Charlotte News

Second in a series Chris Boyd remembers the time, many years ago, when he first met Hugh "Cowboy" Lewis.

The town of Charlotte is trying a new free program to help residents save energy and money in their homes.

Today is Free Shipping Day , another seasonal cyber-push to get you clicking away at purchases.

Comcast and a Burlington-based local access TV station settled their nearly year-long dispute and agreed to work together over the next five years.

Charlotte Albers of Shelburne is making it her mission this holiday season to bring more balsam, fir and boxwood into the lives of her neighbors.

SOUTH BURLINGTON -- Darcy Hale Pasco, daughter of G. Robert Pasco and the late Susan Thorn Pasco of Williston, and Donald M. Gill Jr., son of Donald and Barbara Gill of Charlotte, were united in marriage Aug.

Claude and Merilyn Hanson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows at the Charlotte home of their son, Jeffrey, and his wife, Linda.

A 168-acre Vermont state park is getting bigger, thanks to local residents. Mount Philo State Park in Charlotte will grow by about 40 percent when a 69-acre donation is finalized this week.

Mount Philo State Park, created in 1924 as Vermont's first state park, is set to increase in size by about 40 percent when a donation of 69 acres is finalized this week.

The University of Vermont has 19 new teachers and none of them are older than 10 years old.

Several musicians with Vermont connections are on records nominated for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday night.

Rebecca Palmer spent Thursday morning out talking to commuters on their way to the Essex ferry because she's concerned once the Crown Point ferry starts running in a month or so it might effect service at the Essex-Charlotte ferry.

ESSEX JUNCTION - A group of volunteers from the Vermont Hands to Honduras-Tela program laughed out loud during their weekly Spanish class on a recent Tuesday evening.

The Champlain Valley Union High School Board learned Monday that next year's proposed budget exceeds the state-enacted cap on spending increases.

The Vermont State Police are investigating an on-going series of car breaks that have been occurring during the past several months at the Mount Philo State Park & other parking areas & designated access areas for hiking in the Town of Charlotte.

Despite cool temperatures and sunshine filtered through milky clouds, Warren Colomb knew there was a good chance he could get his solar-powered water pump working.

When Jill Kleinman heard that the annual Charlotte Artisans Sale might not happen this year she recruited Alice Trageser to help her coordinate the eighth annual event to support the Charlotte Senior Center.

Transportation officials in New York and Vermont are monitoring the rapidly moving target of planning for a temporary ferry at the Lake Champlain Bridge, razing and rebuilding the span, and making sure the region's crippled commuter network works as well as possible under the circumstances.

Green Mountain Hounds meet for a fox hunt at Cottonwood Stables in Colchester Oct.

The Charlotte Central School Board will hold a public forum in the school library at 7 p.m. Thursday to gather information from community members about the qualities and skills that will be needed by new school administrators.