Veterans to share stories at Vets Town Hall at Camp Meade
An annual event to share stories of U.S. service veterans comes to Camp Meade in Middlesex on Sunday, June 27, and Central Vermont veterans and community members are invited to attend.
Waterbury Rotary's Concerts in the Park return
Vermont’s lifting of COVID-19 restrictions comes just in time for this week’s return of Waterbury Rotary’s Thursday night summer Concerts in the Park series at Rusty Parker Memorial Park. Starting tonight through August 26, a different musical act will take to the stage at the park each week from 6 to 8:30 p.m. for the free shows.
Waterbury Adventure Challenge teases visitors, locals with ‘ciphers, codes, riddles, puzzles’
After a year of staying inside, visitors and local residents in Waterbury are ready for an adventure. The tourism arm of Revitalizing Waterbury has created an interactive scavenger hunt of sorts for this summer called the Waterbury Adventure Challenge.
The Outside Story: Klepto… what? Bullying between species
Picture a robin, out in the morning and hopping around the park. It finds breakfast in the form of a worm, but out of the nearby trees swoops a bigger bird. The bigger bird acts threatening, and the robin surrenders its worm. It’s a common scenario between many kinds of animals – and a classic example of kleptoparasitism, parasitism by theft, usually of food.
‘Work and Play, Round and Round’ paintings by Kathy Black at Axel’s through July 3
Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop’s latest exhibition features paintings by Kathy Black on view through July 3. The collection explores several themes: one focuses on female power, the other focuses on play and the scope of the universe.
Vermont State Historic Sites are opening for the season
Several of Vermont’s State Historic Sites have opened for the 2021 season and others will be opening in early July. The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, and Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington are all open and welcoming visitors now, according to the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.
Historical Society Ghost Walk Part 3: Trailblazer educator, business owner, activist, Elizabeth Colley
Read a written version of the presentation by Cheryl Casey of the Waterbury Historical Society on educator, business owner and suffragist Elizabeth Colley made as part of the Memorial Day Ghost Walk at Hope Cemetery. It was one of three presentations at the event.
Historical Society Ghost Walk Part 2: Young Charles Daggs, ‘A Freedman’ in Waterbury
Read a written version of the presentation given by David Luce of the Waterbury Historical Society about Charles Daggs, a freed slave who moved to Waterbury during the Civil War. It was one of three talks at the Memorial Day Ghost Walk at Hope Cemetery.
Historical Society Ghost Walk Part 1: Former slave Lorenzo Bryant died a Waterbury citizen
Read a written version of the presentation by Skip Flanders of the Waterbury Historical Society on Lorenzo Bryant and his descendants given as part of the Memorial Day Ghost Walk at Hope Cemetery.
Farmers Market opens this week, concerts close behind
It’s doubtful that anyone imagined in fall 2019 that the final Waterbury Farmers Market would be the last for a year and a half.
Announcing textile recycling, composting workshop and more
Textile recycling is now operating in the Mad River Resource Management Alliance.
Well-used Warren Skate Park gets an upgrade
Recently, skate park builder Pierre Hall with a group of volunteers added the finishing touches on the Warren Skate Park’s most recent improvements, the biggest of which was replacing rough asphalt with 2,000 square feet of concrete.
The Outside Story: A tale of two irises
With their large, exotic-looking flowers waving atop tall stems, irises are among the showiest early summer blooms. The most common are the native blue iris or blue flag iris (Iris versicolor) and the invasive yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus).
Memorial Day Ghost Walk planned for Hope Cemetery, May 31
The Waterbury Historical Society brings back its Memorial Day Cemetery Ghost Walk on Monday, May 31. This year’s walk will highlight “boundary-breaking” stories of several local citizens from the 19th and early 20th centuries: two Black residents, both freed slaves; and a prominent suffragist.
Ballet Vermont’s ‘Bees & Friends’ lands at Camp Meade on Sunday
Set to Vivaldi's “The Four Seasons,'' Ballet Vermont’s “Bees & Friends” production is kicking off a summer tour at Camp Meade this Sunday, May 30, with two shows at 2 and 5:30 p.m.
Garden club plant sale set for Saturday
The annual plant sale featuring perennial plants hosted by A River Runs Through It Garden Club is happening this Saturday, May 29, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Rusty Parker Memorial Park on South Main Street.
Dance school’s spring recital debuts virtually from the Barre Opera House on Friday
Dozens of local dancers performing ballet, hip hop, Irish jigs and more took to the stage at the Barre Opera House last weekend to film their performances for their annual Green Mountain Performing Arts spring recital to be streamed online starting this weekend.
The Outside Story: Black-throated green warblers star in the spring woodland soundtrack
This spring, as you walk outside, keep an ear open for two distinctive bird songs: zee zee zee zee zo zee or zee zee zo zo zee. If you hear them, you’ve identified a black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens), a bird that is often heard but rarely seen.
Gravel Grinder rolls again this Sunday, May 23
Dozens of cyclists and a handful of runners will converge on the Waterbury area this Sunday, May 23, for the 13th Annual Waterbury Area Trail Alliance Gravel Grinder race.
Kids fishing derby returns this weekend
After a 2020 hiatus due to the pandemic, the Waterbury-Stowe Fish and Game Club's Annual Kids Fishing Derby returns this Sunday, May 23, starting at 8 a.m.