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🌱 How do Jack Rowell’s portraits echo Waterbury legend Peter Miller?
Coming up on the Waterbury Patch calendar: Gift Wrapping Session

Good day Waterbury! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How do Jack Rowell’s portraits echo Waterbury legend Peter Miller?
Also on today's calendar: Rhythm on 90 and 1 more event.
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- Thursday: More clouds than sun, with a high of 41 and low of 36 degrees.
- Friday: Becoming very windy; rain, temps: high: 50, low: 19. ⛄️ Brr!
- Saturday: Cloudy; breezy, much colder, with a high of 29 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Face to Face: Jack Rowell's New Book of Vermont Portraits (sevendaysvt.com) — A new photography book by Tunbridge native Jack Rowell captures five decades of Vermonters, echoing the documentary style of late Waterbury photographer Peter Miller. The large-format collection highlights rural life, fairs, and everyday characters across central Vermont, emphasizing authentic portraits over landscapes. Local readers may appreciate how Rowell’s work preserves a changing way of life in the state.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Waterbury
★ Featured events ★
- Gift Wrapping Session
Red Poppy Cakery, 1 Elm St Suite #1, Waterbury
1:00 pm
Saturday December 20
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Other local events
- Rhythm on 90
Zenbarn , 179 Guptil Rd , Waterbury Center
7:00 pm - Rhythm on 90, Wax Panther & Glam Cowboys
Zenbarn , 179 Guptil Rd , Waterbury Center
7:00 pm - PURPLE: A Tribute to Prince
Zenbarn , 179 Guptil Rd , Waterbury Center
8:00 pm
Saturday December 20
Wednesday December 31
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🗓 Events Nearby
- MSMS Concert @ MHS
Montpelier High School Montpelier, VT 05602
5:00 pm - Buche de Noel Class
Red Poppy Cakery , 1 Elm St Suite #1 , Waterbury
6:00 pm - Deborah Rawson Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Deborah Rawson Memorial Library , 8 River Road , Jericho
7:00 pm - Bingo Comedy Show
Charlie O's , 70 Main St , Montpelier
7:30 pm - Winter Solstice Party Ft. The Lost Faculty
Stowe Cider , 17 Town Farm Ln , Stowe
5:00 pm - Winter Solstice Party Ft. The Deadbeats & The Lost Faculty
Stowe Cider , 17 Town Farm Ln , Stowe
6:00 pm - Blind Boys of Alabama
Spruce Peak Arts , 122 Hourglass Dr , Stowe
7:00 pm - Twinfield Boys Varsity Basketball @ Stowe
Stowe High School , 413 Barrows Rd , Stowe
12:30 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Imperial posted a job opening for Retail Service Merchandiser NE in Waterbury. Apply here.
- Trapp Family Lodge posted a job opening for Main Lodge Restaurant Supervisor in Stowe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Waterbury here.
🗞 Nearby News
Stowe
- The Top 18 Best Ski Resorts in the World (veranda.com)
- Jewish communities in Vermont respond to Sydney attack by standing together (mynbc5.com)
- White out: Vermont's tallest peak buried under record-breaking powder (vtdigger.org)
Montpelier
- Former Montpelier teen center will be emergency winter shelter when temperatures drop below 10 degrees (vtdigger.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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