bring us to a place of peace or understanding or, lord help us, happiness. Ah! There it is! Meaning! Finally!
Private roads, open spaces, drainage help and, again, affordable housing policy
The Charlotte Selectboard agenda on Monday, Aug. 27, opened with a joint meeting with the Planning Commission, and a lengthy discussion on the standards set for private roads and driveways in town ensued.
Barrie Dunsmore, Charlotter
Barrie Dunsmore died on Sunday, Aug. 26, in Washington D.C. of congestive heart failure. He was 79 years old.
Remembering Barrie Dunsmore
Barrie Dunsmore died last Sunday—and he’s been my constant companion—rowing with me on the lake as the sun rises, walking around meadows and offering amusing peanut gallery perspectives on the news. It’s odd that when people die, they seem not gone but ever closer.
Underpass on Town Link Trail Opens
The Charlotte Trails Committee invites all to attend the Grand Opening Celebration of the Underpass on the Town Link Trail on Saturday, September 8 at 11:00.
Train your brain
A few weeks ago, I realized I needed an attitude adjustment. I felt as though everything that came out of my mouth was laced with indignation, my thoughts as I fell asleep were fraught with negativity and I found most things (with the exception of my husband and grandchildren) in my arguably perfect life annoying.
Revisiting ‘Chopped Junior’
It all started with my mom saying, “You should look on the Food Network website and see if there are any casting calls for cooking shows.” I thought about it for a little while then I decided to go for it. What harm could it do? The odds of me getting in were so slim I thought it would just be a fun experience. I thought wrong.
11th Annual “Tour de Farms” bike ride to take place in Vergennes
ACORN’s 11th annual Tour de Farms is happening on Sunday, Sept. 16. One of Vermont’s oldest cycling farm tours has released the list of farms for the Tour’s first-ever route in Vergennes.
Calendar of Events – Aug 25 – Sep 22
August 25 – The 37th annual Vergennes Day at City Park in Vergennes from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., with a street dance the night before from 7 to 10 p.m. featuring The Hitmen.
Getting ready
I am moving to Grand Isle in October. After years of searching for a house on the water that I can afford, I’ve finally found a wonderful house. Part of me thinks this is crazy as I will have barely finished cancer treatment and have two big shows at the FlynnSpace just two weeks prior to the move date, but in some bizarre way this is all making sense to me.
You might be a redneck if . . .
As we drift through the last Dog Days of Summer, my attention turns to preparations. And Squirrel Season. There is wood to be stacked, elderberries to be picked and processed and chicken of the woods to seek out amidst the muggy evening mists.
Around Town – August 22, 2018
to Courtney McDermott whose poem “Dublin” appeared in the Young Writers Project of the Burlington Free Press on August 10. In it the author wonders whether coming abroad was the right thing to do. She says she has never before felt lonely as she is sitting by herself in a café. She wonders whether she made a mistake but at the end of the poem makes her decision. Read it to see what she decides.
Senior Center News
So, there are wrinkled old wizards in movies, but where are the female versions? They are more likely to be depicted as the w-word—which rhymes with stitch. Female wizards? Or, how about “wise women,” instead? Consider for a moment that we have all possibly met wise women in real life. Really? Really.
Sports Report
Shelburne Little League baseball team to appear on Red Sox pre-game show – The Storm, Shelburne’s Little League baseball team, will appear live from Fenway Park before the Red Sox game with the Cleveland Indians on the NESN Clubhouse on August 26 at 11:30 a.m.
End of summer outings
Tour de Farms is coming to Charlotte on Sunday, Sept. 16. The 11th annual fundraiser supports local agriculture and food-centered poverty programs.
CCS readies for a new year
On August 29, Charlotte Central School will be welcoming students back for the 2018-2019 school year. Teachers and staff members are looking forward to getting to know several new students and families joining our CCS community.