The holidays are a time for traditions. Especially when everyday life may seem unfamiliar, disrupted, or new for a myriad of reasons, keeping traditions can bring comfort and joy.

Organizers for Waterbury Winterfest report a healthy turnout at the Dec. 12 silent auction and sing-along hosted at Blackback Pub and they say they are fine-tuning the schedule for Winterfest 2022 coming up in January and early February. 

Waterbury's signature wintertime celebration returns in January with the Wanderlust 2022 challenge starting Jan. 8 and five days of Waterbury Winterfest activities, Feb. 2-6, according to organizers.

Green Up Vermont, the nonprofit organization that organizes the annual statewide cleanup effort each spring, has announced a grant program to purchase and install water-bottle-filling stations around the state.

The Waterbury Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 6:30 p.m. hosts a free panel discussion titled “Bridging Continents: The Life and Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Central Vermont.” 

Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop continues its 2021 exhibition schedule presenting a collection titled “Assemblages” by Philip Herbison through Nov. 6. At the same time, the gallery brings back its call to artists for a photo contest with a theme this year of “shadows.”

It’s fall yard-sale, tag-sale, lawn-sale season and several community organizations and churches have events in the works to gather up donated items and set them out to find new homes and raise some needed funds along the way. Wesley United Methodist Church has theirs Thurs-Sat. and more are coming.

A little over a week ago, this handsome pigeon dropped in at SunCommon on Route 2 in Waterbury unannounced and no one knows where it belongs.

Waterbury Ambulance Service makes time on Saturday to throw a 50th-anniversary celebration and the community is invited. Those attending who receive a COVID-19 vaccine get in free.

Waterbury Arts Fest returned to Stowe Street and Bidwell Lane this weekend after a 2020 hiatus and one of the event’s leading organizers and champions was missing for the first time in its 19-year history. 

After a 2020 hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts have rolled into Waterbury for their 64th Antique and Classic Car Meet this weekend. 

Attention Waterbury residents with bad internet service – or at least those who are interested in getting better internet service for themselves and their neighbors. 

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. 

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.