By Scooter MacMillan, Editor A kinder, gentler Charlotte. A closer, more confident, friendlier and a more helpful Charlotte. These are just some of the benefits community members advocating for Community Heart & Soul see coming from that process. On Monday, April 25, the selectboard joined the planning commission in giving at least a thumbs up
Read MoreBy Ruah Swennerfelt, Sustainable Charlotte Do you have old stereos, VCRs, boomboxes and the like that are just cluttering your house? Are you wanting to be sure they don’t end up in the landfill? Sustainable Charlotte will once again coordinate electronic waste collection at Charlotte Central School in conjunction with Green Up Day, next Saturday, May
Read MoreBy The Charlotte Senior Center An archival print ‘Afternoon Light’ watercolor by Barbara Lane Charlotte artists Barbara Lane and Brenda Myrick are showing their work in a rare mother-daughter art exhibit at the Senior Center. Through May, Lane will be showing her watercolor paintings of florals, the Vermont landscape and Maine. Her daughter Myrick will
Read MoreSHUTTERSTOCK Macaroni necklaces are swell, but after two years of pandemic parenting, most moms just want a day off. This Mother’s Day, give her uninterrupted time to shop at her leisure, get a facial, or have a boozy brunch with girlfriends. Then get busy cleaning the house—or hire a maid service—and have some flowers or
Read MoreOne day in 2016, JoAnn Britt sat at her dining table with coffee and the newspaper, her morning ritual. When she tried to turn a page, her left hand wouldn’t move. “All of a sudden, I heard a noise,” Britt says, “and it was the paper shaking.” After several similar episodes, Britt was diagnosed with
Read MoreIn 2011, Jamie Barker’s family moved from Memphis to Charlotte in search of job opportunities for her husband. Barker grew up in Memphis and had family there to help with her three children, ages 6, 4, and 1 at the time. In Charlotte, she had to acclimate to a new city without her support network,
Read MoreBy Bonnie Kirn Donahue, Extension Master Gardener A simple staple in many cuisines and recipes, onions can be a satisfying plant to grow in the garden. While it is easy to buy them at the grocery store, fresh onions are unique in flavor and intensity. I like to grow onions from sets, which are basically
Read MoreBy Mike Yantachka, Rep. Code of Ethics for state governmentBack in 2015 the Center for Public Integrity gave Vermont a failing grade from the State Integrity Investigation, ranking Vermont 50th out of 50 states in the category of ethics enforcement because it previously had no ethics body of any sort. In response Vermont passed Act
Read MoreBy Halle T. Segal, Community News Service “See that boy there, I met him right here when he was a baby,” said Carrie Spear while quietly pointing out the young man gathering drinks in the back cooler of Spear’s Corner Store. Carrie Spear shows an old photo of Spear’s Corner Store. Photo by Halle T.
Read MoreBy Margo Bartsch, Contributor “I’m going to college!” is the typical high school senior’s Instagram posting in April. The class of 2026 boasted a 14 percent increase in overall applications and highly selective schools saw a 25 percent increase in two years, according to the Common Application. Forbes reported some of the lowest acceptance rates
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