A self-described lover of old things, Randolph resident Stacey Askew has found a new calling surrounded by Waterbury’s historical treasures. 

Waterbury Winterfest is now accepting applications for the 2024 grants program to expand access to recreation in the Waterbury area. The organization has set aside $8,000 for this year’s grant program, with grant awards ranging from $500 to $1,000.

On Memorial Day morning, members of American Legion Post 59 and the Waterbury Historical Society for the 18th year combined to commemorate those who have fallen in the service of the United States Armed Forces and to highlight the lives and contributions of past Waterbury community members. 

The Waterbury Historical Society and American Legion Post #59 will hold their annual Memorial Day Ceremony and Ghost Walk on Monday morning at Maple Street Cemetery in Waterbury Center. 

A special ceremony took place at Hope Cemetery last weekend that traced its origin back more than a century. 

Eagle-eyed travelers on Route 100 in Waterbury Center might notice something missing from the landscape: the chrome and scrap metal eagle sculpture has flown the coop. 

Family and friends of Stephen Van Esen, the longtime Waterbury resident and real estate developer who passed away at age 85 in December, gathered on Saturday at Pilgrim Park to commemorate his life with a New Orleans-style jazz parade, refreshments, and fond memories.

There are at least three certainties in the world of a college professor: Most students will never read the syllabus; grading is an occupational hazard; and December final exams will invariably derail your attempts to prepare for the holidays in a reasonable fashion, no matter how carefully you intend to do otherwise. 

The senior capstone project by Champlain College students Connor Greene and Ben Nicholas contributes to the Waterbury Historical Society's documentation of Tropical Storm Irene on the 10th anniversary.

Read a written version of the presentation by Cheryl Casey of the Waterbury Historical Society on educator, business owner and suffragist Elizabeth Colley made as part of the Memorial Day Ghost Walk at Hope Cemetery. It was one of three presentations at the event. 

On the heels of the centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution comes an Election Day fraught with worries about voting in a pandemic, foreign interference in U.S. elections, record early turnout in places hobbled by long lines, and the prospect of possibly not knowing the results for some time. 

The death of George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man, at the knee of a white police officer in late May has forced many white people across the country, including in Vermont, to reckon with the history and persistence of racism in America.

When it comes to celebrating, count on the Waterbury community to rally.

Today, as a pandemic ranges across the country and world, Waterbury Historical Society Museum Curator Jack Carter is determined to honor the suffrage movement and the inspiring women of Waterbury.