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April 16, 2009 / Front Page

School Budget Passes On Second Try After Protests To Budget Cuts

By KATHLEEN LOTT The Northfield News

With a 453-339 vote a revised Northfield school budget passed last Tuesday, thus eliminating the popular strings program. More...

New Mural For GNCC Facility

Brittany Raper a senior from the STAR program works to complete a mural at the GNCC facility on the Common as part of her school cirriculum with the STAR program. The mural is now completed. More...

Kim L. Jenkins, 68, of East Roxbury Road died Friday, April 3, 2009 in Williamstown from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born in Barre Oct 16, 1940, the son of Horace P.A. and Olive Betsy (Johnson) Jenkins. 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 THE FISHERMEN MINISTRY 571 Route 12 North, Northfield Falls Contact: Steven H. More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 Northfield 5:45 - Masonic Bingo, Masonic Temple, now every Wednesday. Montpelier 1 p.m. More...

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Police Report

NORTHFIELD POLICE REPORT

Police Report Compiled by Chief Jeffrey L. Shaw

April 1 12:12 a.m. - Suspicious Person/ Circumstance - Police responded to a residence on Water street for a suspicious incident. A resident reported that her car had been vandalized in Barre and she knew who committed the act. More...

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Editorials

Representative View

By ANNE DONAHUE Rrepresentative, R, Northfield, Roxbury, Moretown

Obama giveth and the state taketh away," someone commented last week. The drum roll of intended tax increases has begun to emerge from House Committees onto the House floor. More...

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Features

Common Talk

Happy Eastertide

By JANE E. BRYANT The Northfield News

Gloria Holt Maloney wrote in from Northfield Falls to let us all know a bit of what's happening there, and I quote: "Sitting in front of the television and watching Deal or No Deal when a young moose came down along our lawn, walked by the lilac b More...

Hello From Hollywood!

Hanna Montana: The Movie Miley, Music and a Message

By J. Roberts The Northfield News

To adapt a phrase, it's Miley's world; we all just in live in it. 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

URGENT CORRECTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ST, SWITHIN'S DAY PARADE - Your (Substitute) Substitute Columnist regrets to state that last week's item on the annual parade contained one quite small error. More...

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House & Home

What's Cooking

Put Some Mussel Into It!

By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

Mussels are delicious and very reasonable, especially with garlic bread and a nice green salad for a simple supper. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News April 16, 1884 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. More...

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Compiled by SALLY PEDLEY Northfield Historical Society

Dog River Crier, #41, July 1987, Julia McIntire, Editor, and the Northfield News, July, 2006 Arsenio Fernandez was born in 1886, in San Tander, Spain, the son of a hardworking farmer. More...

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Family Fun Day Is A Big Positive for 'Success By Six'

The Northfield News

Northfield Roxbury Success by Six hosted their 11th annual Family Fun Day at the Northfield Elementary School last Saturday and it was by all account, a big positive for all attending. More...

Bombshell In Shaw Case,V CJTC Never Reviewed Evidence Before Decertification

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

The News has learned that the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council [VCJTC] reviewed no evidence and looked at no files prior to voting to revoke Chief Shaw's certification as a police officer. More...

A Moose Is Loose

This moose was frolicking around the fire and police station last Thursday, playing in the river and generally running around the neighborhood on Wall Street. More...

News

Art Awards Given In Stowe Ceremony

The Northfield News

STOWE - Saturday night Helen Day Art Center announced this year's Art Award recipients to a crowd of over 200 people during ARTitude, a benefit house party held at the gallery. More...

VHFA Purchase Limits Raised To Buy Homes In Vermont

The Northfield News

BURLINGTON—More Vermonters are able to take part in Vermont Housing Finance Agency's low-interest mortgage programs now VHFA has approved new income and purchase price limits. More...

Bookstore Owner Speaks To Rotary

Gerard Holmes, owner of Northfield Bookstore since September 2008, spoke to the Rotary Club of Northfield last Thursday night. Mr. Holmes spoke about the experiences and challenges of running an independent bookstore in this day and age. More...

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Entertainment

Catie Curtis, Cheryl Wheeler To Perform At The Chandler

The Northfield News

RANDOLPH - Two gifted New England singer-songwriters take the stage on Friday May 8 when Catie Curtis and Cheryl Wheeler bring their signature acoustic music to Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, Vermont. More...

Chamber Ensemble To Play At Montpelier's Unitarian Church

The Northfield News

MONTPELIER - Vermont's own contemporary chamber ensemble will present music from America's family tree at the Unitarian Church in Montpelier on April 17 at 8 p.m. with a pre-concert discussion at 7:30 p.m. More...

15th Annual Mud Season Variety Show at Chandler

The Northfield News

RANDOLPH - Doggone it…it's mud season again! But you won't have to dig too deep to find the fun at the 15th Annual Mud Season Variety Show. More...

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Letters

Some Angels…and Safety

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS I would like to extend my deepest gratitude and thanks to some angels who took my daughter under their wings a few weeks ago when they found her walking alongside the road after being left by a school bus in a p More...

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