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A Huge Voter Turnout Marks Election Day
...the proposed changes to zoning regulations that would allow retail development of the Route 7/Church Hill Road intersection was narrowly defeated...
    - Submitted: Wednesday, November 5th [more ...]
VELCO Puts Finishing Touches on Ferry Road Portion of Project
Over the past few months, Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) has been working on replacing a lower voltage line...
    - Submitted: Wednesday, November 5th [more ...]
Feasibility Study Marks a First Step Toward an East Village Plan
Through a $5,000 feasibility grant from the Charlotte Selectboard, Don Welch and his firm, Stone Hill Partnership, will conduct studies into the septic capacity and water supply in the area of East Charlotte Village that he is considering for development.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, November 5th [more ...]
Tractor Parade Mixes Farm Machinery at its Finest with Communal Spirit at its “Funnest”
Seventy-six trombones marching up Broadway is small potatoes compared to the East Charlotte Tractor Parade.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, October 15th [more ...]
Town Bites
Vermont allows early voting in this year’s general election scheduled for November 4. To do so, simply call or stop by the Charlotte Town Clerk’s office to get a ballot.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, October 15th [more ...]
Fire & Rescue Offers Home Heating Advice
Colder weather is on the way, and now is the time to prepare for a fire-safe home this winter. Please review the following safety tips
    - Submitted: Wednesday, October 15th [more ...]
Residents Join Together to Talk About Burglaries
To hear some Charlotte residents say it, life for them changed dramatically after the night of August 4 and the morning of August 5.
    - Submitted: Sunday, October 5th [more ...]
East Charlotte Gears Up for
Eight years ago the first East Charlotte Tractor Parade rolled through Baptist Corners, and this year’s version will roll on October 12.
    - Submitted: Sunday, October 5th [more ...]
Board Acts on Issues Important to Town
The Charlotte Selectboard took action on a number of issues that impact the town’s future as it grapples with concerns about crime and the future of the village area.
    - Submitted: Sunday, October 5th [more ...]
Gateway Tree Planting for Charlotte
Under the Roadside Tree Restoration Program, fall planting activity is currently occurring along some of our key town roads.
    - Submitted: Sunday, October 5th [more ...]
“Consider The Future”
There were plenty of concerned Charlotters and interested parties on hand at the September 8 Selectboard meeting who wanted to make their voices heard on whether to change zoning at the Ferry Road and Route 7 intersection. In the meantime, unexpected info
    - Submitted: Thursday, September 18th [more ...]
Spear Property Subject of Public Meeting
It’s quickly becoming the talk of Charlotte — residents will get to tell town officials next week about a proposed change to Charlotte’s land-use regulations.
    - Submitted: Friday, September 5th [more ...]
Selectboard Sets Municiple Tax Rate
The Charlotte Board of Selectmen approved the municipal property tax rate last week for fiscal year 2008-2009.
    - Submitted: Friday, September 5th [more ...]
Marion's Berries Aid Food Shelf
With the rising cost of food and fuel, an increasing number of people are expected to turn to local food shelves in the coming months for assistance in paying utility bills and feeding their families.
    - Submitted: Friday, September 5th [more ...]
State Police Arrest Three in Local Burglaries
Vermont State Police have arrested three people in a string of burglaries on Greenbush Road earlier this month.
    - Submitted: Sunday, August 31st [more ...]
Grange Turns 100
The Charlotte Grange #398 was chartered 124 years after Charlotte was permanently settled in 1784.
    - Submitted: Sunday, August 31st [more ...]
Charlotters Wake to Early Hours Robberies
Eight separate break-ins, focused primarily along Greenbush Road to Thompson's Point Road in West Charlotte, were burglarized Monday night and early Tuesday morning. [Note: The total number was raised to 14 on Wednesday.]
    - Submitted: Wednesday, August 6th [more ...]
Something For Everyone at this Weekend's Festival of Fools
Ask Woody Keppel about the upcoming Festival of Fools and one way he sums it up is like this: “Burlington this weekend will be the epicenter of laughter in the world.”
    - Submitted: Wednesday, August 6th [more ...]
Town Bites
The short happy life of Francis Mallard
    - Submitted: Wednesday, July 16th [more ...]
Marge Douglass Retires After 25 Years at CFHC
After more than 25 years as nurse practitioner at the Charlotte Family Health Center on Ferry Road, Marjorie Douglass will retire at the end of July.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, July 16th [more ...]
Charlotte Family Health Center Welcomes New Physician
Andrea Regan, M.D. will join the staff of the Charlotte Family Health Center on Ferry Road on August 4.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, July 16th [more ...]
Guard Those Trees
As mowers have become engine- or electric-powered, speed often reduces the margin of safety in mowing close to the stem/trunk.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, July 16th [more ...]
You’re Invited to the Annual Town Party!
This summer’s biggest bash, the Town Party, takes place on Saturday, July 12, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Town Green.
    - Submitted: Saturday, June 28th [more ...]
The Affordable Housing Trust Fund is Now
On June 2, the Charlotte Selectboard approved the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) grant program.
    - Submitted: Saturday, June 28th [more ...]
Old Lantern "Live"
Tickets will soon be on sale through the Flynn Box Office for the for a July 19 Honky Tonk Hoedown
    - Submitted: Saturday, June 28th [more ...]
Would You Like to Become a Tree Keeper?
The Charlotte roadside tree restoration program is initiating a hands-on training program for residents who would like to become Tree Keepers.
    - Submitted: Saturday, June 28th [more ...]
Conservation Commission Seeks New Members

    - Submitted: Saturday, June 28th [more ...]
Busy Days for the Rutter Tree Fund
We hope that both Charlotters and visitors are enjoying the sight of the plantings which were carried out last year.
    - Submitted: Saturday, June 28th [more ...]
Charlotte Historical Society
Well-known local resident Dan Cole previously brought Charlotte Civil War stories to fortunate audiences, a spin-off of his long-standing research of that conflict.
    - Submitted: Saturday, June 28th [more ...]
Conservation Commission Seeks New Members
The Charlotte Conservation Commission currently has two vacancies.
    - Submitted: Tuesday, June 17th [more ...]
Notice to Charlotte Property Owners
Many changes in property values have occurred since the previous reappraisal in 2004.
    - Submitted: Thursday, May 29th [more ...]
Refugee Resettlement in Need of Volunteers and Donations
The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program is alive and well and bustling with new arrivals!
    - Submitted: Thursday, May 29th [more ...]
Critical Wildlife Habitat Map Under Review
Almost all of Charlotte is potential wildlife habitat, right?
    - Submitted: Thursday, May 29th [more ...]
Affordable Housing Grants Will Be Available Soon
The purpose of the fund is to encourage and support the creation of perpetually affordable housing units in Charlotte.
    - Submitted: Thursday, May 29th [more ...]
Learn How to Manage Aquatic Invasives
In some cases, however, the aquatic plants are invaders that can have an adverse impact on animals and plants alike.
    - Submitted: Thursday, May 29th [more ...]
Vermont Bridges: From Here to There
Crossings is the totally descriptive title of a book by Robert McCullough, the speaker at the June meeting of the Charlotte/Ferrisburgh Historical Societies.
    - Submitted: Thursday, May 29th [more ...]
Running the Marathon a Family Affair for the Keenans
Running the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon is something the Keenan family plans on every year.
    - Submitted: Thursday, May 29th [more ...]
Grange Community Citizenship Award Goes to Yvan Plouffe
Yvan was recognized for his generosity and kindness toward his community.
    - Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...]
One Foot in Front of the Other
Dig out the pedometers, dust off the sneaks; it’s time for Charlotte’s annual walking program!
    - Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...]
Trails Committee Holds First Vision
After a rough beginning for the future of community trails in Charlotte, things have turned around.
    - Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...]
Charlotte’s Special Wildlife Habitats –
Almost all of Charlotte is potential wildlife habitat, right?
    - Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...]
Charlotte Walks
Birds, Herps and Habitat of Charlotte’s Hills
    - Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...]
Thanks for Supporting Green-Up Day!
Nonetheless, that’s what dozens of Charlotters spent some time doing last weekend.
    - Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...]
Busy Days for the Rutter Tree Fund
We hope that Charlotters and those who travel here are enjoying the sight of the plantings carried out last year
    - Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...]
When Royal Motherhood was in Flower
Charlotte Sophie of Mecklenberg-Strellitz was a teenage bride, leaving her home in Germany at 16 for a new land
    - Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...]
Green Up Days Are Here!
In two days’ time it will be Green Up Day again – for the 38th time!
    - Submitted: Wednesday, April 30th [more ...]
Recreation Commission Chooses New Leader
"...this town has great facilities, and we need to maintain and administer them wisely."
    - Submitted: Wednesday, April 30th [more ...]
Spring Means Return of Wild Water
...an exploration of woodsy water and other signs of spring.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, April 30th [more ...]
Spring Notes from the Tree Warden
Shovels at the ready? Arbor Days in Charlotte have been proclaimed by the Selectboard as May 2 and 3.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, April 30th [more ...]
Legislative Report
By the time this column is read we may be just a day or two from finishing the 2008 legislative session.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, April 30th [more ...]
Green Up Day
Mark your calendar for Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4, and plan on spending some time with your family, neighbors and friends picking up trash along the roadsides,
    - Submitted: Wednesday, April 16th [more ...]
Tree Form

    - Submitted: Monday, April 7th [more ...]
Health & Fitness
Town Hall Stays on the Ball
    - Submitted: Wednesday, April 2nd [more ...]
Town News
The Charlotte Democratic Committee is holding a caucus
    - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...]
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Get Involved in Town Government
    - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...]
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Samuel Smith Presented with “Young Hero Award”
    - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...]
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Two Charlotte businesses change Hands.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...]
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Rutter Charlotte Beautification Fund Update
    - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...]
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Keeping an Eye on VELCO
    - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...]
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Charlotte Tackles Invasive Plants
    - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...]
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Charlotte Land Trust Moves Ahead with Mt. Philo Initiative
    - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...]
Everything Old is New Again
Greetings from new editor, Melissa Eyre
    - Submitted: Wednesday, January 9th [more ...]
Property Transfers
December 2007
    - Submitted: Wednesday, January 9th [more ...]
Darfur Now Brought Scenes of Tragedy in Africa to Burlington
by Edd Merritt
    - Submitted: Wednesday, January 9th [more ...]
Taking the Reins from Cowboy Lewis
Josh Flore takes a moment to introduce himself and to discuss his role as the town’s new constable.
    - Submitted: Wednesday, January 9th [more ...]
Rescue Truck Heads South

    - Submitted: Wednesday, January 9th [more ...]
Tractor Parade Keeps Charlotte’s Agricultural History Alive
by Edd Merritt
    - Submitted: Tuesday, October 23rd [more ...]
Free Money, Going, Going…..
by Elizabeth Bassett
    - Submitted: Tuesday, October 23rd [more ...]
Cowboy Hangs up his Spurs by John Hammer

    - Submitted: Wednesday, September 26th [more ...]
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