Waterbury photos, fall/winter 2014
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Jonathan Robinson, left, and Aimil Parmelee have joined Central Vermont Medical Center’s rehabilitation therapy team.
Students of I Cantori, the honors choir at Harwood Union High School, sing Sunday as part of holiday festivities organized at Bridgeside Books in downtown Waterbury.
Judy and Peter Hack are displaying a peace sign at their home in Waterbury Center this holiday season.
Nell Tarno of the Harwood Union High School varsity gymnastics team competes in the vault event Monday in a meet with Milton.
Little Garrett and Santa Claus pose for a photo at Rusty Parker Memorial Park.
The holiday spirit is all around Waterbury. Above, a horse-drawn wagon offers rides outside the town’s historic train station, as the eye-popping S.D. Ireland cement mixer, decked out with holiday lights, brightens things up.
Alex French, left, won the scavenger hunt that was part of Waterbury’s tree-lighting celebration on Saturday. Dan McKibben of Waterbury Rotary congratulates him.
Jeannette M. Pratt, 81, of Waterbury died in the comfort of her family on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.
Volunteers showed off their work in gift-wrapping a fishing pole for the Lamoille Family Center’s Holiday Project.
From left are Arvads owners Jeff and Maryanne Larkin, and staff members Liz Cronin, Steve Myers, Carl James and Bridget Dow.
Gov. Peter Shumlin awards grant money for the Waterbury Dog Park to Jean Snelling and Chad Ummel. The park is being developed at no cost to the municipal government, and organizers have landed grant money to help cover the expenses.
Harwood’s Lauren Harper looks for her shot while surrounded by Montpelier defenders in last Friday’s game. She had seven points and seven rebounds.
A Nor’easter washed through the area Tuesday and Wednesday, producing wet, heavy snow that canceled classes and extracurricular activities and knocked out power to 119 customers in Waterbury and Duxbury and to more than 51,000 throughout the state.
James F. Myers, 40, has been charged with felony burglary and was held for lack of $5,000 bail, awaiting arraignment in a Burlington courtroom.
The historical look at the town’s architecture was “written by kids for kids,” said MK Monley, art teacher at Thatcher Brook Primary School.
The book was published a month ago by the Susan Sebastian Foundation Inc., and has already raised more than $500 for the Waterbury Historical Society, with suggested donations of $5 to $10 per copy.
A bonfire and illumination followed the lantern parade.
More than 400 people gathered in downtown Waterbury for the fifth annual River of Light lantern parade, featuring some mighty intricate creations — the Statehouse, the Earth, giant willow trees.
Robert L. Miller, 63 — the new majority owner of the Stowe Reporter, Waterbury Record and Stowe Guide and Magazine — is president and CEO of Miller Publishing Group LLC.
He ascended through the ranks at Time Inc. to become, at 33, the youngest publisher in the history of Sports Illustrated. He later oversaw all of Time Inc.’s New York-based titles —including People, Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Time and Sports Illustrated.
In 1991, he was named president and CEO of Time Inc. Ventures in Los Angeles, where he oversaw 17 domestic and eight international magazines, including Sunset, Southern Living, Parenting, Travel & Leisure, Cooking Light, Health, and Time International. Miller also spearheaded magazine acquisitions and development; his most successful launches were Martha Stewart Living and Vibe.
In 1996, Miller left Time, purchased its interest in Vibe and, in partnership with Quincy Jones, created Vibe Ventures. Vibe was named one of Adweek’s top 10 up-and-coming magazines in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and received its award for general excellence in 2002.
Miller Publishing acquired Where, an international visitors guide published in more than 45 markets worldwide, and Tennis, Cruising World and Sailing World. Today, its primary focus is management of Tennis Media Co.; Miller’s partners include Pete Sampras, Billie Jean King and Chrissie Evert.
Miller was born in Los Angeles, grew up in San Francisco and Darien, Conn., and earned a degree in American civilization from Williams College in 1971 and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia in 1974. He is a founding board member of Commonsense Media and chairman of the Freedom Institute.
A crew from Farr's Tree Service Inc., a company based in Waterbury, works to clean up the fallen limb and branches from the silver maple on Park Street.
Biddle Duke and the staff of the Stowe Reporter and Waterbury Record. In the driver’s seat is Bob Miller, the new majority owner of the business.
Greg assumes the role of publisher of the Stowe Reporter and Waterbury Record at the end of this month.
Nancy H. Simoes, 57, of Waterbury Center died peacefully at home on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, with her family by her side.
Charlotte Feinstein and daugher Ellie build the framework for a lantern during a workshop organized for the River of Light Parade through downtown Waterbury. The parade is Saturday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m., one of a number of holiday events planned this weekend.
Nate Conyers, left, and Jackson Greenleaf, piano students of Susan Nicholas of Waterbury Center, performed in the 2014 Piano Monster Concert in Williston Nov. 15.
Young dancers move in a circle at the Green Mountain Performing Arts recital, “The Magic of Winter: a Celebration of Song, Dance & Musical Theater,” last Saturday at Harwood Union High School.
Officer Riley Lessor of Waitsfield joined the Waterbury Police Department two months ago. He had worked for the Stowe Police Department for eight months, and before that held an administrative role for four years at the Burlington Police Department.
Gary D. Frankel, a licensed independent clinical social worker, has opened the doors of his private counseling practice at 141 S. Main St. in Waterbury.
Cailin Brooks, 7, lugs food along Waterbury’s Main Street with other volunteers. In an annual ceremony, people carry food collected at Waterbury Congregational Church down the street to the Waterbury Area Food Shelf, which helps many local residents have a hearty Thanksgiving.
The Concord coach was an institution in the development of the West. This famous vehicle was manufactured by the Abbott-Downing Company of Concord, N.H., founded in 1813.
Members of the PC Construction team pose with representatives from the Brain Injury Association of Vermont, Green Mountain Club and Revitalizing Waterbury in front of PC’s construction operations at the Waterbury State Office Complex project.
Cars wheel around the new roundabout at Routes 2 and 100 in Waterbury, which opened in November 2014. The project should improve traffic flow and ease backups at the busy junction, which had been controlled by a stop sign.
The SOL Project, a Waterbury-based youth leadership project, focuses on kids giving back through community service and outreach activities. Information: solprojectvt.wordpress.com.
Erika Dolan, director of food services for the Waterbury-Duxbury School District, was appointed president of the Vermont School Nutrition Association, an organization dedicated to bringing healthy food to children and their education.
Members of military veterans’ groups salute at Waterbury’s memorial on Tuesday. Veterans Day is always observed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — the time when the World War I armistice took effect.
Sarah Brodeur of the Harwood Union High School girls’ soccer team comes up just a step away from a scoring chance. The Highlanders lost 1-0 in the state Division 2 championship game.
Bill and Ingrid Shepeluk of Waterbury Center announce the engagement of their daughter, Linnea K. Shepeluk of Jacksonville, N.C., to Philip R. Veazey Jr. of Buford, Ga., son of Joan and Philip Veazey Sr. of Augusta, Ga.
Although not all the votes were in Wednesday morning, Democrats Rebecca Ellis and Tom Stevens held big leads over independent Jerry Mullen for the two House seats in the Washington-Chittenden district. The district covers Waterbury, Bolton, Buels Gore and Huntington.
[Editor's note: Numbers were updated as of press time: noon on Wednesday, Nov. 5.]
Almost 500 students, teachers and staff members from Thatcher Brook Primary School file along Stowe Street last Thursday on their way to Waterbury Congregational Church at 8 N. Main St., in a drill on what might happen if an emergency required the school to be evacuated. Things went very smoothly.
Malayna Johnson goes for the kill as Harwood’s volleyball team competes with Rice.
Josh Olney of Waterbury has earned the Vermont Professional Golf Association’s highest award, Golf Professional of the Year.
Moon the cat, from Waterbury, is featured in the 2015 “365 Cats” daily calendar. It’s his second selection for the feline calendar.
Moon the cat, from Waterbury, is featured in the 2015 “365 Cats” daily calendar. It’s his second selection for the feline calendar.
Moon the cat, from Waterbury, is featured in the 2015 “365 Cats” daily calendar. It’s his second selection for the feline calendar.
Harwood defense corrals a Rice attacker, but Rice came away with a 4-0 victory.
Colin Fennerty kicks past a U-32 runner near the finish of Saturday’s championship meet, giving Harwood a one-point victory.
Harwood’s Shiv Seethepalli goes high to head a ball in Tuesday’s playoff opener against Montpelier.
The Stowe High girls’ cross-country team runs in a pack at the Northern Vermont Athletic Conference Mountain League Championship, hosted by Harwood Union High School.
Harwood's Sam Nishi, who fell early in the race, streaks past North Country's Sam Brunette to win the Northern Vermont Athletic Conference Mountain Division race by one-fourth of a second. Harwood runners are aiming for the state championships on Saturday.
Construction crews install support poles for a solar array off Sweet Road in Waterbury Center. The electricity produced by the panels will be shared by Waterbury’s town and village governments and by the Waterbury-Duxbury School District.
Students and adults join in the International Walk & Bike to School Day in Waterbury.
From left: Incumbents Rebecca Ellis and Tom Stevens, both of Waterbury, and Jerry Mullen of West Bolton.
Jennifer James, a senior at Harwood Union High School, has been selected by American International Sports Teams to represent the United States at the 2015 United World Games for Basketball. Team USA will travel to Germany, Austria and Italy for international competition in June 2015.
Harwood’s Payton Randolph gets into a tangle with Montpelier’s Reed Browning; at right is Ethan Ridell, who won the game by scoring with 39 seconds left.
Mint Julep performs at the American Legion as part of ARToberFest, Saturday, Oct. 18 in Waterbury.
Ragan McMann controls the ball for Harwood during a 2-1 field-hockey win against Spaulding.
Harwood’s Amber Proteau contests a shot attempt in a 1-0 victory over Montpelier.
Jan Gendreau makes the rounds during a two-hour shift as a parking-space checker in downtown Waterbury.
Concrete ripped up under a picnic table in Rusty Parker Park in Waterbury.
Photo via the Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps History
Scott Milne, left, the Republican nominee for governor, and incumbent Democrat Peter Shumlin talk — in separate interviews — with the editorial staff of the Stowe Reporter and Waterbury Record.
Alpenglow performs at 6:30 p.m. at ARToberFest, Saturday, Oct. 18 in Waterbury.
Tim Brick is one of the musicians performing as part of ARToberFest in downtown Waterbury.
Stowe High cross-country runner JJ Clarke races to 13th place Tuesday in a meet at Harwood Union High School, helping his team to a second-place finish.
Stowe Middle School runners compete Tuesday in a meet at Harwood Union High School.
Elaine Mack, 75, who lived in Waterbury for many years, died peacefully at Mayo Healthcare in Northfield on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014.
Construction continues on the sidewalk on Stowe Street in Waterbury.
Architect’s rendering of the new home of Hunger Mountain Children’s Center, connecting the buildings at 121 and 123 S. Main St. in downtown Waterbury. Construction should be finished by next September.
Harwood’s Megan O’Shea takes control of the ball at midfield in a soccer match with Green Mountain Valley School. The visiting Gumbies bested Harwood 4-1.
Harwood girls finished second in the 40th annual Manchester Invitational Sept. 26.
Jerry Seckler moves the ball upfield for Harwood in a weekend match with Green Mountain Valley School. The Harwood boys’ and girls’ teams each came out on the short end of 4-1 scores against the Gumbies.
William John “Billy” Wood of Waterbury Center died Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, of a rapid and consuming depression.
Some of the 22 signs of Stowe Area Association members that are slated for removal on Route 100 between Waterbury and Stowe. Other signs will be removed all over the state.
Olivia Greenleaf moves the ball upfield for the Harwood girls’ soccer team. Greenleaf scored a goal against Thetford. The team hosts Randolph on Friday.
14 Stowe St., Waterbury, VT 05676
This is what the Waterbury Reservoir looked like for seven years after it was drained in 2000 for dam construction work. The 850-acre summer swimming and boating center all but vanished. An argument over water levels could make this view the new reality.
The Waterbury Reservoir’s many swimming and boating possibilities often draw more than 40,000 people each summer to the state park.
Eligha Green of Umiak handles canoe, kayak and paddleboard rentals at the Waterbury Reservoir.
Robin B. Davey, 73, of Waterbury died in the comfort of her home and family early Monday morning, Sept. 8, 2014.
Alice Mary (Morse) Devine, 83, of Burlington, a former Waterbury resident, died peacefully at the Vermont Respite House in Williston, surrounded by her family, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014.
The actual photograph is on the office bulletin board at Village Market, 80 S. Main St., Waterbury. Shari Potter, a cashier, and Lukas Potts, customer service manager, are contacts at the market.
Marion Fraser, DC, has recently opened a new chiropractic practice in Waterbury at 141 S. Main St.
Maggie Kerrin of Waterbury has joined the board of directors of the Good Samaritan Haven in Barre.
Courtesy of Google Earth
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