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Shooters Go To National Invitational

Northfield’s Julia Hatch and Dylan Robinson competed in the 13th Annual Palmyra Invitationa rifle tournamentl in PalmyraPennsylvania. More...

Scrag Mountain Music Returns For Series Of Concerts

The Northfield News

Scrag Mountain Music artistic directors Mary Bonhag, soprano and Evan Premo, double bass will be joined by members of “The Declassified” a New York based chamber ensemble devoted to total audience engagement, innovative programs, and the More...

Obituaries

Priscilla Alden Marsh, 90, School Teacher & Mayflower Descendant

Priscilla Alden Marsh, 90, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. She was born in Springfield, MA on February 21, 1921, the daughter of Russell & Ethel (Twining) Alden. More...

Bonny Parker,55, Nurse At Mayo Healthcare

Bonny Parker, 55, died unexpectedly, Friday, January 13, 2012, at her home on Messier Hill. She was born on July 4, 1956 in New Bedford, MA, the daughter of Donald & Alberta (Houghton) Besse. She is a graduate of New Bedford High School. More...

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Entertainment

Silly Social Scenes

By Miss Lepidoptera Gutthwacker

“A Column for the Discriminatingly Indifferent.” More...

Hello From Hollywood

Oscars 2012: The Race Gets Tighter
BY J. ROBERTS
The Northfield News

THE PAST week brought new shifts and perhaps more clarity in the Oscar race with announcement of the 84th Academy Awards nominations and award ceremonies presented by the Directors Guild and the Screen Actors Guild. More...

Silk Road Duo To Appear at the Chandler February 16

Qiu Xia He and Andre Thibault of The Silk Road Duo present China Speaks Your Language, an adventurous encounter of musical traditions at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph in a program for school children and the public Thursday February 16 at 9:30 AM. More...

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Features

Common Talk

Shot in the January Arm
BY JANE E. BRYANT
The Northfield News

The day that the fifth or six Great Ice Storm of 2012 was predicted was the day that report cards were due to be mailed (Friday, January 27). Report Card Hell Week—ah yes, we are familiar with it. More...

Carbonetti To Show Still Lives

Jeanne Carbonetti of Crow Hill Gallery in Chester is the featured artist in the gallery space at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, VT. More...

From The Hill

A PPLAUSE FROM students and faculty members in the foyer of Chaplin Hall Friday afternoon was not quite as vigorous as would be expected under the circumstances. More...

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Sports

Lady Devils Drop Close One To Rivendell

BY BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

Williamstown’s Lady Devils dropped the only game that they were able to play last week. The Girls of the Blue &White fell to Rivendell 40-39 in a heartbreaker last Wednesday night at the Parks Gym and their record slipped to 3-7. More...

Rivendell Takes WHS Boys 75-64

BY BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

The Williamstown Boy’s basketball won one and lost one last week and had one game snowed out. On Tuesday the Blue Devil Boys travelled to Thetford and came home with an impressive 60-39 victory. More...

Kristen Brown Wins Game For Norwich

Kristen Brown Wins Game For Norwich More...

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Les Seaver, Former Savings Bank President Passes Away at 84

The Northfield News

Leslie G. Seaver, former President of the Northfield Savings Bank passed away on January 27, 2012. His family announced the passing of their beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. More...

Unless the lies stop, completion of Common project could be doomed

BY JOHN CRUICKSHANK
The Northfield News

The Northfield Selectboard, following a special meeting on Monday, issued a press release stating that there has been a breakdown in communication between the governing bodies of the town, to wit, the Selectboard and the Village Trustees. More...

News

Gifford To Sponsor Discussion Group For The Chronically Ill

The Northfield News Gifford Medical Center is launching a new discussion group for the chronically ill and their caregivers. More...

NMHS Students Can Receive a Free Introduction to College

BY JERRY CASSELS

The Community College of Vermont offers a course entitled “Introduction to College Studies.” The course is free and prepares high school students for the transition to college. More...

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Worship

Worship Directory

BETH JACOB SYNAGOGUE 10 Harrison St., Montpelier Contact: 229-9429 7 p.m. Friday, 9:45 a.m. Saturday Shabbat Services CHRIST THE REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH not a More...

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Editorials

REPRESENTATIVE VIEW

BY ANNE DONAHUE VERMONT REPRESENTATIVE NORTHFIELD, ROXBURY, MORETOWN R EVISING the lines of districts for state senators and representatives every ten years to meet new population distributions is a mandatory but inevitably unhappy process. More...

Letters to the Editor

Solar Decathalon

It’s a Free Country • Opinions Differ • All Count TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS C ONGRATULATIONS to the students at Norwich University who have just been handed the challenge of the the Solar Decathalon - one of only 20 in the e More...

are the jobs coming back from china?

BY JOHN CRUICKSHANK
The Northfield News

I F YOU REALLY think that the jobs that went to China are coming back to the U.S. any time soon, I’ve got a story for you. More...

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House & Home

What’s Cooking

Old Habits Plus New Ideas
BY PHYLLIS GREENWAY

THE NORTHFIELD NEWS I ’M A MOVIE BUFF….I saw one today where the rather nutty lawyer was sitting at a table with a pile of Oreo’s in front of him, licking out all the filling in the middle. More...

The Gardening Guy

Flower Shows of New England
BY HENRY HOMEYER

Each year I rejoice at the coming of the flower shows - they bring a taste of spring. By the time they arrive I‘m more than ready for blooming daffodils and tulips; I hunger for leafy trees and shrubs – even indoors. More...

Ask The Home Team

My house consists of two bedrooms and a bathroom off of a big, central room. I heat it all pretty well with a woodstove, so I use a lot of wood. I recently saw an ad for a device that recovers waste heat from the chimney and returns it to the room. More...

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History

THE NORTHFIELD NEWS IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL for the Northfield News More...

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