NONSTOP // CLT-SLCPark City, UtahFlight Time: 4:45 It’s a frigid nightmare of a day. Nonstop snow whips onto and alongside the roads. It’s noon, but the sunlight barely penetrates the shroud of grayish-white that hangs over the mountains. The wind chill has dropped into the low single digits. Any sane person would curl up with
Read MoreNONSTOP // CLT-PHXPhoenix, ArizonaFlight Time: 4:40 The arid heart of the Sonoran Desert has defied settlers for as long as people have wandered there. The prehistoric Hohokam civilization made a respectable go of it, irrigating fields with an advanced canal system for a millennium and a half, until, historians suspect, a prolonged drought helped destroy
Read MoreNONSTOP // CLT-CUNCancún, MexicoFlight time: 3:15 JUST NORTH OF CANCÚN, gated resorts line the coast of a curved strip of land that extends into the Caribbean Sea. Here, the community of Playa Mujeres is packed with all-inclusives, which typically carry grandiose names like Excellence, Beloved, and Finest. We pass each before we arrive at ATELIER
Read MoreNONSTOP // CLT-AZSSamaná, Dominican RepublicFlight Time: 3:45 En route along the winding, mountainous road from Samaná El Catey International Airport, a surprise rises out of the rain forest: a full Hollywood production, complete with towering lights and equipment trucks. It takes only 20 minutes to arrive at my destination, the all-inclusive resort Bahia Principe Grand
Read MoreCourtesy, Deer Valley Resort Courtesy Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts CLT’s newest nonstop excursion lets families sample nature and piña coladas and, if they’re lucky, spot a movie star or two Courtesy Atelier De Hoteles A Mexican resort alive with art, personal service, and (hiccup) many, many drinks Courtesy Visit Phoenix/Adam Rodriguez The shimmering, colossal
Read MoreBy Phyl Newbeck, Contributor Susan Blood is a long-time recreational swimmer, but, like most Vermonters, when October rolled around she would put away her bathing suit. That is no longer the case. Susan Bloodon the ledge of the ice. Photo contributed. In January of 2019, her friend Julie Postlewaite posted on Front Porch Forum that
Read MoreBy Lori York, Charlotte Senior Center Director I hope you are able to set aside some time with a cup of coffee or tea and take a moment to look through the insert with our upcoming March classes at the Charlotte Senior Center. We are offering some returning favorites, and also some new programs. If
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Read MoreAs Charlotte became established, it made sense to divide the town into several school districts, each with its own school building, at a time when transportation around town most often was on foot. They were called “common schools” to differentiate them from an “academy,” which in those days described what we might identify as “high
Read MoreBy Christine Hill, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont Farm Stand Together, a mutual aid food program providing gift cards for use at farm stands across Vermont, launched this month. Through the program’s website, Vermonters experiencing food insecurity are invited to request gift cards to use at their local farm stand. This is a pilot
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