Meet the Candidates meeting available online
With more than 100 attendees, Tuesday’s Meet the Candidates Night Zoom event proved that even a snowstorm and the coronavirus can’t stop Charlotters from civic engagement.
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.
Climate Solutions Forum coming to Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg
Senator Chris Pearson and Representatives Mike Yantachka, Jessica Brumsted and Kate Webb invite you to a forum at the Charlotte Senior Center on Monday, Dec. 16, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., to discuss how Vermont can act on climate change in the coming legislative session. They invite you to join them to learn more about important climate policies like the Global Warming Solutions Act and a 100 percent renewable energy standard and to find out what you can do during the coming legislative session to help get meaningful climate legislation passed.
Rotary Club learns facts of opioid problem
Members of the Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg Rotary Club met on Wednesday, Nov. 7, to hear Jolinda LaClair, the director of drug prevention policy with the Vermont Agency of Human Services, discuss how Vermont is dealing with the opioid crisis.
Author Judy Chaves shares secrets of Mt. Philo
A full house welcomed local author Judy Chaves to the Charlotte Grange Hall on Friday evening for a presentation about her new book and book signing. Judy, the author of Secrets of Mount Philo, A Guide to the History of Vermont’s First State Park, held the attention of her audience as she related the history of the park and talked about the principles responsible for its creation and the now well-traveled road up the mountain.
Selectboard tackles waste water ordinance, mowing contract and pesky lighting situation
The Charlotte Selectboard hit the ground running this past week at its April 9 meeting. Selectboard member Lane Morrison kicked off the two-hour session with discussion concerning amendments for the wastewater disposal ordinance at Thompson’s Point. The ordinance, which was put into place in 1993, is supposed to be updated every five years. The last update, however, was in 2007.
Water Matters, Part 5 discussion to take place
Please join Lewis Creek Association and friends Thursday, April 12, 7 to 9 p.m., Hinesburg Town Hall to learn more about the cost of clean water and who pays when rivers and streams become impaired.
Parenting Teenagers Panel Discussion
Are you raising a teenager? Do you have the skills and tools that you need to stay on course, especially during the inescapable and often unpredictable challenges that parenting brings?
Selectboard Meeting Covered an Array of Issues
he Jan. 8 Selectboard meeting saw an array of issues discussed, including the next step in jumpstarting the search for a new Zoning Administrator. Board members reviewed a job description contained in their packets, which was written after receiving input from a Planning Commissioner and a representative from the Zoning Board. Following a review by the board, a new employment description was refined.