July 23, 2009 RSS feed / Features

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Common Talk

Willie, Mellencamp & Bob Dylan in the Rain
By JANE E. BRYANT The Northfield News
In May when the Flynn announced the Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp "all-star, once in a lifetime" concert at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds on July 17, I charged three tickets in a side aisle Silver Section Q 1, 2 and 3. More...

Hello From Hollywood!

(500) Days of Summer Boy Meets girl & falls in love, girl doesn't really.
By J. ROBERTS The Northfield News

DESTINED TO be one of the more original, unpredictable romantic comedies like 2007's "Juno," "(500) Days of Summer" is an anti-traditional film of that genre, the obvious being that it's told through the male point-of-view and things don't always t More...

What's On PBS This Week

Vermont Public Television Program Highlights for July 26 to Aug. 1: July 26: Sunday at 2 p.m., "Great Performances at the Met" presents "La Sonnambula" from the Metropolitan Opera. More...

Reflections From Pool Side

Annual Veterans' Run
By REID WOBBY The Northfield News

As my dad and I sped off up the hill away from the American Legion and towards the interstate, three words that very clearly defined my mood at that moment were hungry, tired, and upset. More...

Ex Libris

The Brown Public Library
By SUE MacMARTIN Brown Public Library

WHAT DO YOU know about the internment of Japanese Americans during WW II? More...

Roxbury Free Library

Roxbury Kids Create Great Stuff

A dozen children and their parents turned out for the library's first summer reading event. Potter Deborah Van- Ness read about clay and provided materials for creation of many marvelous pieces, More...

Have A Laugh On Us

Submitted by Roger LeClair

A curious fellow died one day and found himself waiting in the long line of judgment. As he stood there he noticed that some souls were allowed to march right through the pearly gates into Heaven. More...

Silly Social Scenes

'Satire is what closes on Saturday night.' George S. Kaufman
By Miss Dysflexia Pamplemousse, Substituting for (and Greatly Surpassing) A Whole Bunch of People

GOSSIP AND SO FORTH - This newspaper's gossip columnist, Missus Waldemar Gobspittal, being under extended suspension for insulting the office dog, is enjoying her leisure hours at her late husband's princely estate on the southeast corner of the n More...