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.

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.

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.

Scenes from Waterbury Winterfest 2024

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

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

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.

Conditions came together on Saturday for one of Waterbury Rotary’s best-attended Easter Parades and Egg Hunts in recent memory.

Gordon Miller captured the scene as a small crowd of about 20 adults and kids turned out for the annual Christmas tree bonfire at Anderson Park recently. Town officials hope to have the outdoor ice rink at the park ready for skating soon. Links for info on other skating locations here, too.

The last time The Children’s Room hosted its annual Barn Dance was 2019. After a three-year hiatus, the popular fall event catering to families with babies and preschool-aged children returned to Beard’s Barn on Barnes Hill late last month with some 150 youngsters and their grownups.

Waterbury ArtsFest had a perfect weekend for a Friday night dance party and Saturday arts market. The annual event supports Revitalizing Waterbury.