14 May 2024
COMMUNITY NOTES: Regional transit continues to grow and advance

COMMUNITY NOTES: Regional transit continues to grow and advance


By Tammy Elthon, Regional Transit Daily Operations Manager We will complete six years of running the daily operations of the Charles City Public Tra...
FISCHER: A pet for a pet

FISCHER: A pet for a pet


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com My household has gotten a bit busier. I’ve been volunteering at PAWS for a while now and I k...
08 May 2024
‘Gotcha’ cameras won’t prevent Figure 8-like fatalities, but saving lives are not what they’re about

‘Gotcha’ cameras won’t prevent Figure 8-like fatalities, but saving lives are not what they’re about


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com I first covered and experienced Figure-8 racing at the Floyd County Fairgrounds. From an el...
 
05 May 2024
FISCHER: A good time for bad TV

FISCHER: A good time for bad TV


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com There is just so much to watch. The new season of “Star Trek: Discovery” has started and I...
30 April 2024
FISCHER: Living in the future can be dumb

FISCHER: Living in the future can be dumb


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Isn’t technology grand? My new place has one of those fancy controls for the thermostat. It ca...
23 April 2024
Community Notes: The CIA helps maintain nine Charles City parks

Community Notes: The CIA helps maintain nine Charles City parks


By Theresa K. Cherry, City Improvement Association Public Relations On May 1, 2024, the non-profit City Improvement Association (CIA) will observe i...
 
FISCHER: X finally giving it to us

FISCHER: X finally giving it to us


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com The X-Men are back in the spotlight! After a long decade of neglect, Marvel’s merry mutants ar...
16 April 2024
Community Notes: Dragons are coming to the library!

Community Notes: Dragons are coming to the library!


By Annette Dean, Director, Charles City Public Library This spring we are getting geared up for the summer library program. We will have events lined...
FISCHER: Living in the future can be cool

FISCHER: Living in the future can be cool


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Isn’t technology grand? I made a shopping run to Target the other day and while I was browsing...
 
09 April 2024
FISCHER: Downstream decisions

FISCHER: Downstream decisions


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com And the streaming drama continues. Last year the long-awaited Netflix crackdown finally caught u...