Arts briefs: Upcoming online events
Vermont Creative Network looks to shape creative sector action plan with Nov. 17 online ‘IdeaJam’; Online workshop to explore ‘Illusions in Art and the Art of Optical Illusions’
Voles forego reproduction for winter survival
Bent down in an apple field searching for a lost earring, I found a different treasure: a stout mouse-like animal, with a short tail and stubby ears.
Hunters may report white-tailed deer harvest online this year
Vermont’s white-tailed deer rifle hunting season opens Saturday, Nov. 14, running through Nov. 29 and the state Fish & Wildlife Department has set up an online reporting option for hunters in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Check your mailboxes: Yes, that’s a newspaper
This week we introduce a new hybrid print publication called the Waterbury Reader, a joint effort of the Times-Argus and the Waterbury Roundabout. By customizing a new weekly mailed print edition with Waterbury stories and advertising, we’ve created a new newspaper.
Saturday, 10-1: Annual turkey drive for the food shelf
For over a decade, the Waterbury Area Food Shelf has provided Thanksgiving turkeys and traditional meal fixings to those in our community in need of assistance.
Giving thanks 2020
Calling all students in all grades! Thanksgiving is around the corner and we would like to hear from young people in the community about what comes to mind when they think about giving thanks this year.
No brushes required: Basketball isn't far from Erik Nelson's art
Living and painting off the beaten path on the side of Camel’s Hump, Erik Nelson easily draws inspiration for his paintings from nature.
Voters didn’t forget the food shelf on Election Day
The Election Day food drive helped stock the shelves at the Waterbury Area Food Shelf despite limitations due to COVID-19.
The Outside Story: Life within the brush pile
For nearly a decade, I’ve been adding to a brush pile in the woods behind my home. A depository of pruned branches, dead flowers, discarded logs, old leaves, and an occasional Christmas tree, the pile is a decaying testament to seasons and chores long past.
River of Light expands and gets a 2020 remake
On Dec. 5 a River of Light will once again illuminate Waterbury village but not as a parade. Instead it has been “reimagined” and will expand as a series of displays across several communities as it adapts to accommodate public health concerns around COVID-19.
Obituary: Mariah Leahkim McGill
“But the bears all barged in and they took [her] away.” Mariah Leahkim McGill, age 43, was tragically taken from her family in the late morning of October 26, 2020 when she was hit by a car while walking in a crosswalk in Waitsfield Village.
Remembering Waterbury suffragist Elizabeth Colley: ‘Principal, teacher, rebuker of folly’
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.
Tots and their adults mask up for daytime outdoor Halloween party
The Children’s Room didn’t let COVID-19 put a damper on their Halloween fun this year.
A month-long labor of Halloween love
While most of the Halloween activity in Waterbury is usually downtown in the village, there’s one quiet, spooky corner of Waterbury Center that’s a hidden treat for those brave enough to ignore the tricks their imaginations and the darkness might play to keep them from investigating.
Voters can help fight hunger in the community
As winter approaches and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt, the need at the Waterbury Area Food Shelf remains steady.
Carol & Fred Collins mark 50th anniversary
Carol and Fred Collins of South Duxbury were married in St. Albans by Fred’s grandfather, Frederick Owen Collins, who had never married anyone before and didn’t intend to but Carol, who was living with him, convinced him to do it.
Waterbury Public Library announces expanded hours starting Nov. 2
Waterbury Public Library will take another step to opening more fully with expanded hours starting Monday, Nov. 2.
Annual pumpkin, ice cream giveaway collects record haul for food shelf
Last weekend’s food drive and pumpkin giveaway at Ben & Jerry’s factory was a success for the Waterbury Area Food Shelf.
The Outside Story: After foliage, forest fungi put on a fall show
A walk in the woods during fall is likely to reveal an array of forest fungi.
Bat Week highlights bats on the move
The onset of fall sends Vermont’s bats into motion as they begin either migrating south or moving to regional underground hibernation sites for the winter.