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Garden helpline phone open for the season
12+ hour, 56+ min ago (336+ words) Do you have a question about your gardens, backyard compost or home landscape? The University of Vermont Extension Master Gardener Helpline phone opened last week for the gardening season. The helpline is a free service for all Vermonters. Questions may…...
Vermont Handworks brings craft classes to Charlotte
12+ hour, 53+ min ago (946+ words) Wood shavings fall to the floor every day as Eric Cannizzaro rounds off the legs of Windsor chairs in his studio. The rhythmic scrape of his carving knives and smoothing tools drum through the walls of his family barn, turned…...
Lots of questions about fairest way of collecting taxes
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (299+ words) Last week was a wild one in the State House. It was like The West Wing meets Real Housewives of Salt Lake City meets Square One (remember that 80s math show from PBS?). The amendment ended up being withdrawn before the…...
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Join celebration for library's receiving $32, 900 grant
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (662+ words) The library is celebrating and you're invited on Saturday, April 11, 10: 30 a. m. -1: 30 p. m. Visit the Charlotte Library as it receives a $32, 900 Hometown Grant check from T-Mobile. Our library was one of 25 recipients out of a pool of over 400 from across the country. Also…...
Implications of town meeting and Town Meeting Day votes
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (956+ words) The aftermath of an election may feel like the aftermath of a big snowstorm. After it's come and gone, there's a good bit of digging out to do, and there's the need to figure out how to deal with a…...
Middlebury to hold first New England Family Theatre Festival
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (675+ words) The first New England Family Theatre Festival will be held at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, Friday-Saturday, May 8-16. The weeklong festival features a lineup of theatre, music, circus, puppetry and dance, alongside interactive experiences and community engagement activities designed…...
A couple of excellent reads for rainy November reading
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (352+ words) Where do I begin? Two stunningly good books to talk about this time. It begins with "A Note from Virginia Roberts Giuffre's Collaborator," where Wallace talks about the difficulties and rewards of co-writing this memoir. Wallace goes on to explain…...
Falling in love while walking, stolen treasure, finding next book
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (608+ words) I'm curious: How do you find your next book to read? For me, there are a bunch of ways, and often it's kind of random. Sometimes I read a review, or I wander into a bookstore and am drawn to…...
Selectboard spends much of meeting planning for the year
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (806+ words) On Monday, the Charlotte Selectboard held its second meeting of its new term, and again organization and planning for the next year consumed much of the time. Among other things the board needed to decide on March 23 was when it…...