It’s been another amazing year for Down by the Riverside. The popular free outdoor concerts, held Sunday nights at Mayo Park in Rochester, have once again gathered people from all walks of life to ...

Sharon Marovich, Special to the Democrat Jul 2, 2025 Jul 2, 2025 Updated Jul 3, 2025 When the Bird family moved from the midwest to Melones in 1901, it didn’t take 5-year old Milo long to realize they ...

Ever since Ira Allen built sawmills on its banks in 1772, the Winooski River has been the lifeblood of the city that shares its name. Today, attention is again focused down by the riverside, as local ...

Chuck Blattner knows what it’s like for a young person to be inspired by music. "That’s when I kind of bit into music, or music bit into me, back in the early 1960s when the band had a bandshell in ...