Last Updated on May 17, 2025

Do You Enjoy Our Nature Trail?

We need volunteers to maintain the Nature Trail! Could you help the Nature Trail Club maintain it?  Even a little bit of time would help especially in spring. Come to our next meeting on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 10 AM in music room.  Can’t come?  Call Marty...

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Progressives Together To Discuss Redistricting

The next meeting for Progressives Together will take place on Monday, June 7, 2021 at 4 PM on Zoom. The focus will be a discussion of redistricting with John Willis, former Maryland Secretary of State as the guest speaker. All interested residents are welcome!  For...

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Book Review of “The Vanishing Half: A Novel”

Resident Chilton Knudsen's review of The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett [New York: Riverhead, 2020] is scheduled for Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. This book, a second work of fiction by Brit Bennett, a young writer, carves out a unique and...

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Charlestown Scholars’ Fund Exceeds Goal

Congratulations and THANK YOU, Charlestown Residents! With your generous donations we have exceeded our goal of $200,000 by raising a total of $213,213 for the Charlestown Scholars Program. As you know, this program allows us to offer academic financial assistance to...

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Resident Book Review for May, 2021

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7 PM in the AuditoriumHamnet by Maggie O'Farrell [New York: Knopf, 2020], reviewed by Ellyn Loy. REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL WPF Reading Guide: Hamnet {Women's Prize for Fiction]Maggie O'Farrell on "Hamnet" [Folger Shakespeare...

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Kidney Transplant: May 17, 2021

“Kidney Transplant”Silke Verena Niederhaus, MDTransplant Surgeon/ Associate Professor of SurgeryUniversity of Maryland Medical Center Doctor Niederhaus is also a transplant recipient and an Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development. Monday, May...

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