I've spent the past several days thinking about open space issues in Waterbury, and stumbled onto an intriguing question: how many acres...

Metro-North has finally added one train each way on the weekends for Waterbury, which means a new weekend schedule. Starting in October, we ...

I'm currently watching the state Department of Transportation's latest report on their plans for rebuilding the highway interchange ...

Here's a snapshot I took at Hamilton Park two Saturdays ago. Flocks of Canada Geese are always a sign of changing seasons.

Every so often, I get to catch a glimpse of an amazing sunrise or sunset in Waterbury. When I lived on Johnson Street, I had a great view of...

Rode my bicycle to the train this morning. I got up half an hour early to make sure I had enough time, but it turns out that bicycling to do...

Today I start using my bicycle to get around town. It's something I've been meaning to do, but until now I've let myself be lazy...

Today, in the very early morning hours, swarms of teenagers were huddled on street corners and in unused doorways, looking chilled (they nev...

It's been some months since I last heard anything about plans for a consolidated transportation center at the train station. In fact, I ...

Now that I have a yard to tend, I've suddenly noticed a new tree that is shooting up everywhere in Connecticut: the "tree of heaven...

For the past couple of months, whenever I've worked in my front yard, I've seen this one grasshopper. I'm assuming that it's...

My latest (and sixth) painting of Waterbury: Next up: Shakespeare in Library Park. Might be a while before it's done, though. Have to fo...

This Sunday, August 10th, at 12:30 p.m., the Immaculate Conception church will hold a special mass by Archbishop Mansell, who will read the ...

It took me a week, but I finally found the results of the chili competition last week at the Waterville Fire House. The Republican-American ...

I'm starting to get blog hits (and real-life questions!) for this, so here's the info: This year's Brass City Brew Fest will be ...

There was a lot of hoopla over the installation of a new cross at Waterbury's Holy Land this June. This is the third cross at that site...

If you pay attention, you'll notice murals all over Waterbury. The North Square area seems to have the largest concentration, varying in...

I've been hearing rumors that there is a special card for the parking meters downtown. If you look at the meters, you can see a slot on ...

After writing about the bird lover on Ashley Street, I heard a knock-knock-knock sound in my backyard and snapped this shot of a downy woodp...

I wasn't able to go to last weekend's performance in Library Park by the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra. The Republican-American ran a...