Shrine Maple Sugar football game goes to New Hampshire
This year’s Maple Sugar Bowl is carved in granite. Played Saturday at Castleton University, New Hampshire ran the 68th bowl game into the ground and shut out Vermont 21-0.
Property transfers June to September 2020
Real estate sales in Charlotte, VT for July through September 2020
Around Town – March 5, 2020
Congratulations to Ava Rohrbaugh and Annika Gruber whose poems appeared in the Burlington Free Press “Young Writers Project” of February…
Get the U.S. out of Vermont
So, in my last OutTake I looked back over my three-quarters of a century of life at some of what I remembered as the worldly happenings that occurred in that time.
Well, now I want to peer into the future, try to foresee how we in Vermont might be living if this thing called the United States were no longer our political entity. Yeah, man, I’m talking secession, New England the beautiful, Trump Towers across the national border.
Planning Commission pivots to a reactive approach to Act 143
During the Nov. 21 Planning Commission meeting, the commission again took up three recurring topics: Act 143 as applied to land use regulations, boundaries in the East Charlotte village and updates to driveway standards.
Calendar of Events July 26, 2018
July 26 & 27 – Join the Hour-Glass Youth Theatre for its exciting new production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The play follows a young woman and her best friend as they flee a society in ruins from conflict and an imbalance of power.
Calendar of Events for July 2018
Amy Siskind, author of the bestseller The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year, speaks from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Shelburne Vineyard, 6308 Shelburne Road, about how we defend our democracy against daily assaults on marginalized communities, women and all of us.
Exploring what Charlotte trails have to offer
There’s been a lot of talk about Charlotte’s Town Link Trail, which will eventually connect Mount Philo with the Charlotte Beach, but did you know that Charlotte has several other well-developed trail systems just waiting to be explored?
Around Town
Congratulations to Jonathon Silverman of Charlotte who was featured in the “Talking Art” section of the April 25 Seven Days….
Charlotte Library News
Programs for kids of all ages – Tuesdays, April 3, 10 & 17 @ 9 a.m. Baby time @ the library! Join us to chat, sing songs, and share some favorite books with baby.
Tuesdays, April 3, 10 & 17 @ 2:15 p.m. Story Explorations. Stories & crafts for K & 1st graders.
Wednesdays, from April 4 @ 3:15 p.m. Junior chess club. For students, grades 2 to 12, any level. Learn & improve your game with mentor Ajat Teriyal.
Thursdays, April 5, 12, & 19 @ 3:15 p.m. T.H.I.N.K. Tank. Tinker, hatch, imagine, (e)nvision & know. Take on a new tech challenge each week. Grade
Calendar of Events
pril 6
Stellaria Trio presents: Dark horses. Violinist Letitia Quante, cellist John Dunlop and pianist Claire Black of Charlotte perform Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major and Dvoák’s Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, two robust, delightful and yet lesser-known works by these celebrated composers. 7:30 p.m. at the Richmond Free Library in Richmond. Free admission. Donations welcome.
Around Town
to Courtney McDermott of Charlotte whose poem, “Girls who walk alone at night,” was selected for the Young Writer’s Project in the March 23 Burlington Free Press. Responding to the theme, “How you stand out from the crowd,” Courtney, in fact, hopes she can stand apart as she walks down Burlington’s Church Street at night.
Calendar of Events
March 21-Relationships Across Difference: A Conversation series with Fran Stoddard at Join moderator Fran Stoddard, Vermont PBS producer/host, for a provocative three-part series exploring relationships across differences. Distinguished guests will engage in conversation from their unique perspectives; from engagement with the natural world, each other, and diverse spiritual traditions, and how that may help to bridge the divide. Free & open to the public: donations gratefully accepted at the door. Registration is not required but recommended
Charlotte Congregational Church Easter Egg Hunt
Hippity hop on over to the Charlotte Congregational Church for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! This year’s event kicks off at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 31st at the church (403 Church Hill Rd, Charlotte).
R. L. Vallee withdraws application for Maplefields Store
Engineers for the proposed Maplefields off Route 7 and Ferry and Church Hill roads wrote to Zoning Board Chair Frank Tenney saying that, due to comments by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) concerning cross-traffic turns into and out of the proposed location, they and R. L. Vallee, Inc. are withdrawing their proposal for a Maplefields Store on the site. The proposal called for lanes to allow southbound drivers, once they had passed through the traffic signal at the intersection, to turn left into the store’s lot and again to turn left as they leave. VTrans instead said only right turns from Route 7 into and out of the location would be allowed. Vallee and its engineers found this unacceptable and feared people would try to turn south coming out despite signs to the contrary.
Hinesburg Garage stormwater treatment is a great example of what towns can do
Upon discovering the Hinesburg Garage was planning on completing a site redevelopment to upgrade facilities for both the town garage and Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) Drop-Off Center, Lewis Creek Association (LCA) jumped on the opportunity to improve water quality. The property is adjacent to Beecher Hill Brook, which is a tributary to the LaPlatte River that flows through Hinesburg and Charlotte, then eventually drains into Shelburne Bay. Beecher Hill Brook has incised and is disconnected from its historic floodplain, meaning it will likely be unstable during floods. Runoff from the existing buildings, parking lot, driveway and some portions of the gravel pit flows untreated directly into Beecher Hill Brook. The redevelopment of the property presents a unique opportunity to reduce storm-water runoff, improve water quality and increase flood resiliency.
CVU students offer thoughtful, passionate response to Parkland shooting
Six students at Champlain Valley Union District High School (and one who weighed-in via email) gathered recently to discuss their responses to the mass shooting at Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14. All of the students agreed that their initial reaction to the news of the shooting was that it was “just another in a long line of school shootings,” but that this one, this time, has become a game-changer, with the voices of so many students being heard now.
Hinesburg Artist Series 22nd Concert
The Hinesburg Artist Series 22nd annual concert will feature the South County Chorus, Hinesburg Artist Series Orchestra and guest soloists under the direction of Rufus C. Patrick. Several selections from Part II and III of Handel’s Messiah will be performed. The concert will also feature a composition by Dan Forrest entitled Requiem for the Living.
Lillian Kennedy paintings on display
A Brush with Nature’ by Lillian Kennedy will be on display at All Souls Interfaith Gathering for the month of March. The show is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
Food shelf news
The Charlotte Food Shelf is partnering with Salvation Farms to bring more local vegetables to our food shelf families….