The Barre-Tones women’s barbershop chorus recently returned from a regional chorus and quartet competition in Massachusetts, where it qualified to participate in an international competition later this year. 

Waterbury Area Trail Alliance’s biggest fundraising event returns this Sunday when more than 350 bikers take off for the 17th annual Gravel Grinder. 

In what’s become a summer thing in Waterbury, Bridgeside Books has scoured lists of Vermont-connected literature to choose a new work of fiction by a Richmond writer for this summer’s “One Town, One Book,” community reading project.  

Welcome to the first edition of “Ripples from the Reservoir,” a monthly report from the Friends of Waterbury Reservoir. We hope to share updates on life on the reservoir, which may include wildlife sightings, important visitor information, events happening, weather insights and more.

Mad River Chorale presents its spring concert, ‘Luminous Night of the Soul’, in two performances next weekend, May 3-4, in Waitsfield and Waterbury. 

The Waterbury-Stowe Fish & Game Club is planning their spring cleanup at the club for Saturday morning, May 3. Members and friends welcome.

The Friends of the Stowe Free Library share two upcoming program highlights with nearby communities. 

For the third year, Circus Smirkus will visit Waterbury on its summer tour and it's putting out a call now for local families to host its young performers. 

Waterbury author Aaron Starmer’s latest work of young-adult fiction is set to be released next week and Bridgeside Books hosts a launch party on Thursday, May 1. 

TURNmusic has settled in at The Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall with an eclectic rotating schedule of ensemble and solo performances, monthly music-community jazz jams and plenty of surprises.

May’s calendar at the Waterbury Library is filling up fast with many free programs for all ages. Get your copies of the Vermont Reads book ahead of the discussion and events. And note which other programs you don’t want to miss.

True to organizers’ emphasis that the event is rain or shine, Waterbury Rotary’s annual Easter Parade and Egg Hunt proceeded despite some April showers rolling through downtown on Saturday morning.

Mad River Resource Management Alliance Manager John Malter has multiple green reminders for local residents about opportunities to learn more about composting food and yard scraps, cleaning up trash on Green Up Day, and clearing out household hazardous waste from basements, garages and sheds. 

Green Up Day is Saturday, May 3, and organizers around the state are preparing for the annual flurry of community trash-cleanup efforts along Vermont’s roadsides and streambanks, in parks and other public spaces. Here are details for Waterbury and Duxbury.

The Waterbury Planning Commission has rescheduled its fourth and final visioning session as part of its ongoing project to update the Town Plan to Tuesday, April 29, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Muskrat mating is so sensational that songs have been written about it.  Though you probably won’t find breeding muskrats “nibblin’ on bacon” or “chewin’ on cheese” this spring, you might come upon them looking for “Muskrat Love.”

The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, with interfaith partners in Lamoille County, will join together on Tuesday, April 22, at 5:30 p.m., to commemorate Yom HaShoah – the Holocaust Remembrance.

With snow melted and spring in the air, forestry and recreation experts urge the public to hold off when it comes to getting out on the trails to hike and bike until they are sufficiently melted and dried out.