Sharpening at the library
Transition Town Charlotte is hosting a sharpening workshop on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., co-hosted by the Charlotte Library.
Calendar of events July – August, 2020
During Vermont Open Farm Week, you can meet the farmers, plants, and animals that bring your favorite high quality Vermont products to your plate.
Food Trucks at Rise ‘N Shine Farm
Wednesday Food Trucks at Rise ‘N Shine Farm 4-7pm
Dale Carreiro, Rise ‘n Shine Farm • Ethan Allen Hwy, Charlotte
News from the Charlotte Grange
We would like to start by publicly thanking all the folks who have generously contributed to our Building Fund.
This week’s food truck lineup for Charlotte EATS!
Pick-up begins at 4:30 pm and ends at 7:00 pm. Pre-orders are encouraged for the Sausage Shack but are not required. To pre-order, please call 802-373-2886. This week’s special is $10.00 Philly Cheesesteak with fries.
Charlotte Crossings and their events for Charlotte EATS
Join us Wednesday, June 17, for dinner to-go by the Sausage Shack and beer, cocktails, and gelato to-go by La Villa Bistro! Pick-up begins at 4:30 pm and goes until 7:00 pm. Pre-orders are encouraged but not required.
Charlotte Rally Against Racism draws crowd to school
“We need healing, and we need reconciliation, but first we need justice. We need justice for George Floyd and we need justice for all the people of color that lost their lives, and their loved ones, to the brutality of this nation’s past.”
News from the Grange
After applying for several grants and now having been super successful in being awarded not one but two grants this year, the Grange is now busy meeting the requirements on the first one so that Slater Construction can begin the work on the beautiful, inside schoolhouse windows on the first floor. We are pleased to be able to work again with a local contractor on this project. You should be seeing activity on this project this summer.
Windows to a multicultural world
Want to know what’s happening to help young people, their teachers and their parents learn about black history and a full range of black experiences, and in doing so foster racial justice? Start in Charlotte at the Clemmons Family Farm. Closed for tours this year due to the coronavirus, CFF has remained active on many fronts, including a pivot away from its place-based arts and culture programs at the farm and in schools and communities around Vermont to programs through Zoom and social media.
Electronic waste collection on Green Up Day
Do you have old stereos, VCRs, boomboxes, and other items that are just cluttering your house? Are you wanting to be sure they don’t end up in the landfill? Then we have a solution for you!
Green Up Day 2020: 50th anniversary
Did you know that Vermont was the first state to designate a day of the year to clean up litter along the roadsides? And on that day in 1970, 50 years ago (!), participation and results far exceeded expectations: 95 percent of the 2,400 miles of the interstate and state roads and 75 percent of the 8,300 miles of town roads were cleared of garbage.
Repair Café Scheduled
The Spring Repair Café is scheduled for Saturday, April 18 from 10 to 2 p.m. at the Charlotte Congregational Church. Start gathering your articles that need fixing! The café fixers have mended and fixed everything from cuckoo clocks to holey shirts to lamps and electronics. Most popular is getting knives and tools sharpened.
March events at the Charlotte Grange
The Charlotte Grange is proud to host Pete Sutherland and Oliver Scanlon of Pete’s Posse on Sunday, March 8 at 4 p.m. Pete and Oliver will present “Fiddlers of the New Generation,” a showcase of their current students.
Meet the Candidates featured some new faces, some old familiar ones, and lots of questions for all
Tuesday’s Meet the Candidates night at the Grange hosted five candidates from the list of nine names on this year’s ballot. Four are running unopposed and one candidate, Matt Krasnow, is the sole candidate who attended who is vying for the only contested race: a three year Selectboard term.
Far from home, local Australians hold an event to help
From across the world, Vermonters watched last fall as devastating wildfires swept across Australia. For two local Aussies, the news was particularly difficult to watch. Damien Helem, from Charlotte, and Dina Kazmier, of Shelburne, both felt the frustration of being far from home as their country went up in flames, and now they’re working to help as much as they can from so many miles away.
Rotary Club invites local high school students to compete for speaking competition prize
High school age students in Charlotte, Shelburne and Hinesburg have the opportunity to compete in the first round of the annual Rotary speaking competition at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at Pierson Library in Shelburne. This first-round winner will represent the Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary Club.
News from the Grange
February 11, Tuesday, starting at 7 p.m., come to the Charlotte Grange and “Meet the Candidates!” Hosted by The Charlotte News and the Charlotte Library. Meet and ask questions of all candidates running for a town office. Hear what they have to say on their plans for our town, prior to Town Meeting Day.
Coming up at Grange Hall
If you want to hear some great music in a beautiful, cozy historic building close to home, check out these events happening at the Charlotte Grange Hall in the coming weeks.
Coming up at Grange Hall
If you want to hear some great music in a beautiful, cozy historic building close to home, check out these events happening at the Charlotte Grange Hall in the coming weeks.
Climate Solutions caucus brings its road show to Charlotte
More than 80 people crowded into the Great Room at the Charlotte Senior Center on Monday night to hear from and make suggestions to members of the Legislature’s Climate Solutions Caucus, which is focusing its work on ways to strengthen the economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.