York: Finding her niche at the Charlotte Senior Center
There’s a bit of an age gap between Lori York’s two careers but it’s not about her age.
Switching to e-lawn care equipment is more important than ever
While the annoying wail of conventional lawn mowers has long been associated with summer, that sound is thankfully becoming less common with the growing popularity of battery electric lawn equipment.
Limitless pie brings out great, bonny crowd in Shelburne
On Saturday, a day after St. Patrick’s Day, people gathered in the Shelburne Town Hall for an Irish-themed, all-you-can eat pie event.
Spring Repair Café coming
Get your broken stuff ready. The next Repair Café will be Saturday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Charlotte Congregational Church.
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Margaret Woodruff and the transformation of the Charlotte Library
Tony Blake: Making sure that skiing is for everyone
Tony Blake stresses that the people he skis with through Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports are not considered clients or customers.
Consider handing your hand-me-downs to clothing drive
Spring is around the corner, and the Charlotte Grange and Charlotte Food Shelf are gearing up for another season of partnership in the Charlotte Hand-Me-Downs clothing drive.
Wide variety of programming includes food and food for thought
Many people don’t consider themselves old enough to attend programming at a senior center.
Welcoming Susie Therrien and Dave Speidel to the team
Welcome to our new Advertising Manager and Board Member
Charlotter wins poetry award for first book
Charlotte poet Bethany Breitland keeps close the wisdom an old mentor once gave her: Don’t be a tyrant to your writings — you can’t control them like you were controlled.
Nicole Conley: Keeping Charlotters active and engaged
A lot has changed since Nicole Conley was hired by the town of Charlotte in June of 2014 including her title and her hours.
Area events – March 9 – March 25, 2023
Area events and classes for all ages.
Vermont Flower Show blossomed with imagination
If any heffalulmps were to be found in the 100-Acre Wood, quietly peering from behind budding crabapple trees, visitors to the 2023 Vermont Flower Show might have caught a glimpse.
From senator to singer — Retirement means time for choral endeavors
Dennis Delaney says he’s not that religious. However, if it’s true that “The one who sings prays twice,” as St. Augustine is supposed to have said, then Delaney sure has prayed a lot since retiring.
Helping his community in two very different ways
In the late 1990s, René Kaczka-Vallière applied for a job at Boston Common Frog Pond ice rink where he used to skate. Initially, he worked as a skate guard, but his duties expanded to include handing out rental skates and sharpening them.
Buckley named president and CEO of Wake Robin
Wake Robin, a home to about 400 older adults off Bostwick Road just north of Charlotte, has named Meagan Buckley of Richmond as president and CEO.
Slater bets all his marbles on wooden toy factory
When Patrick Slater started making wooden toys, his hope was that baby boomers would buy them for their grandchildren….
Watershed science grant benefits teachers
The Lake Champlain Basin Program recently awarded an education grant to the University of Vermont Lake Champlain Sea Grant program to create the Watershed Alliance Teacher and Researcher Partnership.
Opinion – Planning for the future: Planting the seeds of growth
It takes time, energy and food for a seed to sprout, and it looks like one has germinated in Charlotte.
Celebrate Black History Month with free curriculum and music-video storyboard contest
In honor of Black History Month, the Clemmons Family Farm is releasing “Two Bessies on Two Wheels,” an African-American…
