Once upon a time, Vermont barn dances were the rage
Vermont’s barns are generally for cows, but years ago, with a spare Saturday night and a broom, plenty of them played home to a now half-forgotten art — the barn dance. Someone’s…
CCS strives to sustain community collaborations and seeks new opportunities
This past Friday, the Charlotte Central School Parent Teacher Organization and my CCS co-principal, Jen Roth, and I hosted a…
Big Tree Update
After the annual publication of the Big Tree list in the September 19 issue of The News, we received four…
Music at the Grange
The first open mic night at the Charlotte Grange Hall was a rousing success, with seven individual or group performances…
Buckthorn, blitz
On Saturday, Sept. 29, the Thompson’s Point Leaseholders Association and the Charlotte Invasive Collaborative, sponsored an Assault on Buckthorn Day…
Sports Report – Oct 3
Back in the old days of fall sports, CVU was known as “Soccer Central” because it was that in the…
An eating adventure in Lake Tahoe
Recently I was fortunate enough to travel to Lake Tahoe, Nevada, to surprise my brother Sam for his 23rd birthday…
Anaerobic and aerobic exercise demystified
Have you ever been caught in a sudden rain squall without an umbrella, made a mad dash to your car…
In the presence of fire
It’s a quiet time of year now, as we begin that slow and ominous trek to shorter and colder days…