April 2, 2009 RSS feed / Features

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Common Talk

Mud Season
By JANE E. BRYANT The Northfield News
Somebody should tell NBC News about Alan and Linda Thurston's project to make a difference. They are asking for our children's tired, unused toys. They will spruce them up and donate them to a new child. More...

Silly Social Scenes

'Satire is what closes on Saturday night.' George S. Kaufman
By MISS LORELEI POPOVER Substituting for Wootton Bassett Poughkeepsie Who was substituting for MR. BIMBLEBURGER

CORRECTION REGARDING ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY - Your (Substitute) Substitute Columnist wishes to correct an unfortunate error that appeared in her (substitute) substitute column of the 19th Ultimo under the heading of "IMPORTANT ARCHEOLOGICAL ANNOU More...

Library Notes

Brown Public Library
By SUE MACMARTIN Brown Public Library

The library has received a surprise donation from the Northfield University Club. The club was active locally for many years, with dinner meetings at area restaurants that included lectures by club members on a wide variety of topics. More...

Ask the Home Team

My clothes dryer is on its last legs. I went shopping for an ENERGY STAR® dryer and I learned that it doesn't exist, because all dryers are pretty similar in the amount of energy they use. More...

Hello From Hollywood!

Monsters v. Aliens
By J. ROBERTS The Northfield News

An homage to movies of the 1950's hit theatres last week like a errant meteor…oh, wait, that's part of the plot of DreamWorks' "Monsters vs. More...

Did You know?

The Origins of Names Named after places in England: Highgate, Westminster, Putney. Named after settlers: Worcester, Manchester, Lowell, Concord, Derby, Woodbury. More...