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TCN News Charlotte Readers Share Picks for Summer Reading Ah, what a literary town Charlotte is! We love hearing what so many of us are reading this summer (or at least what we’re admitting to reading), which appears to be the usual range from light to heavy. [more ...] Town Party Celebrates 15th Year on the Green The Town Party, Charlotte’s biggest summer event, will take place on Saturday, July 11, from 11 a.m. to 2.p.m. on the Town Green [more ...] Planning Proceeds at Both Ends of Town Seven people met on June 19 to review and critique plans for affordable housing near the southwest end of the Burns property in Charlotte’s West Village. [more ...] Commentary - Three Reasons to Say No to November CCS Bond Along with the rest of the board I remain convinced that repairs and renovations to the building are in order. [more ...] Commentary - Health Care Needed, not Health Insurance With talk of health reform flowing from all angles, it is too easy to get caught in the thick web of politico-ideologies. [more ...] Property Transfers [more ...] Food Shelf News Please stop by the Food Shelf table at the Town Party for a free treat! [more ...] Conservation Groups Join Burleighs in Celebrating Easement Thirty-six friends, neighbors and representatives from several conservation groups joined Arthur Burleigh and his family at a vantage point on the 72.5 acres of Burleigh farm property recently conserved. [more ...] School Board Approves Interim Principal Sandra Jump of East Corinth, Vermont, has accepted the position as interim principal at Charlotte Central School. [more ...] Library News Under the supervision of Carolyn Howard, the following youth scoured the roadsides for recyclable and refundable items and in turn donated the proceeds to the library: [more ...] Senior Center Happenings Just a reminder that the Senior Center will be closed on Friday, July 3. [more ...] Living Locally Infused with a growing sense of urgency around climate change and peak oil and the gathering momentum of the Transition Movement both internationally and in Vermont, the group decided to accelerate its study of The Transition Handbook... [more ...] Tim Serrell Tennis Clinic Gets a New Lift This summer the children attending the annual Tim Serrell Tennis Clinic experienced the very newest innovations in tennis instruction. [more ...] Sports Shorts Charlotte leads Vermont LAX girls to a national final. [more ...] Recreation News Summer is here and the beach is hopping, especially now that the docks are in. The tennis courts still look like they were just refinished, so come on down and use them. [more ...] Leavitt-y I have lived in Charlotte for 13 years. When I bought my house I had a view of Lake Champlain, now not so much. [more ...] Taking Care John is always on my mind. Part of me is in a constant dither and so sad as he slips more into dementia; the other half is moving along reinventing myself, as I tell everyone. [more ...] OutTakes I‘ve been a “word guy” for quite a while, a Ken Nordine “Word Jazz” fan in high school, an English major in college, an advertising copywriter at my first job. [more ...] Around Town compiled by Edd Merritt [more ...] West Village to Try New Look Ferry Road between Route 7 and Greenbush Road in the West Village will be sporting newly painted lines to create a pedestrian lane and to try out a new strategy for protecting the corners of the World War I monument. [more ...] [Post News...]

Cover Shot Arthur Burleigh greets friends and conservation group members at the reception on his recently-conserved Spear Street farm. Photo by Edd Merritt. Top Stories News Feed Please Note: The news headlines displayed here are automatically collated from national news feeds and are not endorced by Charlotte News. $318/Day Part-Time Jobs in - Sponsored Link. Ad - Learn How I Make $9,500+ A Month Just Using My Home Computer. ... Obama Supports ÂRobust' Protection for Catholic Health-Care Workers: 'Robust' Health Worker Protection Backed. President Barack Obama said today that he still favors a 'robust' federal policy protecting health-care workers who have moral objections to performing some procedures even though he plans to roll back a Bush administration rule that expanded such ... Washington Post's pay-for-chat idea falls flat. For generations, the Washington Post has been a scrupulous watchdog over the capital's cozy world of power networking. For a short time, it almost became the network's host. The Post decided today to cancel plans to charge lobbyists and trade groups ... A New Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants. In addition to provocative advertising campaigns for its products, American Apparel has sought to call attention to its push to broaden immigrant rights. Immigration authorities had bad news this week for American Apparel, the T-shirt maker based in ... Rise in U.S. unemployment rate shakes confidence. Kevin Carmichael W WASHINGTON W With unemployment in the United States and Europe climbing to new heights, European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet chose that phrase, rather than the language of recovery that many economists have been using, ... Local Vermont News Please Note: The news headlines displayed here are automatically collated from national news feeds and are not endorced by Charlotte News.Woodstock death ruled a homicide. Police have a suspect in custody ... Smokers wince at tax increase. Alcohol tax goes down a little easier ... Suspicious death investigated in Woodstock. State and Woodstock police said the body of the woman, whose identify is being withheld pending notification of family, was found in the afternoon at a residence on Curtis Hollow Road. ... Montreal mom sentenced for son's death. Louise Desnoyers drowned her son Nicholas, 8.• Gallery ...