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2024 Holiday festivities around town

Holiday celebrations filled the calendar this month. Included here are scenes from photographer Gordon Miller who caught reindeer and Santa Finn visiting on Stowe Street, Santa in the Park at Rusty Parker and the Vt. National Guard’s Santa convoy.

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One Saturday in Waterbury: Pumpkin chuckin’, puppy cuddles and turkeys galore 

One recent Saturday morning was particularly busy in Waterbury as people gathered for some semi-serious pumpkin-chuckin' competition at Dac Rowe Park, some very serious cuddles with a litter of husky sled dog puppies at the Waterbury Public Library, and a festive, bustling turkey and holiday food drive drop-off along South Main Street at the Waterbury Common Market.

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Halloween 2024

The warmest Halloween in memory brought out a larger-than-usual crowd of witches, goblins, ghosts and more of all ages in downtown Waterbury this Halloween.

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Davis Farm cows come home

A dozen Holsteins moved back to their barn from their summer pasture last week at the Davis Farm on Kneeland Flats Road in Waterbury Center. Photographer Gordon Miller captured the scene in his travels.

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May 10: Northern Lights

Barely a month after the Total Solar Eclipse, the skies over Vermont put on a spectacular lights show on Friday, May 10, as the Aurora Borealis was extraordinarily active across the Northern Hemisphere. We share a gallery from reader submissions around the region.

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Easter Parade & Egg Hunt 2024

Waterbury Rotary Club’s annual rite of springtime managed to fall right in between spring’s two giant snowstorms as hundreds of youngsters and their families met up at Pilgrim Park for the Easter parade and egg hunt.

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Springtime snow, sun… repeat

We know better than to think winter’s run its course while the calendar still says “March” and the first day of spring has sprung.

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Straddling winter & spring

Early March swings from winter to spring and back again, often in the course of one morning. Snow and sun. And mud.

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Mostly gray January

Oh January, you had to go and set a new record, but you couldn’t pick snowiest or sunniest. No, you nailed “cloudiest” pretty solidly.

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So many Santas | December 2023

Santa Claus definitely has Waterbury on his radar this year with a multitude of appearances recently. Here are some scenes captured by photographer Gordon Miller at recent holiday events in downtown

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New menorah adds light to Rusty Parker Park

A small but hardy group of about two dozen gathered after dark on Sunday, Dec. 10, at Rusty Parker Memorial Park to light a new 10-foot-tall menorah in celebration of Chanukah.

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Veterans Day 2023

A few scenes from the American Legion’s Nov. 11 Veterans Day ceremony at Rusty Parker Memorial Park.

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Reader Foliage Photos 2023

Many thanks to our readers who shared their foliage shots this season. Tell us your favorite and we will send the photographer a prize.

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Halloween 2023

Without rain, snow or a pandemic to dampen Halloween spirits, people in Waterbury took to the streets this week to celebrate their favorite fall holiday.

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Scenes Around Town | October

October in Waterbury doesn’t disappoint. Photographer Gordon Miller captures scenes of folks relishing bursts of late-summer recreation on the water and signs of the changing seasons.

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September scenes: Biking to school, Sunzilla, free books & more

Here are some September Scenes Around Town including Waterbury LEAP’s first Walk and Bike to School Day, the Rotary’s Hunt for Sunzilla (and the Other Green Monster) and the Children’s Literacy Foundation’s first community event since its grand opening in Waterbury Center earlier this year.  And of course, Gordon Miller captures special moments in his travels.

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