The Outside Story: How to spin a spider web
One neighbor calls our house “the spider house” because so many orb weavers spin webs outside our large living room windows.
Waterbury Winterfest 2023 dates set, volunteers welcome
Waterbury Winterfest will be back in 2023 and organizers invite new volunteers from the community to get involved with planning for the popular winter event.
Obituary: Joan G. Lamere
Joan Lamere, 78, of Waterbury Center died on October 2, 2022, at her home surrounded by several relatives and friends.
Obituary: Harrie W. Yandow
Harrie W. Yandow, 87, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin early Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, 2022.
Volunteers needed for new housing task force
The Waterbury Select Board is looking for volunteers to serve on a newly created Waterbury Area Housing Task Force.
Sign up for lantern workshops for River of Light parade
The 13th Annual River of Light Lantern Parade will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. and the theme this year is Marvelous Magic.
The Outside Story: the tangled tale of the ash-tree bolete
If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely the friend of my enemy is my enemy. This inverted cliche is one way to characterize the tangled relationship between ash trees and the ash-tree bolete.
Valley Players present ‘Gatsby’ in radio play format, Oct. 7-23
The curtain goes up next Friday on The Valley Players’ fall production, “The Great Gatsby: A Live Radio Play,” on stage through Oct. 23 at the Valley Players Theater in Waitsfield.
Bookstore hosts an evening of Spooky Tales original stories
Eighteen years after Mark Nash conceived Vermont Stage’s Winter Tales held in Burlington, his niece Jenna Danyew has created an event to put Waterbury on Vermont’s autumn storytelling map.
October library events: Music, bumblebees, board games
Oct. 8: Honeybee Steelband; Oct. 12: Board Game Night returns
The Outside Story: Cultivating milkweed to host monarchs
During a late summer walk, I noticed that the common milkweed in our back field is becoming not-so-common.
Turtle time: Volunteers needed for nesting beach clean up
It’s that time of year again when the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife puts out a call for volunteers for its annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day.
Stowe Theatre Guild postpones musical opening due to COVID
Stowe Theatre Guild originally planned for the curtain to open tonight on the final show of its 2022 season. COVID-19 has changed that. This weekend’s performances of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning show “A Little Night Music” have been called off.
Fall blood drives in, near Waterbury
The American Red Cross has a new slate of thank you gifts lined up for fall blood and platelet donors.
First responders stick together: Fire department hosts ambulance station fundraiser
As Waterbury Ambulance Service nears its $3 million goal to pay for building a new ambulance station, the Waterbury Fire Department is getting involved by hosting a fundraiser for its fellow first responders.
The Outside Story: The gall(s) of hackberry
A student plopped a leaf on my desk, pointed to several green lumps on its underside, and asked, “What are those green growths?”
'Let's Make a Deal' for Duxbury Historical Society
Antique skis, bundles of books, and sets of wine glasses packed the tables outside Duxbury’s town office and garage on a recent Saturday afternoon.
Yard Sale to benefit Stowe Street Alley project
A special yard sale this weekend will benefit the effort to beautify the Stowe Street Alley in honor of the late Jack Carter.
Landscape streetscape
Several Harwood Union High School freshmen added art to another streetside electrical box this week, painting the traffic signal control box at the intersection of South Main Street and Park Row.
Barn Dance returns along with fall programs at The Children’s Room
The Children’s Room fall Barn Dance is back after a pandemic hiatus as are various fall programs.