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Amtrak Train Hits Car At Lover's Lane Crossing

By ROB WILLS The Northfield News
An Amtrak train plowed into a car on the railway crossing from Route 12 to Lover's Lane last Thursday, October 30. Viola Partlow, 85, the driver, was not seriously injured according to ambulance personnel. More...

Selectboard Is Looking For Ways to Cut Costs

By KATHLEEN LOTT The Northfield News

Northfield Selectman ratified a resolution opposing the nearly $3,000,000 proposed statewide cuts in highway subsidies to the State's municipalities at the meeting last Monday. More...

Break in the Ice: Bus to Return One Day a Week

The Northfield News

New funding has been obtained for a shuttle bus which can be used by everyone. The bus will run on Wednesdays with specific pick up locations around the village and will run from 9:40 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. More...

Ghosts,Goblins Star At Masonic Kids' Party

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News

Over 200 ghosts. goblins, pirates, princesses, superheroes, a pizza, and even one TV set found their way to the 2nd annual Halloween party sponsored by Northfield's Masonic Lodge, DeWitt- Clinton #15 F&AM, last Friday night. More...

Worship

WORSHIP DIRECTORY

BETH JACOB SYNAGOGUE 10 Harrison St., Montpelier Contact: 229-9429 7 p.m. Friday, 9:45 a.m. Saturday Shabbat Services THE FISHERMEN MINISTRY 571 Route 12 North, Northfield Falls Contact: Steven H. Atherton, 485-7577 10:30 a.m. More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Northfield 5:45 p.m. - Masonic Bingo, Senior Center. Brookfield 6 - 8 p.m. More...

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Police Report

POLICE REPORT

Report provided by the Northfield Police Department

October 22 1:38 p.m. - Parking Problem - Police ticketed a vehicle that was parked in front of the Plumley Armory. The vehicle was protruding into Central Street causing a traffic hazard. Police called for a wrecker to remove the vehicle. More...

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Editorials

We Want to Hear from You

Will We Forget?
By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

IKNOW WE'VE all been noticing that one of the side effects of the stock market crash has been falling gas prices and falling prices for fuel oil as well. It may give us some welcomed relief this winter. More...

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Letters

Happy Clogging

TO THE EDITOR, THE NORTHFIELD NEWS: MY NAME IS Hillary Barcomb and I have been the instructor for the Green Mountain Cloggers Exhibition Dance Team since 1992. Our group is a nonprofit dance organization that raises funds for Vermonters in need. More...

Miffed About Merger

TO THE EDITOR, THE NORTHFIELD NEWS: I'M WRITING in regards to the "From the Con" article by Charles Morse, dated October 23, 2008. More...

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House & Home

What's Cooking

The Missing
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

AH, THE WOODSbeckons, beginning the middle of November into December. Better get all your "Honey do's" done before hand! The hammer will stay quietly on the work bench, the leaking pipe will send off a lonesome drip... More...

Where Do All Those Migratory Birds Go?

By CHRISTINE BARNES The Northfield News

With multiple crises facing this nation and the world, why do fourteen giant white birds matter? Why should we care? Three weeks ago at Dead Creek in Addison, Vermont, the Snow and Canada Geese gathered by the thousands. More...

Onion River Exchange To Hold Harvest Fest

The Northfield News

The Onion River Exchange (ORE) is hosting a Harvest Festival on November 8 at the Moretown Town Hall. It will be a family-friendly event, including a potluck, contra dance lessons, a contra dance, and a silent auction. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News November 7, 1883 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. More...

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Complied by SALLY PEDLEY Northfield Historical Society

The Crier, Vol. 1, no. 10, Summer 1978, Julia McIntire, Editor Another installment from William D. Hassett's Remembrances, dictated to Julia. John P. Davis was the grandfather of Louise Davis Halsted. More...

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Roxbury Election Results

Total Voters President Barack Obama 254 John McCain 99 More...

Northfield Election Results

Total Voters 2434 President Barack Obama 1491 John McCain 867 More...

Kids Parade for UNICEF

Elementary school children and their teachers paraded for UNICEF last Halloween afternoon on the Common. It was the kickoff for the UNICEF trick-or-treating that the kids participated in that night. More...

Organic Farm Hosts Harvest Fest

By ROB WILLS The Northfield News

Chip and Sarah Natvig hosted an afternoon of games, a potluck and general thank you to residents of Northfield at the Pebble Brook Farm of Northfield, owned by Richard and Valerie Williams. More...

News

Turkey Trot Run Set for November 8

The Northfield News

The Northfield Turkey Trot will be held on November 8 with prizes for top male and female runners. There will be a one mile "Gobble Wobble" which will start at 9 a.m. which is open to all ages with special prizes for those aged 12 and under. More...

'Seeds and Stones' Original Kids' Work

The Northfield News

Seeds of change. Seeds of possibility. Seeds of "positivity". These themes are currently being presented in all aspects of American life in an original production of "Seeds and Stones. More...

NSB Gives $1,000 To Child Resources

The Northfield News

Northfield Savings Bank has made a grant of $1,000 to the Child Care Resource program. A spokesperson for the bank said that the resource program is a valuable assistance for childcare providers. More...

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Features

Common Talk

Serious Social Notes
by JANE E. BRYANT The Northfield News

FAREWELL TO the Rev. Canon Lee Alison Crawford. She has been rector of St. Mary's Parish on South Main Street for the past 14 years. Members of Trinity Episcopal in Rutland, VT, have called her to serve their parish. More...

Ex Libris

Book Sale
By SUE MACMARTIN Brown Public Library

ALL ITEMS in the library's Used Book Store will be on sale at half price on Nov. 15th & 22nd from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Hardcover adult books will be on sale for $1 each; paperbacks and children's books will be on sale for between $.05 and $.50. More...

In the Arts

Poetry Project
By JEANNE COOK Paine Mountain Arts Council

THE PAINE MOUNTAIN Arts Council is committed to giving Northfield-area amateurs a chance to demonstrate their talents. More...

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Sports

The Wire

Reflections on the Fall Season
By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News

THE NORTHFIELD High fall sports season has come to a close, so I thought I would share a few thoughts that came to me in my first full season of covering Northfield High sports. More...

Girls Finish Season at 4-10-3

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, last week, for Northfield High girls' soccer. The Lady Marauder booters went into overtime in two playoff games and had two different results. More...

Soccer Men Honored At Norwich

Norwich Athletics

After clinching its second straight Great Northeast Athletic Conference regular season title over the weekend, two members of the Norwich University men's soccer team earned GNAC weekly honors as senior forward Ryan Boyton was tabbed the league's " More...

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