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Barbara Brayton Is Grand Marshall Of The 2009 Labor Day Parade

By ROB WILLS The Northfield News
Barbara Brayton, director of the Northfield Senior Center, has been chosen to be the Grand Marshall of this year's Labor Day parade. She has a long history of volunteer work in the community. More...

Boys and Girls Club Members Have Summer Fun In Paintball Tourney

The Northfield News

Fifteen kids from Northfield traveled to Colchester Paintball for summer fun sponsored by the Boys and Girls Club of Northfield. More...

Obituaries

Obituaries

The Northfield News

Jessica Lynn Dustin Pettrey, 26, died Friday, August 28, 2009, surrounded by family, at the Vermont Respite House in Williston following a courageous battle with cancer. 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

DURING SEPTEMBER AROUND THE AREA Northfield Through November 11, The Viet Nam War: A Reflection at the Northfield Historical Society Paine House on South Main Street, photos, artifacts, rememberances from Northfield Veterans, computer interact More...

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Police Report

NORTHFIELD POLICE REPORT

August 19 12:56 a.m. - MV Complaint - A local store clerk called to report an possibly intoxicated driver traveling south on North Main Street. The officer was unable to locate the vehicle in question. 7:43 a.m. More...

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Editorials

Editorial

The Lion Is Gone
By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

An era has ended. The lion is gone. Teddy Kennedy, the long time senator from Massachusetts passed away bringing to a close a near 50 year run of some member of the Kennedy clan being involved in the echelons of government in this nation. More...

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Features

Roxbury Free Library Notes

By SUSAN D'AMICO Roxbury Free Library

Do you like to read? Would you like a chance to talk about a book you've read with others in the community? More...

Ex Libris Brown Public Library Northfield

Library Gets New Updated Web Site
By SUE MacMARTIN Brown Public Library

Brown Public Library has a new online presence, thanks to a Web site created by library IT volunteer and retired Norwich University English Professor Floyd Stuart. More...

Book Review

The Northfield News

As some 5,000 recent high school graduates in Vermont prepare to go off to college, it's not an academic question. When their bikes break, toilets clog or cars act up, will they have the ability to put things right? More...

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Sports

VT Tech Is Ranked In Top Ten

The Northfield News

RANDOLPH CENTER — Vermont Technical College this week was named among the top 10 best public baccalaureate colleges in the North by U.S.News & World Report. More...

High School Sports Schedules

Williamstown Middle High School Boy's Varsity Soccer Schedule Williamstown Middle High School Girl's Varsity Soccer Schedule More...

Former Norwich Basketball Coach To Enter Hall Of Fame

Norwich Athletics

Former Norwich University men's basketball standout Paul Stukowski (NU '68) will be inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame, it was announced by the organization last week. More...

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The Hidden Gems of Roxbury

Part 1 of a series by Sue Nevins
By SUE NEVINS The Northfield News

On a chilly morning in late February, smoke curled from several chimneys in the village of Roxbury. The snow-covered scene looked much as it would have 100 years ago. More...

Halsted Trust Leaves Legacy To Fund Labor Day Weekend Celebration Into The Future

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

In February of 2004, Louise Halsted set up a charitable trust naming, among others, the Town of Northfield as a beneficiary. More...

News

Kids Become Firemen As The Roxbury Free Library Visits The Firehouse

By SUE NEVINS The Northfield News

On a recent Tuesday, the Roxbury Firefighters appeared to have six new members all ready to ride off to the next fire, wearing their shiny red chief hats. More...

DMV Finds Web Site That Takes Your Money And Keeps It

The Northfield News

MONTPELIER - The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles learned today of a bogus website asking motorists to register their vehicles and renew their driver's license using a credit card. More...

Fire Station Proposal Is Dead

Larry Hebert To Ask To Have Land Released
By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

Voters turned down the request that the town underwrite the purchase of land from Larry Hebert to build a firehouse. More...

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Entertainment

Cap Cities Announces Concert Line-up For Fall and Spring

The Northfield News

Capital City Concerts celebrates its tenth anniversary season of chamber music in downtown Montpelier, with five concerts taking place September through April. More...

Tom Rush To Appear At Chandler Music Hall September 19

The Northfield News

Singer/songwriter Tom Rush has been touring steadily for decades, and Saturday September 19 he brings that voice and those songs to Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, Vermont. More...

Randolph's 17th New World Festival Set For September 6

The Northfield News

Once again Randolph's Main Street will be the place to be Labor Day weekend as the Chandler presents its 17th annual New World Festival on Sunday September 6. More...

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Letters

AARP Answers

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS ADAY DOES not go by that I don't get a question about the health care debate. AARP members are particularly interested - for themselves, their children and grandchildren. More...

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House & Home

Ask the Home Team

My partner and I are trying to make the house energy efficient and we want to take advantage of offers that are out there. But it's confusing. What's the difference between energy tax credits, rebates, and financial incentives? More...

Home Again

The Last Rose of Summer
By CHRISTINE BARNES The Northfield News

Like the end of a beautiful symphony, the last days of summer roll by, and there is a sense of melancholy, of wistful longing for the long, soft days that are passing before us. More...

What's Cooking

Something Beautiful from the Summer Our Fresh local blueberries will be gone soon So I must include Seaport Mom's Treasured Blueberry Pie
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

Note that this is an unbaked fruit pie that is made very much like the Fresh Strawberry Pie that I gave you in June. The thickened fruit is combined with the fresh and placed in a baked pie crust that is lined with jam. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News September 3, 1884 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor If there is a scarcity of local items this week, lay it to politics. • Dr. Geo C. More...

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