Last Updated on May 17, 2025

Mysterious Illness Affecting Birds in Maryland

Please follow the preventative measures to reduce the disease from spreading among birds congregating around BIRD FEEDERS. * Take down birdfeeders temporarily* Clean birdfeeders and bird baths with a 10% bleach solution* Avoid handling wild birds Thank you. General...

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An Invitation to Join TOPS

The Charlestown Chapter of TOPS is one of the oldest groups in the organization, with #19 as our chapter number. The group started in 1962 at a nearby Catonsville church and moved to Charlestown as members became older and moved here. TOPS is the original, nonprofit,...

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Fixing the Heart to Help the Kidneys

Kidney Support Group meets:Monday, July 19, 2021 10 AMon Zoom (A limited number of classroom seats may also be available.) Fixing the Heart to Help the Kidneys, presentation by Cal Williams, using real life experiences. For reservations contact Cal Williams. Check...

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Movies Shown at Charlestown – July 2021

WEEKEND MOVIESAll showings at 7:00 pm in the Auditorium after July 4. Sat/Sun, July 3 and 4 1776 (1972), 2 hr 22 min. History in a musical honoring our nation's founding.Last Movie to Air on Channel 972 Friday, July 9 Foreign Film of the MonthMinari (2020), 1 hr 55...

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Progressives Together Meet July 5 on Zoom

Monday, July 5, 2021 at 4 PMOn Zoom: Contact Anna Marie Ciarrocchi Agenda:2022 Elections: Governor and redistricting; fair maps; Vote SmartOther topics from inside and outside Charlestown All interested residents welcome!

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Charlestown Quillers Raffle

  Support Benevolent Care by purchasing tickets to win a beautiful quilled ornament for any season. Purchase tickets for $2 each or 3 tickets for $5 and take a chance to win the pictured item! Ticket Sales: Fri, June 25 |Tues, June 29 | Fri, July 2  10am - 1pm |...

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Book Review of “How Democracies Die”

Resident Howie Nixon’s review of How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky & David Ziblatt [New York: Crown, 2018] is scheduled for Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. Most of us have probably taken for granted the survival of American democracy. After...

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Resident Book Review for June, 2021

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 7 PM in the AuditoriumThe Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett [New York: Riverhead, 2020], reviewed by Chilton Knudsen. REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Author’s websiteThe Vanishing Half Counts The Terrible Costs Of Bigotry And...

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