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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.
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.
From dancing fireflies to a raging summer torrent
From quietly dancing nighttime fireflies to a raging summer torrent, check out the latest images from photographer Gordon Miller.
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.
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.
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.
Spring slides into summer | May & June
Just like that, July is upon us and summer’s in full swing. Before it gets too far along, here’s a look at some Scenes Around Town captured by Photographer Gordon Miller in May and June.
Scenes Around Town | April 2023
Photographer Gordon Miller has captured many signs of spring in his travels around town in the past week or so.
Late February 2023
Late February brings brighter days, brief hints of what’s to come, and then quickly reminds us winter has weeks left to go.
There’s SNOW place like home
January finally settled in with enough cold to freeze the Waterbury Reservoir and enough snow for a few snow days both out of and in school. Gordon Miller captured some scenes last week before, during, and after some wintry weather.
December 2022
Check out Gordon Miller’s photos from the Dec. 18 snowstorm, visits from reindeer and Santa, a Chanukah celebration and a National Guard holiday parade.
Rotary hosts Santa in the Park
For the first time since 2019, the Waterbury Rotary Club hosted an in-person, out-of-your-cars visit with Santa at Rusty Parker Memorial Park last weekend.
River of Light 2022
It was “Marvelous Magic” indeed or something along those lines that intervened last Saturday for the 13th annual River of Light Lantern Parade.
Halloween Scenes 2022
Gordon Miller collected these images on Halloween night in downtown Waterbury.
April 1: Winterfest Wassailing
With a wintry mix of wet snow and rain falling, six singing acts took part in Waterbury Winterfest's delayed Wassailing event outside the Prohibition Pig Brewery on Friday, April 1.
In the final days of 2021, Jesse McDougall took his snowboard and video camera up to Sugarbush Resort in Warren where he met Waterbury Center's Avery Bard.