Signup for Waterbury Rec Summer Camp opens soon
Signups for Summer Recreation Camp start March 4 with a new registration schedule and swim lessons built into the program.
Steele Community Room now available for visual arts exhibitions
The Waterbury Historical Society and the town of Waterbury will now make space available for rotating exhibitions in the Steele Community Room at the municipal center.
Parishes join forces for cash raffle, St. Paddy’s Day event
The local Roman Catholic Church parishes of St. Andrew’s in Waterbury, Our Lady of the Snows in Waitsfield, and St. Patrick's in Moretown together are holding their first annual Cash Raffle fundraiser in four years.
Feb. 16-24: Benefit performances of ‘The Vagina Monologues’ hit three Central Vermont stages
Eve Ensler’s groundbreaking, humorous, eye-opening production, “The Vagina Monologues” will make the rounds to three stages across Central Vermont from Feb. 16 to 24.
Obituary: Albert Siner
Albert Siner, 90, of Peace Dale, Rhode Island, died at home on Tuesday evening, February 13, 2024. He was at peace, surrounded by his beloved family.
A tale of two grosbeaks in winter | The Outside Story
Last February, several evening grosbeaks which we rarely see here visited our feeder.
Longnose gar sets new bow fishing record for 2023
A bow-fishing angler on Lake Champlain can claim the one record-setting catch in Vermont for 2023, according to the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Get shanties off the ice by March 31
Ice fishing shanties in Vermont must be removed before the ice becomes unsafe or loses its ability to support the shanty out of the water, or before the March 31 – whichever comes first.
Outdoors News Briefs
Stark Mountain Foundation set up StorySki at Mad River Glen Feb. 24. Green Mountain Conservation Camp registration is open. Plus, people, dogs can register now for 26th Annual Mutt Strut on April 21.
Freezing solid is no problem for red velvet mites in winter
Built like eight-legged, scarlet Beanie Babies, red velvet mites are hard to miss, even though most of them are no bigger than an eighth of an inch long. They are arachnids in the family Tombidiidae, so their relatives include spiders and ticks.
‘America Runs on Biden’: Political art gets a show at Waterbury Grange Hall
The grassroots progressive local group Indivisible Mad River Valley and Waterbury has organized a presidential election-year project of political poster art that will be on view at the Waterbury Grange Hall Cultural Center on Feb. 14.
On stage in and near Waterbury in February
Our inbox is packed with February performances on stage in Waterbury, the Mad River Valley and Barre. Here are details from the Eleva Chamber Players, the Vermont Philharmonic, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's Jukebox Quartet and Mad River Chorale.
Champlain Housing Trust recognizes state Rep. Tom Stevens
Champlain Housing Trust recently held its annual meeting and awards dinner where it elected board members and honored several champions for affordable housing.
Flood recovery group CReW outlines work, announces event, seeks financial support
The following is the first annual report by the long-term flood recovery group called CReW (Community Resilience for the greater Waterbury area). It was submitted for publication in the Waterbury annual report and to Waterbury Roundabout to share with the community.
David Goodman talks backcountry skiing in first lecture series event on Wednesday
VTDigger and WDEV radio host and podcaster David Goodman kicks off the Lamoille Valley Osher spring presentation series with an illustrated talk on The Backcountry Skiing Renaissance.
Obituary: Kenneth Kreiling
Kenneth Kreiling passed away peacefully on February 2, 2024. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Feb. 10 at St. Andrew’s Church in Waterbury.
What the Floods! gathering to connect, celebrate after the floods
With much of the immediate work from the mid-December flooding addressed, organizers of Waterbury’s volunteer responders and town officials are putting together a celebration for Saturday, Feb. 10, 6-9 p.m.
Mad River Valley Ambulance: Disregard those letters
Mad River Valley Ambulance wants residents in Waterbury and Duxbury to know that a mailing they received this week was an error.
Game On! Winterfest – with its Game Show – returns
Waterbury Winterfest 2024 has begun, continuing a tradition for more than a decade during the coldest days of the year to pull the Waterbury community together with a variety of activities for all ages.
Waterbury Studios dedicates gallery, opens exhibit on Friday
This Friday evening at the Waterbury Studios overlooking Stowe Street, a special event is planned that honors a figure beloved by its founders while toasting a present-day artist and inspiration.