By Margo Bartsch, Contributor Education is known as being the key to success. However, the pandemic has changed the way we think about learning and interaction. If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to try online learning as a low-risk environment to potentially unlock new skills. The journalist Perri Ormoni Blumberg wrote
Read MoreBy Margaret Woodruff, director Library Reminders Time to mask upDue to the increase in COVID cases, the CDC has issued new masking recommendations. As our policy throughout the pandemic has been to follow their guidance, we are now asking all library patrons, vaccinated and unvaccinated, to wear masks indoors. As always, we appreciate your commitment
Read MoreBy Susan Ohanian, Contributor People matter! The Vermont Foodbank is a member of Feeding America, which developed out of the idea of one man: John van Hengel. In the late 1960s. Van Hengel, a retired businessman in Phoenix, Arizona, met a woman who regularly rummaged through grocery store garbage bins to find food for her
Read MoreBy Joyce Amsden, Extension Master Gardener Intern, University of Vermont There is no fruit as versatile as a tomato fresh from the vine. Canning the surplus further expands its versatility to hearty winter dishes, sauces, soups and juice. You will need canning jars (inspect for cracks and roughness on the rim), screw bands, sealing lids,
Read MoreBy Mara Brooks, Editor Neighbors say they hope the ZBA will curb school’s land use Neighbors of the proposed Vermont Commons School (VCS) Outdoor Education Center have raised concerns that, absent zoning restrictions imposed by the town, the South Burlington school will transform their quiet, pastoral community into a noisy, chaotic hub for sports events,
Read MoreBy Mara Brooks, Editor As group petitioners move forward, the Kaczka-Villieres file an action of their own A group of 20 petitioners opposing Emerald Green Properties’ Charlotte Family Health Center filed a Statement of Questions with the Chittenden County Superior Court on September 2. The filing asks the court to determine whether the health center complied
Read More20 YEARS LATER: REMEMBERING IN CHARLOTTE 9/11 A community of Niner Nation first-responders and UNC Charlotte’s own ROTC battalion will participate in a stair climb at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, to mark the 20th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil, referred to as 9/11. These 49ers will climb the equivalent of
Read MoreCharlotte Research To Talk About ALT-RIGHT Recruitment Methods UNC Charlotte researcher Shannon Reid will explain how prevention and intervention strategies can make a long-term impact on the lives of youth attracted to alt-right gangs, in the first event of the 2021-22 Personally Speaking series. Her talk, scheduled for 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 14, will be
Read MoreA 75 Years of Manufactur ing Celebration in Charlotte Monday, September 13, 2021 Seventy-five years ago, a group of trailblazing leaders had a bold vision to transform an evening college center with just 278 students into a thriving research university of more than 30,000 students. As part of Niner Nation, you are invited to commemorate
Read MoreNathalie man dies in two-vehicle wreck in Charlotte County A 40-year-old Nathalie man, Shann A. Hannock, died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash that occurred Sept. 6 at 4:22 p.m. on Route 40 in Charlotte County, less than a mile east of Route 618, according to information released by Virginia State Police on Monday
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