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Former Teacher From Englewood Charlotte Benner, 86, Lived Remarkably Merry Life Former Teacher From Englewood Charlotte Benner, 86, Lived Remarkably Merry Life
Former Teacher From Englewood Charlotte Benner, 86, Lived Remarkably Merry Life Charlotte Benner, 86, died peacefully in her sleep at home in Yarmouth Port, MA, on Feb. 13 Charlotte was born in New York City on August 1, 1933, the “one and only” child of Charles Van Antwerp and Katherine Karcher Benner.  She spent her formative years in Englewood, where she attended the Elisabeth Morrow and Dwight-Englewood schools.  Among the accolades that the Dwight senior class bestowed on Charlotte was "Most Distinguished Laugh" -- an honor she undoubtedly would have contended for within any group she joined through her remarkably merry life. Following her graduation f…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
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WATCH: Englewood Native Shoots Music Video At Alma Mater WATCH: Englewood Native Shoots Music Video At Alma Mater
Watch: Englewood Native Shoots Music Video At Alma Mater Standing in Dwight Englewood's Silberfein Gymnasium, the memories seem to come rushing back to alumna Margot Bennett. She never felt totally comfortable in the high school gym. Actually, she felt completely out of place -- athletics were never really her "thing." But oh, has she found it.  And so this time, standing in the Silberfein Gymnasium, 26-year-old Bennett feels right at home, filming the music video for her new song "FABLES," based on adolescent experiences formed nearly a decade ago in the same place. "Set in a high-school gym class, 'FABLES' is a tale o…

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by Cecilia Levine