By Champlain Valley Union High School The Champlain Valley Union High School RoboHawks won Vermont’s FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics championships. FIRST Tech Challenge is an international robotics program that more than 30,000 students worldwide participate in. The 16 teams in the state competition on Saturday, March 19, included for the first time CVU’s junior varsity
Read MoreBy Chris Merritt & Ian Merritt Final Out Take Everything dies, baby, that’s a factBut maybe everything that dies someday comes backPut your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty andMeet me tonight in Atlantic City. —Bruce Springsteen Edd Merritt If the prose within this edition seems more linear and coherent, it may be in
Read MoreBy Louis Cox, Ruah Swennerfelt and Linda Hamilton Photo by Ruah SwennerfeltLouis Cox collects electronic waste for recycling at Green Up Day. When East Charlotte’s Lyceum Schoolhouse served local children (approximately 1870-1950), the “Three Rs” of reading, writing and ‘rithmatic were core teachings. Today the building is home to Charlotte Grange and the core teachings
Read MoreThe drummer’s passing, the band’s canceled tour, and the rock, roll, and joy that endures Danny Clinch “I don’t know when it will be safe to return to singing arm in arm at the top of our lungs, hearts racing, bodies moving, souls bursting with life. But I do know that we will do it
Read MoreAs a little girl in Charleston, South Carolina, Nichole Wright loved to watch her mom and aunt stand in front of a mirror and put on makeup. Her mom let her apply nail polish and lip gloss, the two items she felt didn’t make her young daughter look too grown up. As an adult, Wright
Read MoreOn Thursday mornings around 10:30, the entrance of Southminster’s wellness center buzzes with chatter. Twenty residents gather outside the aerobics room, gabbing about grandchildren and upcoming trips to Florida, until Carol Arnold opens the doors and ushers everyone in. The 79-year-old sets up chairs and yoga mats, and she moves with the ease of someone
Read MoreThe best things to do and see this month Children play an emotion recognition game. Courtesy photo. Mind Matters One in five U.S. adults—about 52.9 million people—suffers from mental illness, says the National Institute for Mental Health. So now that we’ve spent two-plus years talking about physical health, let’s talk about the psyche. Discovery Place
Read MoreBy MaryDiane Baker Sanders: Join Welch with Yemen War Powers Resolution in Senate To the Editor: On the day that the invasion of Ukraine began, there were 37 separate airstrikes on Yemen. Airstrikes are frequent there, day and night. The United States has backed the Saudi-led destruction for seven years. Our country supplies and supports
Read MoreBy Mike Walker, Charlotte Grange The Grange’s Celebrating Charlotte auction will be live and open to the community April 2-10 with the opportunity to bid on more than 125 products, services and experiences donated by more than 90 Charlotte residents and business owners. There’s something for everyone. There are gift certificates for everything under the
Read MoreBy Margo Bartsch, Contributor “College admissions is not about you, the prospective student or parent of a student, it’s about the college,” Jeffrey Selingo said in his book “Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions.” Selingo embedded himself within the admissions committees of three highly selective schools: Davidson College in North Carolina,
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