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March 12, 2009  RSS feed

Larry Drown set the tone at the Town Meeting last Tuesday by forcing a secret ballot on the vote for moderator. Then after his candidate lost, Mr. Drown disappeared from the meeting leaving the mantle in the hands of Scott Manning to request a secret ballot on the next issue up for vote. More...

Roxbury voters were clearly interested in the bottom line of Town and School budgets and carefully reviewed every article with financial implications. Voters rejected the proposed $419,677 budget for operation and maintance of town roads and considered a proposal for a $370,000 budget before settling on an interim figure of $390,360. More...

The Vermont Centennial Business Award is presented to Northfield News editor, John Cruickshank by Deb Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State. More...

BANTAMS In the last issue, we reported on Page 1 about the NAHA Bantams. The photo of the team was credited to being courtesy of NAHA. The photo was taken by Sandra Drown. We also reported that the team was going to a regionl tournament in Massachusetts. More...
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...
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Northfield 6:30 p.m. - Conservation Commission meeting, Community Room, Brown Public Library. Berlin 10 a.m. - Daytime Bereavement Support Group, Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, Free, call 223- 1878 for information. More...
RANDOLPH - A bluegrass group featuring twin fiddles, Irish step-dancing, classic country yodeling, old-time clawhammer banjo will appear at the Chandler on March 27. The family bluegrass band Cherryholmes is a family operation. More...
February 25 3 p.m. - Citizen Assist - An officer was asked to respond to a residence on North Street to assist with a landlord and tenant dispute. The parties were advised of the civil court and proper channels to resolve the problem. More...
"Watchmen"
Even before it landed in theatres, "Watchmen" had quite the hype. The film directed by Zack Snyder (2007's "300") and based on the iconic graphic novel about a group of vigilante superheroes by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (published in late 1980s) shows up on 3,611 screens, the widest opening ever for a film with an R-rating. More...
Jasper the Cat, Denizen of Videos and More
On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, Jasper, the well known and much loved Northfield cat owned by Charlie and Ellie of Videos and More, passed away of kidney failure with his family beside him. More...
TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS AS YOU MAY be aware, there was a Special Select Board meeting last Monday to discuss the crafting of a letter from the Northfield Select Board to the VCJTC. The main impetus of this letter was to voice the Town of Northfield's displeasure over being left out of the process which ultimately led to Chief Shaw being de-certified. More...
Flexibility
The more I do research on this column, the more I learn. Not only to be careful with inclusion and amounts of ingredients, (and sometimes "Woops!",) but how recipes differ from one book, and one generation of cooking to another. More...
Reflecting on a Winter Sports Season
The winter sports season has just about come to a close so I thought I would take a look in the rear view mirror and give my reactions to what I thought was a very enjoyable winter. More...
125 Years Ago The Northfield News March 12, 1884 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor One of the most enjoyable events of the season was the ride to Williamstown last Friday by about twenty, mostly of the Neighbor Jackwood Club. More...