Senior Center reopens for Wednesday meals; open house on Saturday
Over the past year, COVID-19 hit our local senior population hard. Early in the pandemic in 2020, those in the older age groups were told to stay home and self-isolate and the Waterbury Area Senior Center was forced to close its doors for congregate meals.
The Outside Story: Moth invasion takes its toll
In hard-hit areas of Vermont, these pests have stripped leaves from trees, causing them to look more like their winter selves than lush summer shade trees. While some may say they hear the caterpillars eating, the sound is actually made by caterpillar frass – or poop – pinging the leaves below.
The Outside Story: Otters are some of the river’s strongest swimmers
One summer day, I was relaxing on the bank of a secluded pond watching mallard ducks forage when a dark shape broke the stillness of the water.
The Outside Story: The Secretive Eastern milk snake
Walking down my road on an early June afternoon several years ago, I spotted a snake attempting to cross into the underbrush.
Park Dancing workshops and performances come to Waterbury Center
Across Roads Center for the Arts launches a new, free, interactive performing arts series this weekend titled Park Dancing, and the community is invited to take part or just attend.
Take-out lasagna dinner this Friday
The Waterbury Center Community Church will host a take-out lasagna dinner this Friday, June 25.
The Outside Story: Swallows prove to be graceful, acrobatic fliers
I never tire of watching the aerial acrobatics of swallows as they swoop over fields, darting back and forth to snap up flying insects.
It’s a boy!
Joe and Mallory (Hebert) Caforia of Williston welcomed their son Joey, Joseph Frank Caforia III, on May 25, 2021 at UVM Medical Center. Sharing in their joy are local grandparents Joseph Caforia of Waterbury and Brenda Caforia-Weeber of Waterbury Center, and grandparents Gary and Maddy Hebert of Fayston.
Native commission recognizes Rep. Stevens for work on eugenics resolution
Waterbury Democratic state Rep. Tom Stevens’ work on a rare but important joint resolution in the Legislation this session received special recognition last week from the leading Native American organization in state government.
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.