Appointments for Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
Appointments have been made over the course of two Selectboard meetings in Charlotte. Marty Illick, James Donovan and Dean Bloch all took positions that serve the town in various ways.
Charlotte Food Shelf News
The Charlotte Food Shelf brought to you by Kerrie Pughe.
Edd’s Sports Report
A rundown of local sporting events by Edd Merritt of Charlotte
Test tubes and “Sex on the Beach”
Jorden Blutcher remembers the past as he raises his own family. Fatherhood is a big job.
Concussion: We all have some reason to care
Interestingly, skiing/snowboarding are ranked 10th among the top 20 causes of head injury seen in U.S. emergency rooms. Cycling is number one, followed by football, baseball and basketball. Soccer is seventh on the list, horseback riding 11th, and hockey and lacrosse 14th and 19th respectively. The list for children under 14 years of age is roughly the same.
Charlotte Recreation News
Recreation Director Nicole Conley has scheduled a multitude of upcoming activities for Charlotte, Vermont residents and beyond
Not only coyotes Howl
Edd Merritt reflects on his Baby Boomer generation
Standing in the muck at midnight
Bradley Carleton describes his love of duck hunting and the sacred nature of the sport
Fun happenings at The Charlotte Senior Center
Events sponsored by The Charlotte Senior Center in Charlotte, Vermont
Community Events in Charlotte, Vermont
Community events in Charlotte, Vermont
Recent Charlotte Property Transactions
A list of recent Charlotte property transactions
North American Steamboat Association convenes on local shores
Pancake breakfasts with real maple syrup at the River’s Edge Campground on Otter Creek and daily tours to Lake…
Steamboats on Lake Champlain, a brief history
When Thompson’s Point became a magnet for the summer cottages of the leading businessmen of the area, thanks in no small part to a major dock facility, they would commute to work and return to their camps aboard the Chateaugay and then the Ticonderoga, which were among the first steel-hulled steamboats on the lake, or in other small steamers and naphtha-powered steam launches that brought campers back and forth to Vergennes, Burlington or Westport, N.Y. By 1895, one of the occupants was Justice D. J. Brewer of the U.S. Supreme Court. President Theodore Roosevelt visited Thompson’s Point in 1902 as a guest aboard Dr. William Seward Webb’s steam yacht, the Elfrida.
Charlotte’s Youth Catalytics appeals federal grant termination
Last month the Office of Adolescent Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services informed Youth Catalytics that it was rescinding a $2 million-plus federal grant they had been awarded for pregnancy-prevention work. This five-year grant began in 2016 with $564,000 in funding. The remaining four years of the grant have been terminated. Scheduled training and research was halted just when new programing was gaining momentum, said Meagan Downey, Youth Catalytics Director of Special Projects.
Extreme weed growth along shoreline
Property owners on Long Point in North Ferrisburgh decided to form a “Weed Committee” to study the problem. After many months of research into causes and weed-control methods, and after speaking with their neighbors and other lake associations, the committee decided to organize an education event to inform lake users about the weed problem.
Municipal tax rate set for next fiscal year
At a special meeting of the Selectboard on July 30, board members voted to set the municipal tax rate for 2017/18 at $0.1719, a reduction about one-half of one cent on last year’s rate $0.1767.
Mt. Philo summit’s westward view protected
A serious blow has been dealt to a Vermont company’s plans to build solar panels in Charlotte. On July 21, the Public Utility Commission adopted a proposed decision denying the company’s permit, thereby casting a potentially permanent shadow over the project.
Hops farm and climate concern letters to the editor
Mt. Philo Hops Farm sparks local debate in Charlotte, Vermont
In its diamond jubilee year, The News moves into the West Village
On Wednesday, August 2, a hot summer day, The Charlotte News moved from the obscurity of the Ferry Road Business Center on the other side of the railroad tracks up the hill to the historic white house at 2848 Greenbush Road, in the center of the West Village diagonally across from the Old Brick Store.
Fifth annual Diamond Island Regatta
Many of the top sailors and fastest boats on Lake Champlain will be taking part August 19 in the 2017 Diamond Island Regatta, hosted by the Royal Savage Yacht Club (RSYC) and Point Bay Marina.