The First Saturday of the Month from 9 AM to 1 PM in the SAL room.

Drop in for any or all of the time.

If you are a gamer and want to meet with like-minded folks, come join Vinni Yasi, host of our monthly gatherings.

Games will include Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Splendor, Scythe, Forbidden Island, Betrayal at the House on the Hill, and MORE!

You are also welcome to bring your own game to t ...

The First Saturday of the Month from 9 AM to 1 PM in the SAL room.

Drop in for any or all of the time.

If you are a gamer and want to meet with like-minded folks, come join Vinni Yasi, host of our monthly gatherings.

Games will include Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Splendor, Scythe, Forbidden Island, Betrayal at the House on the Hill, and MORE!

You are also welcome to bring your own game to the group.

Ages teens-adults.

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Sunzilla returns! Join us for the 29th Annual Waterbury Rotary Club sunflower growing contest known as The Hunt for Sunzilla, The Monster Sunflower.
As part of The Hunt for Sunzilla, we will be awarding prizes for:
Tallest Sunflower
Largest Diameter Sunflower Head
Heaviest Sunflower Head
Sunflower Seed Tossing for Accuracy (open to kids 12 and younger)
In The Hunt for the Other Green Monster, we will be awa ...

Sunzilla returns! Join us for the 29th Annual Waterbury Rotary Club sunflower growing contest known as The Hunt for Sunzilla, The Monster Sunflower.
As part of The Hunt for Sunzilla, we will be awarding prizes for:
Tallest Sunflower
Largest Diameter Sunflower Head
Heaviest Sunflower Head
Sunflower Seed Tossing for Accuracy (open to kids 12 and younger)
In The Hunt for the Other Green Monster, we will be awarding prizes for:
Longest Zucchini
Heaviest Zucchini
*We recommend that people keep their cars locked following this contest or you could wind up with a year’s supply of the fixings for Zucchini
Bread in the form of one Zucchini.*
All contestants should try to bring their entries to the Rusty Parker Park by 5 pm.

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Come celebrate Long Trail Day with the Green Mountain Club by joining us for a hike! Whether you are a registered Long Trail Day participant or not, we hope that you will participate.

All hike groups will gather at the Barnes Camp Visitor Center on Route 108. Be prepared to leave for your hike at 10 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Parking is available in the Stowe Mountain Resort parking lot across the street from the Visitor Cente ...

Come celebrate Long Trail Day with the Green Mountain Club by joining us for a hike! Whether you are a registered Long Trail Day participant or not, we hope that you will participate.

All hike groups will gather at the Barnes Camp Visitor Center on Route 108. Be prepared to leave for your hike at 10 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Parking is available in the Stowe Mountain Resort parking lot across the street from the Visitor Center.

Current hikes planned are:

-Mount Mansfield Ridgeline, Alpine Zone Flora Tour with State Botanist Bob Popp (~2 miles, easy. Hikers will carpool to the top of Mansfield via the Toll Road. Parking details to come)

-Taylor Lodge led by Maggie Twitchell of Backpacking for Slowpokes (Slow hikers encouraged! Moderate 3.2 mile out-and-back with 780' elevation gain.) MEET AT LAKE MANSFIELD TROUT CLUB AT 10:30 AM FOR THE HIKE TO TAYLOR LODGE

-Sterling Pond Loop (2.4 miles; 930’ elevation gain, moderate) with Mel Thibeault, founder of Queer Hikes

-Mansfield Summit via Long Trail South (6 miles, difficult) with Long Trail Fastest Known Time Record Holder Liz Derstine (Starts at 11 a.m.)

Learn more or sign up at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/greenmountainclub/749841.

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Join Waterbury Ambulance on Sunday, September 11th from 4:00 pm-7:00 pm at the Double E in Essex Junction. There will be sweet tunes from The Grift, Food Trucks, a Silent Auction, and more!

This fundraiser will help the Waterbury Ambulance Service reach their goal of $3 million towards the station creation project.

Waterbury Ambulance Service provides emergency medical coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 day ...

Join Waterbury Ambulance on Sunday, September 11th from 4:00 pm-7:00 pm at the Double E in Essex Junction. There will be sweet tunes from The Grift, Food Trucks, a Silent Auction, and more!

This fundraiser will help the Waterbury Ambulance Service reach their goal of $3 million towards the station creation project.

Waterbury Ambulance Service provides emergency medical coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with two ambulances, more than 30 volunteers, two full-time Advanced EMTs, as well as several paid Advanced EMTs. It is important to note that we are a nonprofit organization not a town or state agency and we rely on the generosity of community members like you. Your support, volunteer work, our annual household subscription, and donations allow us to provide award-winning services, operations, and back-country rescue. We were awarded Ambulance Service of the year by the State of Vermont in 2021.

Learn more at www.waterburyamblulance.org/station-creation

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Take a trip down Waterbury's "memory lane" with Historian Skip Flanders and rediscover your town! On Monday, September 12th at 5:30 PM, Skip will be leading a walking tour describing the historic buildings along the streets of Waterbury. Meet at the Waterbury Public Library's parking lot a bit before that, so as to start promptly at 5:30. The tour will begin at the home of Army Civil War surgeon Dr. Henry Janes, who was on the platform at Get ...

Take a trip down Waterbury's "memory lane" with Historian Skip Flanders and rediscover your town! On Monday, September 12th at 5:30 PM, Skip will be leading a walking tour describing the historic buildings along the streets of Waterbury. Meet at the Waterbury Public Library's parking lot a bit before that, so as to start promptly at 5:30. The tour will begin at the home of Army Civil War surgeon Dr. Henry Janes, who was on the platform at Gettysburg when President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address. Walking south along the former Winooski Turnpike, now Main Street, the tour includes the story of historic buildings along the way that contributed to the development of Waterbury. Some of the buildings include a former Stage Coach Inn, an historic business district rebuild after a massive fire in 1879, an original fire house and jail , the 1875 Railroad station and public park. The tour takes about an hour, covers about a mile along Waterbury Streets, ending on Stowe Street.

Please register by calling 802.244.7036 or emailing [email protected].

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Food for the Soul - A Conversation about Food and Spirituality and the Relationship Between Them! Tuesday, September 13 at 7 PM  Presented by Bethany Center for Spirituality through the Arts at 115 Main St., Montpelier, our guest for the evening will be Chef Michael Kloeti of the award-winning restaurant, Michael's on the Hill in Waterbury Center. The evening will include a conversation with Chef Michael, a Q&A time, and a sample tastin ...

Food for the Soul - A Conversation about Food and Spirituality and the Relationship Between Them! Tuesday, September 13 at 7 PM  Presented by Bethany Center for Spirituality through the Arts at 115 Main St., Montpelier, our guest for the evening will be Chef Michael Kloeti of the award-winning restaurant, Michael's on the Hill in Waterbury Center. The evening will include a conversation with Chef Michael, a Q&A time, and a sample tasting.  Tickets are $15 and available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-for-the-soul-tickets-402396648207. 

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Come with what you are currently working on or anything else you’d like to share.
We are a supportive, caring community of writers.
Feedback is positive, constructive, and can be life-changing!

Writers, fledgling or published, all are welcome at our monthly gatherings of Writers’Wertfrei at the Waterbury Library. “Wertfrei” comes from the German “Wertfreiheit” meaning non-judgmental or value-free. These ...

Come with what you are currently working on or anything else you’d like to share.
We are a supportive, caring community of writers.
Feedback is positive, constructive, and can be life-changing!

Writers, fledgling or published, all are welcome at our monthly gatherings of Writers’Wertfrei at the Waterbury Library. “Wertfrei” comes from the German “Wertfreiheit” meaning non-judgmental or value-free. These gatherings are a place where writers can come, share their work, receive comments and suggestions in a supportive, caring environment.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89388634821

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Sunday, January 19, 2022 @ 5pm
(Every third Sunday of the month in 2022!)
Grange Hall Cultural Center
317 Howard Ave, Waterbury Center, VT 05677
Reserve your spot by email us at: [email protected], or reply to this newsletter.
Please let us know in your email:
1) 2 songs you would like to play and in what key so others may play with you (you are free to bring extra if there is extra time), or
2) ...

Sunday, January 19, 2022 @ 5pm
(Every third Sunday of the month in 2022!)
Grange Hall Cultural Center
317 Howard Ave, Waterbury Center, VT 05677
Reserve your spot by email us at: [email protected], or reply to this newsletter.
Please let us know in your email:
1) 2 songs you would like to play and in what key so others may play with you (you are free to bring extra if there is extra time), or
2) If you are sharing (up to 10 minutes of) written work (all kinds!), or
3) If you are joining as a part of the audience (we need you too!).

All instruments, ages, abilities, and styles are welcome.
***Please know that masks and proof of vaccination (no proof if you're a kid younger than 12) are required for everyone in the building.
***Please, share this invitation with your friends!
FREE event! (donations welcome, not required).
We're so excited to see you!

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Bridgeside Books is hosting members of the Waterbury Ambulance Service for a whole day of fun as they raise money for their new headquarters.

11 - Ambulance & team arrive
11:30 - storytime with an EMT, who will read the book Emergency Monster Squad
12-3 - Drop-in for ambulance show & tell. Children can meet the EMTs, ask them questions, and check out the ambulance!

Bridgeside Books will be selling the boo ...

Bridgeside Books is hosting members of the Waterbury Ambulance Service for a whole day of fun as they raise money for their new headquarters.

11 - Ambulance & team arrive
11:30 - storytime with an EMT, who will read the book Emergency Monster Squad
12-3 - Drop-in for ambulance show & tell. Children can meet the EMTs, ask them questions, and check out the ambulance!

Bridgeside Books will be selling the book with 50% of the price going to WASI.

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Co-Ed Volleyball has a new day, time, and location as we move into the fall season! Play is now on THURSDAY evening inside the Brookside Primary School Gymnasium. The gym is open at 6:30pm to start setting up the net and play is from 7 - 9pm. Please park behind the building and enter through the rear doors.

Thanks to a grant from Waterbury Winterfest, this season is free to play for anyone who wants to attend!
All levels of ...

Co-Ed Volleyball has a new day, time, and location as we move into the fall season! Play is now on THURSDAY evening inside the Brookside Primary School Gymnasium. The gym is open at 6:30pm to start setting up the net and play is from 7 - 9pm. Please park behind the building and enter through the rear doors.

Thanks to a grant from Waterbury Winterfest, this season is free to play for anyone who wants to attend!
All levels of skill are welcome as long as you want to have fun in a relaxed setting.

Play is dependent on the school schedule and attendance. Please email [email protected] if you plan on coming and I'll keep you updated on any schedule changes.

For any questions or additional information, email Dan Barone at [email protected].

Hope to see you there!

Join Janina of Red Poppy Cakery and special guest, Chef Stephanie from Cooking with Stephanie for a delicious experience. We will be learning how to make pesto, fresh basil fettuccine, and a special dessert of a strawberry basil balsamic shortcake.

This class is designed to be taken home and cooked/served for 2 people including a jar of pesto, a jar of sauce for the pasta, a container of the fresh pasta, and a small cake. We wil ...

Join Janina of Red Poppy Cakery and special guest, Chef Stephanie from Cooking with Stephanie for a delicious experience. We will be learning how to make pesto, fresh basil fettuccine, and a special dessert of a strawberry basil balsamic shortcake.

This class is designed to be taken home and cooked/served for 2 people including a jar of pesto, a jar of sauce for the pasta, a container of the fresh pasta, and a small cake. We will make and serve pesto bruschetta to hold us over through the class. You'll walk away with the recipes and the know-how for all of these dishes.

These dishes can be vegetarian but not gluten free nor vegan. Please note Red Poppy Cakery is not an allergen free facility.

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Co-Ed Volleyball has a new day, time, and location as we move into the fall season! Play is now on THURSDAY evening inside the Brookside Primary School Gymnasium. The gym is open at 6:30pm to start setting up the net and play is from 7 - 9pm. Please park behind the building and enter through the rear doors.

Thanks to a grant from Waterbury Winterfest, this season is free to play for anyone who wants to attend!
All levels of ...

Co-Ed Volleyball has a new day, time, and location as we move into the fall season! Play is now on THURSDAY evening inside the Brookside Primary School Gymnasium. The gym is open at 6:30pm to start setting up the net and play is from 7 - 9pm. Please park behind the building and enter through the rear doors.

Thanks to a grant from Waterbury Winterfest, this season is free to play for anyone who wants to attend!
All levels of skill are welcome as long as you want to have fun in a relaxed setting.

Play is dependent on the school schedule and attendance. Please email [email protected] if you plan on coming and I'll keep you updated on any schedule changes.

For any questions or additional information, email Dan Barone at [email protected].

Hope to see you there!