Charlotte Grange #398

06/12/2026

The Grange will be hosting a Hybrid Town Meeting Open Forum next TUESDAY (please note that the incorrect date was posted to Front Porch Forum yesterday. This event will be on Tuesday June 16th).

Come listen and share your goals for a hybrid town meeting with Selectboard members JD Herlihy and Troy Krahl.

At this year’s Town Meeting, there was considerable interest in the town residents for Charlotte to find a means to have a Hybrid Town Meeting combining the traditional in-person meeting with an Australian Ballot vote. Charlotte has had a Hybrid model previously, but the provisions used to implement them has expired. The intent of this gathering is for Selectboard members JD and Troy to hear from residents in a venue and process that allows for an open civil discussion on the topic. They would like to gain insight into what residents are looking to get out of a Hybrid Town Meeting, some ideas on how this may be accomplished, and then thinking through the pitfalls and benefits of the different avenues.

This will be a hybrid event. Come in person or use the link below:
Zoom link for access for online access: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84015365021?pwd=jB0lFPaIdaiXXgK5ub7hW87FLsbdM1.1

Our front entrance is under construction, limiting parking. Should our parking lot fill up, please follow the orange cones and park at the white Church just SOUTH of the Grange, by the back fence. Please do not park at the private brick building that looks like a church adjacent to the Grange.

https://www.charlottegrange.org/events/hybrid-town-meeting-open-forum

The Grange will be hosting a Hybrid Town Meeting Open Forum next TUESDAY (please note that the incorrect date was posted to Front Porch Forum yesterday. This event will be on Tuesday June 16th ). Come listen and share your goals for a hybrid town meeting with Selectboard members JD Herlihy and Tr

06/11/2026

Poetry lovers are again warmly welcomed to Poetry at the Grange, tonight from 6:30 - 8:00 pm (summer hours), at the Grange, 2858 Spear St. in East Charlotte.

Elaine Pentaleri will be our featured poet.

Elaine, editor of the poetry journal, Mud Season Review, and organizer of the annual Green Mountain Book Festival in Burlington. She will read from her new book “Dreamscape with Absinth,” sure to be an imaginative triumph. As usual, after Elaine’s recitations, audience members will be invited to share their original, or favorite poems. All are welcome to enjoy with or without poetry to share.

Poetry at the Grange is held in collaboration with the Charlotte Public Library. The spring, summer, and fall Poetry Programs run from 6:30-8pm. This is just one of many events run by the Charlotte Grange, based at 2858 Spear St. For more information about the Charlotte Grange and to view a full calendar of interesting events, please visit our website: https://www.charlottegrange.org/

Should our parking lot fill up, please park at the white Church just SOUTH of the Grange, by the fence. Please do not park at the private brick building that looks like a church adjacent to the Grange. Kindly stay home if you are feeling sick and mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a respiratory ailment.

06/09/2026

Food Drive for Farm Workers happening now! Bins are by the front of the Grange Hall or on the new ramp depending on our construction progress. 2858 Spear Street through the 14th.

These are the requested items:
Canned Black beans Goya. 15 oz
Dry black beans. Goya. 16 oz bags
Rice white jasmine 1 or 2 pound bags
Maseca (yellow corn flour). 4 pound bag
Apple juice. 64 oz
Vegetable cooking oil. Various sizes
Goya adobo all purpose seasoning. 8 or 16 oz box
Ground coffee
Copies of the list will be in the bins.
Note that the preferred Goya brand items are generally available at Lantmans, Shaws, Market 32, and Hannafords.

06/01/2026

Save the dates! Grange on the Green will be back on Thursday evenings this July.

The Charlotte Grange invites friends and neighbors to enjoy evenings of music and merriment on the Charlotte town green this summer. Bring a picnic and enjoy local music in good company. The music starts at 5:30 PM and ends at 7:00 PM. Co-hosted by the Charlotte Library.

2026 Concert Schedule:
-July 9th: Reid Parsons, sponsored by Lake Champlain Chocolates
-July 16th: Va et Vient, sponsored by In Track Investment Management
-July 23rd: In the Pocket, sponsored by Otter Creek Awnings
-July 30th: Remember Baker, sponsored by Cookie Love (with cookies for everyone!)

Thank you to this season’s Grange on the Green sponsors:
Shearer Audi/VW & Point Bay Marina

More details:

Grange on the Green 2026 Concerts will be on Thursdays in July from 5:30-7pm on the Charlotte Town Green starting July 9th.The Charlotte Grange invites friends and neighbors to enjoy evenings of music and merriment on the Charlotte town green this summer. Bring a picnic and enjoy local music in good...

05/28/2026

The Charlotte Grange will be gathering non-perishable food items in support of local underserved farm workers. Bins will be on the front porch of the grange, 2858 Spear Street, from June 5 through the 14th.

These are the requested items:

Canned Black beans Goya. 15 oz
Dry black beans. Goya. 16 oz bags
Rice white jasmine 1 or 2 pound bags
Maseca (yellow corn flour). 4 pound bag
Apple juice. 64 oz
Vegetable cooking oil. Various sizes
Goya adobo all purpose seasoning. 8 or 16 oz box
Ground coffee

Copies of the list will be in the bins.

Note that the preferred Goya brand items are generally available at Lantmans, Shaws, Market 32, and Hannafords.

05/24/2026

Memorial Day Gathering and Flag Placing:

Please join us at Grandview Cemetery on May 25, Memorial Day morning, at 9:00am. A short ceremony will include remarks from Charlotte Veteran Jordan Paquette and a rendition of "Taps" by CCS student musician Ben Vincent. After the ceremony, interested folks will help place flags on the graves of those who served and/or died in military service. This annual tradition has been held by the Charlotte Grange for many years and is an opportunity for the community to come together and show our respect and appreciation. All are welcome to join us for the ceremony, to place flags, or both! We hope to see you there.

Also, again this year, the Grange will be collecting your worn-out flags to be properly retired through the American Legion. If you have a flag you’d like to properly dispose of, please feel free to drop it off at the Charlotte Grange Hall (2858 Spear St) between May 15th and June 7th in the covered bin on the front porch.

For more information, visit https://www.charlottegrange.org/memorial-day

Grandview Cemetery is located at 403 Church Hill Road behind the Congregational Church in Charlotte.

05/07/2026

Curious about what "sign up for our newsletter" entails? One monthly email with all the news and upcoming events!! Here's our newsletter for May:

Our Spring Food Drive for Farmworkers will be happening from June 5th through 14th.  We’ll be gathering specific non-perishable food items in support of local underserved farmworkers. Bins will be on the front porch of the Grange Hall during this 10-day period.  More details regarding the speci...

04/21/2026

Interested in the history of Charlotte Grange Hall and in historic preservation? Join us TONIGHT at the Grange on April 21st from 6:30 – 8:00 pm to hear about the history of this historic building.

Interested in the history of Charlotte Grange Hall and in historic preservation?  Join us at the Grange on April 21st from 6:30 – 8:00 pm to hear about the history of this historic building. We will have a presentation by Dan Cole, President of the Charlotte Historical Society an

04/15/2026

The Grange has been offered a $10,000 matching grant but we need your help! If we raise all the funds needed to match this offer, we will be able to complete the exterior restoration of the building. WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER HELPING US:

1. The 1870 Grange building on Spear St. is one of Charlotte's remaining historic one room school houses and important to our shared history. The work being done will make the building safer and include much-needed repairs.

2. We work hard to fundraise to support the building and all the public, community-building programs that the Grange sponsors but we can't do it without community support. Think walks, free coffee and muffins, poetry gatherings, Candidate's nights, Grange on the Green music, clothing drives for the Food Shelf and Migrant Workers, a farm map, educational programs and more.

3. This amazing matching grant gets us almost to the finish line but we need to raise $10,000 more to match the offer and complete the exterior work.

Please consider helping us and if you already have, we want to thank you again!

Donations can be sent to Friends of the Lyceum Schoolhouse (FLS), PO Box 236, Charlotte.

04/14/2026

Interested in the history of Charlotte Grange Hall and in historic preservation? Join us at the Grange (2858 Spear Street) on April 21st from 6:30 – 8:00 pm to hear about the history of this historic building.

We will have a presentation by Dan Cole, President of the Charlotte Historical Society and Aileen Williams, M.S. in Historic Preservation about current work to have the Hall listed on the National Register of Historic Places. New insights into the history of this historic building have come about because of Aileen’s year-long project to nominate the building for listing on the Register. Dan has been incredibly helpful with the project and knows the wonderful twists and turns that saw the building operate as a debating society, one-room school and Grange meeting place. We will have a chance to ask questions and refreshments will be served.

Should our parking lot fill up, please park at the Catholic Church just south of the Grange, by the fence. Follow the orange cones. Kindly stay home if you are feeling sick and mask up if you have been exposed to someone with a contagious respiratory ailment.

Co-presented with .vt and the Charlotte Historical Society.