Caroline Ardelia Yale

Caroline Ardelia Yale

No person should be restricted or defined by disabilities. Society seems to have few expectations of people with disabilities such as deafness, perhaps ascribing a lack of ability to overcome them. Caroline Yale began life in Charlotte on September 29, 1848, the youngest of five children of Deacon William Lyman Yale and Ardelia Strong.

Charlotte Trails Committee and CVU art and design students pair up to paint the underpass

Charlotte Trails Committee and CVU art and design students pair up to paint the underpass

Last fall, Laurie Thompson from the Charlotte Trails Committee contacted me about doing a mural in the underpass beneath Route 7 in the section of the Town Link Trail between Mt. Philo State Park and the Charlotte Berry Farm.

CVSD School Board reviews the restoration process

CVSD School Board reviews the restoration process

The April 27 CVSD Board meeting focused on the plan for the “restoration” of the school system after a year of pandemic operations. Jeff Evans, Director of Learning and Innovation, and Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, have developed an extensive plan that conforms to state recovery process requirements.

One hundred seventy-nine years of teaching wisdom retiring from Charlotte Central School

One hundred seventy-nine years of teaching wisdom retiring from Charlotte Central School

Five teachers at Charlotte Central School will be retiring next year after an average each of 30 years spent teaching.  All but one teacher had taught exclusively at CCS. As a sometime student of public management in various roles, I was intrigued by the idea that committed professionals might spend an entire career in the same institution.  So, I pursued with pleasure interviewing Kathy Lara, Penny Stearns, Leslie Thayer, Kris Gerson, and Christa Duthie-Fox.