A beloved resident leaves Waterbury for new adventures
At lunch last Wednesday at the Waterbury Area Senior Center, Donnie Bicknell’s table quickly filled with friends. Donnie, one of Waterbury’s most beloved community members, was moving that afternoon to his new home at Gazebo Senior Living in South Burlington.
‘Starling Symphony’ exhibition opens at The Phoenix Gallery Sept. 8
A new solo art exhibition opens on Friday, Sept. 8, at The Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall on Stowe Street with a reception from 5-9 p.m. for “Trystan Bates: The Starling Symphony.”
Vermont National Guard hosts Open House at Camp Johnson Sept. 9
The Vermont National Guard invites the public to its Second Annual Open House scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 9, at Camp Johnson in Colchester from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Watercolor art, poetry among the library’s September program calendar
A new four-week watercolor art program begins Sept. 11 at the Waterbury Public Library.
Lamoille fall lecture series hosts Wednesday speakers in Sept.-Oct.
The Lamoille Valley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute hosts its fall lecture series on Wednesdays, Sept. 6-Oct. 25 at 1 p.m. at the Stowe Cinema Triplex on the Mountain Road in Stowe.
Mad River Valley Craft Fair takes over Kenyon’s Field this weekend
Dozens of artists, food vendors, musicians and more converge on Kenyon’s Field on Waitsfield this weekend for the 52nd Annual Mad River Valley Craft Fair to support the nonprofit Valley Players community theater group.
Make some deals at Duxbury Historical Society’s annual sale Sept. 9
The Duxbury Historical Society holds its annual fundraising event, the Let's-Make-A-Deal Yard & Bake Sale, on Saturday, Sept. 9, at its headquarters at the South Duxbury Church across from Harwood Union Middle/High School.
Common Man for Ukraine is anything but common
Waterbury Rotary has a special program planned for its meeting on Tuesday morning, Aug. 29, at the Main Street fire station from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Guests from the New Hampshire-based nonprofit Common Man for Ukraine visit with a presentation about their humanitarian work over the past year and a half.
Podgwaite memorial golf tournament looks to support Waterbury, Northfield ambulance services
On Sunday, Sept. 17, Northfield Ambulance Volunteers and Waterbury Ambulance Service will co-host the 7th Annual Podgwaite Memorial Golf Tournament at the Northfield Country Club.
Yes, that’s a wasp emerging from a chrysalis
A caterpillar eats and eats, becomes a chrysalis, and after a period of metamorphosis emerges as a beautiful butterfly! Except, sometimes… it doesn’t quite work that way.
Week ahead promises a lively arts scene in Waterbury
The week ahead is a busy one for the arts in Waterbury – live musical performances along with art to see, art to buy, plus visits from multiple Vermont authors.
UPDATE: Health Dept. warns of new viral threat from Vermont mosquitoes
The Vermont Department of Health is cautioning Vermonters to take measures to avoid getting mosquito bites as now mosquitoes in several counties have tested positive for both Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus.
The Outside Story: North meets south with hybrid flying squirrels
If you’re where winter nights are coldest and pine forests abound, you’re likely in the presence of Glaucomys sabrinus, the northern flying squirrel. In warmer regions or hardwood forests, you might find yourself in the company of their southern brethren, Glaucomys volans.
Waterbury Ambulance hosts child car restraint experts at the farmers market
Waterbury Ambulance hosts child car restraint experts at the farmers market
Fish on screen: The Big Picture to show local teen’s film about trout, conservation, the environment
A local high school student’s documentary film project about wild trout titled “The Wild Side” will get a screening on Aug. 23 at the Big Picture Theater in Waitsfield.
Fall is the time to safely evict bats from houses
It may feel like bats are everywhere to some of Vermont’s human residents. Summer is when some species of bats gather in colonies to raise their young in human-made structures such as houses, barns, office buildings, and bat houses.
Stowe speakers series hosts three upcoming discussions
The Current gallery in Stowe has three upcoming events in its Currently Speaking series starting with the Aug. 17 lecture “Taking Monuments off their Pedestals.”
Lt. Gov. Zuckerman’s Banned Books Tour visits Waterbury on Sunday
On Sunday afternoon inside Bridgeside Books on Stowe Street, a unique gathering is planned with Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, several Vermont authors of children’s literature, and local librarians.
Community volunteers needed to help paint mural
Painting begins this weekend on the “Madonna's Earth” mural that project organizers are aiming to install on the back of 29 Stowe Street in September.
Obituary: Reid Ryan Spaulding
It is with immense sadness and lifelong heartbreak that we share the passing of Second Class Petty Officer Reid Ryan Spaulding, 23, of Waterbury, Vermont, who passed away unexpectedly on August 2, in Norfolk, Virginia, where he was stationed.