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January 29, 2009 / Front Page

Norwich Kicks Off Relay for Life to Benefit Cancer Survivors

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News

Cancer survivors, friends and family members of those who have suffered the dreaded disease gathered at the Wise Student Center on the campus of Norwich University last Wednesday to kick off the American Cancer Society's annual "Relay for Life. More...

Village May Spend Additional $7 Million For Water Upgrades

By KATHLEEN LOTT The Northfield News

The Village Trustees last week opted to make the next two phases of the water project "shovel ready" in anticipation of increases the Federal government, through Rural Development, would make in paying part of the costs. More...

Veterans' Place Official Answers Questions At Selectboard Meeting

By KATHLEEN LOTT The Northfield News

No sex offenders, arsonists, or those convicted of physical violence will be admitted to Veterans' Place transitional housing program Northfield residents were told last week at a special community informational meeting. 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. More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 Northfield 5:45 p.m. - Masonic Bingo, Senior Center. Brookfield 6 - 8 p.m. More...

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Entertainment

Paine Mountain Art Show Gets Raves from Town

By MARY COMISKEY The Northfield News

A large and appreciative crowd of more than 250 attended the reception for the opening of the Fourth Annual Paine Mountain Art Show. Northfield residents and guests raved about the display of art works from many local artists. More...

Winter Fest Will Return to Lotus Lake

The Northfield News

Paula Gills, the folk singer from Northfield will sing at Lotus Lake Discovery Center's Winter Fest. Winter Fest is an annual event at Lotus Lake in Williamstown on February 7. Paula will be singing from Noon to 1 p.m. More...

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Features

Common Talk

Good Neighbors

By JANE E. BRYANT The Northfield News

JUST WHEN I was thinking of deleting this column's commontalk@trans- Jv i d e o . n e t address because no one had used it lately, this report came in from Nancy E. More...

Silly Social Scenes

'Satire is what closes on Saturday night.' George S. Kaufman

By WOOTEN BASSETT POUGHKEEPSIE Substitute Columnist

LETTER FROM THE WHIG 19 MINUS 1 - As the smoke-signal delivery system has come a cropper, owing to the temporary incapacity of the receiver (and, one is forced to admit, to the somewhat uncertain hands of the sender), More...

FROM THE HILL

By LISA BRUCKEN Norwich University

Rick Van Arnam, a Northfield resident and Associate Vice President for Development, is leaving Norwich to serve full-time in the Vermont National Guard. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News January 30, 1884 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor Singing school goers tell of an enterprising young man who employs the recess in trying to dispose of a winter's stock of kittens. More...

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Compiled by SALLY PEDLEY Northfield Historical Society

The Dog River crier, #55, 1992, Julia McIntire, editor "The Northfield News "A great contribution to the cultural and social life in Northfield is its local paper, the Northfield news. More...

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Pix Gallery

Catamount Health

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS AS OF LATE I've been hearing that in order to help negate a portion of the State's financial deficit, cuts to Catamount Health are being considered. More...

Veterans Place Lacks Answers

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS AT A SPECIAL SELECT Board meeting last Monday night, Mr. Sandy Combs, president of the proposed Veteran's Place, opened his presentation to an audience of roughly 25 Northfield residents. More...

Falls Ice Rink

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS IFIND IT TO be disheartening that people would assume that a certain person that has happened to have spent a lot of time and money on a program and has strived to be successful. More...

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Photo

Joan Neeley and her team of Siberian huskies run across the Lotus Lake Discovery Center in Williamstown which hosts its Winterfest on Saturday, February 7 when the sled dogs can be seen and dogsledding can be viewed by all who visit the lake. More...

Police Find Marijuana Growing in Pearl Street House, Two Arrested

The Northfield News

Local police have arrested two suspects following an on going investigation into a marijuana growing operation on Pearl Street. More...

Annual Paine Mountain Art Show Kicks Off

The Annual Paine Mountain Art Show was kicked off last Friday night with a reception which was enjoyed by a large number of people who gathered in the Community Room at the Brown Public Library and Paine House to celebrate the grand opening. More...

News

VSECU Makes Food Bank Donation

The Northfield News

The choices that an increasing number of Vermonters face are difficult. According to the Vermont Foodbank, 33 percent of those who visit the Foodbank find themselves choosing between buying food and paying the rent or mortgage. More...

Snow Sculpture Competition Will Be At The Front Of Barre's Aldrich Library

The Northfield News

Barre has been home to many legendary stone carvers over the years and for the second year, Barre will be home to another type of sculptural legacy: the Snow Sculpture Competition scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at a variety s More...

Norwich University To Hold Forensic Crime Science Symposium

The Northfield News

Norwich University will host its second annual CSI Symposium on Jan. 29 - 30, a series of six lectures by forensic scientists on a range of topics covering the roles of science in crime investigations. More...

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Police Report

NORTHFIELD POLICE REPORT

January 14 10:20 p.m. - MV Complaint - Police were advised of a wounded young deer on Water Street near Terry Hill Road within the Town of Northfield. More...

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Editorials

Representative View

By MAXINE GRAD Representative, Northfield, Roxbury, Moretown

1. My Committee Work a. Sex Crimes/Community Safety. My committee, House Judiciary started taking testimony on the omnibus sex crime bill that I worked on this summer. The Senate is expected to pass it any day now. More...

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House & Home

Pruning Those Plants While Still Dormant

By DR. LEONARD PERRY University of Vermont

Eager to get back in the garden? If you have trees and shrubs, those "warmer" days of winter are a good time to prune many of them while they are still dormant. More...

What's Cooking

Return To Ebbets Field

By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

When I was about 10 my mother's "gentlemen friend" took us to see the Brooklyn Dodgers play. We were living on the Jersey Shore then, but both my grandmothers had lived in Brooklyn earlier in their lives. More...

Keeping In Touch

The Inauguration

By CHRISTINE BARNES The Northfield News

Hope springs eternal in the human breast (Alexander Pope, c. 1700). And so it is with us all in this New Year, with a fresh, new government in Washington, in this extraordi- nary and beloved nation of ours. More...

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