July 9, 2009 RSS feed / Features

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It's Happening in Williamstown

Sidewalk Construction On Ballot In August
By KATHLEEN LOTT The Northfield News
Williamstown voters will be voting in August whether or not to authorize spending about $44,460 to build a sidewalk along Route 14 from Burrell Roofing Storage to the industrial park and to release funds from the fire fighting equipment fund to pur More...

In Your Backyard

Eight Legged Creatures
By S. RIZZOTTO The Northfield News

I have recently noticed a rather stifling array of spiders out and about in the last few weeks, from the Jumping spider, to the Brown and beautifully colored Barn spiders. More...

Silly Social Scenes

'Satire is what closes on Saturday night.' George S. Kaufman
By Miss Dysflexia Pamplemousse, Substituting for Miss Lorelei Popover, Who Was Substituting for Wootton Bassett Poughkeepsie, Who Was Substituting for Mr. Bimbleburger

EDITOR'S NOTE - Your Editor regrets the nonappearance of Miss Popover's column last week, but as she was speeding down the west side of southerly North Main Street on her velocipede in the direction of the newspaper office bearing her column clutc More...

Reflections From Pool Side

The Art Of Summer Mowing
By REID WOBBY The Northfield News

As we move into the dog days of summer, we hope that the everyday forecast of rain, rain, heavy rain, thunder showers, and more rain will make way for the blazing heat and sunshine that we have all grown accustomed to associating with summer. More...

Hello From Hollywood!

Public Enemies
By J. ROBERTS The Northfield News

From the opening prison escape scene, it is quite evident that "Public Enemies," directed by Michael Mann ("Miami Vice," "Ali" and "The Insider"), is a film of great style and not as much substance. More...

What's On PBS This Week?

Vermont Public Television Program Highlights for July 12 to 18: July 12: Sunday evening offers two programs for cooling off while learning. More...