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Ryan Gage, Northfield Boy, State Finalist For Youth Of The Year

The Northfield News
Ryan Gage was 1 of 5 finalists for the Youth of the Year award from the Boys and Girls Club. More...

Microcheck Awarded Exciting Contract With Applied Biosystems

By ROB WILLS The Northfield News

Microcheck has been in business here in Vermont for 21 years and has just signed an exciting contract to collaborate with the global company, Applied Biosystems, said Susan Sinclair, CEO. More...

Obituaries

Wayne W. Sprague, 58, Painter and Paperhanger

The Northfield News

Wayne W. Sprague, 58, died peacefully in Northfield with his family at his bedside on April 7, 2009. He was born September 19, 1950 in Danbury, Connecticut, the son of Albert & Elizabeth (Fox) Sprague. 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. Atherton, 485-7577 10:30 a.m. More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALL MONTH Montpelier 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. More...

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Police Report

NORTHFIELD POLICE REPORT

Compiled by Chief Jeffrey L. Shaw:

April 8 7:17 a.m. - Citizen Assist - A citizen called requesting an officer because another citizen was on his property and he wanted him to leave. The officer was called out and he responded to the Stony Brook Residence. More...

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Features

Kids' Korner

The kids at the Roxbury Elementary School wrote the following essays on drugs and alcohol: Drugs and Alcohol By: Garrett Bean In Guidance class I learned that drugs and alcohol can be very expensive, affect your loved ones and your life More...

Common Talk

Being Around The Common
By JANE E. BRYANT The Northfield News

The Common is often a busy, busy place. Monday there is not as much activity since a couple of businesses are closed, but things speed up as the week progresses. More...

NEWS FROM THE HILL

By LISA BRUCKEN Norwich University

The weekend of April 17-19 was special for members of the 2010 Junior Class of the Corps of Cadets. The Junior Ring retreat parade and ceremony were held on April 17th and the traditional ball on April 18th. More...

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Sports

Cadets Take UVM Catamounts 12-10 in Men's Rugby Scrimmage

Norwich Athletics

The Norwich University men's rugby team hosted Vermont in an early spring scrimmage, and it was the Cadets coming away with a hard-fought 12-10 victory over the visiting Catamounts. More...

Norwich Beats Both St. Mikes and Middlebury in Women's Rugby

Amanda Plachek, a Norwich Junior on the Women's Rugby team leads her team mates and down the field in a double header last Saturday when Norwich beat St. Mikes before taking Middlebury. More...

Norwich Men Fall To MIT 11-5 In LaCrosse Challenge

Norwich Athletics

Dylan Roden scored a gamehigh five goals, and Neil Zimmerman had one goal and a gamehigh three assists to help lead MIT past Norwich, 11-5, in a Pilgrim League men's lacrosse game Wednesday afternoon at Howard Field. More...

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Car Fire Quickly Extinguished

Jeff Martin Jr was taking parts off the car to prepare it for towing to the junkyard. Something sparked and the car exploded into fire which caught fire to tires which were stacked next to the vehicle. More...

Local Realtor Hosts Food and Supply Bank For Animals In Need

By ROB WILLS The Northfield News

Sambel Realty may first appear as any real estate office with desks, chairs, computers, a fax machine and walls covered with photos of people finding their first homes. More...

News

NU Celebrates Quadricentennial of Discovery Of Lake Champlain

By MARY COMISKEY The Northfield News

Ben Levine's documentary: Reveil-Waking up French: The Repression and Renaissance of the French in New England produced in 2002 was presented as part of Norwich University's Spring 2009 International Film Series. More...

Local Woman Is Vermont Travel Person of the Year

The Northfield News

MANCHESTER - Sue White of Northfield, assistant to the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing was awarded the annual prize by the Vermont Travel Industry Conference this year at the Equinox in Manchester. More...

VTC Students Recommendations Made To Selectboard and Trustees

By KATHLEEN LOTT The Northfield News

Cold mix asphalt and a polyethylene culvert were some of the cost saving measures Professor Albert Robitaille's class from Vermont Technical College's, or VTEC, Tech Civil and Environmental Department presented to members of both the Selectmen and More...

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Editorials

Representative View

House Judiciary Committee Work
By MAXINE GRAD Representative, D, Northfield, Roxbury, Moretown

My committee work was the subject of quite a bit of media attention as "sexting", the transmission by a text message of nude or indecent photographs drew media and public attention as we received S.125 from the Senate. More...

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Letters

State Employees

TO TH EEDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS Governor Douglas's proposal regarding state employees is destructive. Weighing the tax deficit on the backs of employees yet again isn't smart or productive. More...

State Parks

TO TH EEDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS Spring is in the air and the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation is preparing to welcome you to your state parks for another spectacular season. More...

Milk Prices

TO TH EEDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS While it is recognized that markets fluctuate, our need for a milk market finds us producing for some that are volatile. More...

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House & Home

What's Cooking

Let's Do Lunch "A Favorite"
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

Quiche Quiche is simple, you begin with a pie shell, then line it with some cheese, add saut More...

Keeping In Touch

Migration (Again)
By CHRISTINE BARNES The Northfield News

Phenology is the study of recurring plant and animal life cycles, the timing of natural events, and how they are influenced by seasonal and climate variations. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News April 23, 1884 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor After the first of June next it will be a crime to manufacture oleomargarine in New York. More...

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Compiled by SALLY PEDLEY Northfield Historical Society

Green Mountain Heritage, Julia McIntyre, Researcher and Writer. "The influx of the Irish to work on the railroad in the 1850's brought a dramatic change in the social and ethnic make-up of Northfield's people, as well as economic change. More...

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