August 27, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

002p1_xlg.jpg

Green Mountain Motorheads Car Show Comes To Northfield Common

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News
The Green Mountain Motorheads came rolling into Northfield last weekend and put on a car show for hundreds of onlookers. More...

Masonic Auction Is This Saturday!

John Maloney, left, of the Northfield Lodge and Ken Blair of the Waitsfield lodge take a break while getting things ready for Saturday's Masonic auction at John's farm off Cox Brook Road. More...

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...

Click here for all stories

Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DURING SEPTEMBER AROUND THE AREA Northfield Show Extended - Artists Reflect on the Historical Collection of the Sullivan Museum, Sullivan Museum, Norwich University off South Main Street. More...

Click here for all stories

Entertainment

Concert For CERV At Episcopal Church, Friday, September 4

The Northfield News

A Concert for Fuel Assistance featuring works by Handel, Bach, Purcell, Telemann and a few surprises will be held on Friday, September 4 at the Episcopal Church at 7 p.m. More...

Click here for all stories

Editorials

Editorial

Cash For Clunkers Is Over
By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

Cash for Clunkers is over. Whether it was a success or whether it was another government boondoggle depends upon one's point of view. More...

Click here for all stories

Letters

Health Care

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS I AND THE Small Business Council of America (SBCA-of which I am a board member), maintain that our health care system should be kept competitive and to the largest extent possible, private. More...

Government Bankrupt

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS THE TOTAL U.S. obligations, including Social Security and Medicare benefits to be paid in the future, effectively have placed the U.S. More...

Health Care

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS I'M WAITING for the healthcare debate to start. The preliminaries have been spirited and loud, but how about a debate? More...

Click here for all stories

Sports

Blue Devils Have High Hopes For This New Season

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News

Blue Devil soccer is looking forward to the upcoming season with a great deal of anticipation. More...

Norwich Welcomes 60 New Men To Its Football Squad

Norwich Athletics

The Norwich University football team welcomed more than 60 new members to its squad on Saturday morning as the team conducted its annual Football Arrival Day exercises at Shapiro Field House. More...

Northfield High School Cross Country Hits The Road, Will Travel To 11 Meets This Year

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News

Northfield High's Cross Country team has already hit the road toward their upcoming season. They can be found running the five mile loop around Berlin Pond almost every morning. More...

Click here for all stories

Antique and Classic Car Show To Be Added To Labor Day Celebration

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

John Marcotte has announced that an antique and classic car show will be added to the Labor Day Observances this year. Cars from all over the area are being invited to the show which will be held in Kenyon's parking lot. More...

Article

Connie Codling, left, and Bill Langley, commander of the Sons of the American Legion, served lunch to the community last week as a thank you for supporting the legion's benefit dinners and raffles. More...

High School Cross Country Underway!

Northfield Cross Country runners Asa Connor (Left) and Danny Rowe race around Berlin Pond last week in preparation for the upcoming Cross Country season. More...

News

Norwich Welcomes Largest Freshman Class In 30 Years

The Northfield News

Norwich University welcomed a record number of incoming students that are scholarship recipients of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). 121 students arrived last week prior to the rest of the incoming students. More...

NHS Class of '59 Holds 50th Reunion

The Northfield News

Members of the Northfield High School Class of 1959, spouses and guests held their 50th Reunion July 10 and 11 at the home of Barry and Bonnie Chouinard in Berlin. More...

Last Mile Ride Draws 180 Bike Riders, Makes $32,000 For Charity

The Northfield News

RANDOLPH - The 2009 Last Mile Ride - Gifford Medical Center's fourth annual charity motorcycle ride - raised more than $32,000 for end-of-life care Saturday, when motorcyclists from around the state and beyond converged on the Randolph hospital. More...

Click here for all stories

Police Report

NORTHFIELD POLICE REPORT

August 12 1:41 p.m. - Animal Problem - Police responded to Pleasant Street for a report of a loose horse. Police located the horse and chased it back into its coral. 4:53 p.m. More...

Click here for all stories

Features

NEWS FROM THE HILL

By LISA BRUCKEN Norwich University

By Saturday August 29th the Hill will be full again with students as upper classmen are expected back on campus. Civilian students will be settled into South Hall for its inaugural year as a dormitory. More...

Hello From Hollywood!

Inglourious Basterds The Review
By J. ROBERTS The Northfield News

"Inglourious Basterds," a new film directed by the enigmatic but always enthusiastic Quentin Tarantino, opened up in first place at last week's box office. More...

What's On PBS This Week

Vermont Public Television Program Highlights for Aug. 30 to Sept. 5

Aug. 30: Sunday at 2 p.m., VPT encores the two-hour special "The Adirondacks," following the seasons, stories and historical tales of the region. More...

Click here for all stories

House & Home

Home Again

Building a Community Rain Garden
CHRISTINE BARNES The Northfield News

ON A STEAMY August Saturday morning, a small but mighty group of people gathered under a Witness tree in Plainfield, Vermont. They came to build a rain garden. More...

What's Cooking

CCC Dear readers, I do not refer to the Civilian Conservation Corps but
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

The principle is that a cookie or cake layer will absorb a soft filling or syrup and be transformed into a special dessert. More...

Click here for all stories

History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News August 27, 1884 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor Mr. Editor: I met on Main and Central streets in one afternoon last week, six girls dressed (?) in Mother Hubbard dresses, so called. More...

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Compiled by SALLY PEDLEY Northfield Historical Society

A SUITABLE MEMORIAL Green Mountain Heritage, Julia McIntire, researcher and writer. More...

Click here for all stories