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November 5, 2009 / Front Page

Free Recycling Will Still Be Available In Northfield

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News

One week ago the Northfield Recycling Center announced that they would be charging for recycling starting on November 1. But residents and those who choose to use the recycling center still will have an option for free recycling. More...

West Phase Water Mains To Be Completed In About Two Weeks

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News

The west phase of Northfield's water project is proceeding on schedule. The project which includes: Depot Square, Wall Street, Pleasant Street, Union Street and Cross Street is about two weeks from completion. More...

Obituaries

Sarah Jane Savigni Maxham, 41, Educator

WILLIAMSTOWN - Sarah Jane Savigni Maxham, 41, of Port Aransas, Texas and formerly of Williamstown, died Thursday, October 22, 2009, in the Bay Area Medical Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. More...

Beverly Jane Kennison, 70, Caregiver At Mayo

RIVERTON - Beverly Jane Kennison, 70, of Chandler Road, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at the Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin. She was born in Barre, August 22, 1939, the daughter of, Stanley & Lilly Carroll. She attended Barre Schools. 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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Entertainment

What's On PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOV. 8-14 This week's schedule includes several programs in honor of Veterans Day. Nov. More...

Hello From Hollywood!

Our movie man's computer crashed this week but he'll be back with the latest movie reviews as soon as he gets a new one. Editor More...

Arioso To Appear This Weekend

Central Vermont's chamber music ensemble, Arioso, returns with music for piano, voices, and strings: Tschaikovsky's monumental A Minor Piano Trio, duets by Mendelssohn, Handel, and Monteverdi, works by Brahms, Bach and Mozart, More...

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Features

Kids Korner

The Sea Sponge

By S. RIZZOTTO The Northfield News

ALTHOUGH THEY may look plant-like, sea sponges are the simplest of multi-cellular animals. A sea sponge is a bottom-dwelling creature, which attaches itself to something solid in a place where it can, hopefully, receive enough food to grow. More...

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Letters

Uncared for Graves

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS

Recently I was taking a walk in a soccer field behind Norwich University and found a small family cemetery plot in the middle of the field. More...

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House & Home

Home Again

By CHRISTINE BARNES The Northfield News T

THERE IS no more new frontier; we have got to make it here. The Last Resort, The Eagles At St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, it's Monarch mania time. Driving along the refuge's Lighthouse Road, Monarch butterflies float and dance along the way. More...

What's Cooking

By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

IT'S UP TO you, you can buy sauces and toppings, or make them ahead to have fun and cut down the cost. The drinks: soft drinks, wine, or coffee (at least two kinds, or more if you want to feature specialty brands. More...

All About Cabbage

By DIANNE LAMB University of Vermont

The fall season brings with it a taste for vegetables that are associated with cooler weather. One of the most common and versatile vegetables during this season of the year is cabbage which keeps well in cold storage. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News November 5, 1884 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. More...

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Tributes Are Planned In Northfield To Honor Our Veterans

The Northfield News

Both the Northfield Historical Society and Norwich University will be celebrating Veterans Day in a big way this year. World War I ended on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. More...

Teens Serve Up Meals for Seniors at Harvest Dinner

The Northfield News

Last week teens from the Boys & Girls Club of the White River Valley's Northfield Teen Center served up meals, conversation and laughter at the annual Northfield Senior Center Fall Harvest Dinner. More...

Norwich Women Play Softball For Breast Cancer Awareness

Jackie Donahue a Northfield resident and Norwich University Sophomore organized her Norwich women's softball teammates and coach to walk for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer in South Burlington recently. More...

News

BCK Realty and Stowe Realty Merge, Will Now Be Known As BCK Stowe Realty

The Northfield News

STOWE - BCK Real Estate® with offices in Northfield has announced that it has merged with Stowe Realty® The new company will be the largest real estate operation in central Vermont with the largest transaction unit volume market share in More...

Kellogg-Hubbard Library

Tickets are now on sale for the 4th Annual Evening at the Library honoring Chris Bohjalian with special hosts, Ken & Elizabeth Squier. Tickets cost $50 per person for this December 5, 2009 gala which starts at 7pm. More...

Pegasus Players To Present 'Killing John & Wally'

The Northfield News

On Thursday, November 5th, Friday, November 6th, and Saturday, November 7th, Norwich University's Pegasus Players will perform "Killing John and Wally," an original play written by NU English professor Jeanne Beckwith and directed by NU English pro More...

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Calendar

Bells Rang 350 Times In Northfield and Roxbury For Climate Awareness

The Northfield News

At Noon, on Saturday, October 24, in Northfield, nearly 30 residents and a woman visiting from Dallas, TX, gathered to ring bells at the United Church and at St. Mary's and to finish a recycledpaper chain of 350 links. At 3:50 p.m. More...

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DURING NOVEMBER AROUND THE AREA Northfield Through November 11 - The Viet Nam War: A Reflection, Northfield Historical Society presents a retrospective of Northfield men and women who served in the Viet Nam War including four who were killed More...

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Police Report

NORTHFIELD POLICE REPORT

October 21 3:34 p.m. - Citizen Assist Police were request to respond to a local business and notify an employee to contact a mental health professional concerning a significant other who may have been having a mental health crisis. More...

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Editorials

Silly Social Scenes

"They shoot satirists, don't they?"

By Miss Aineeda Lobotomy, Temporary Guest Columnist

EDITOR'S NOTE - Your Editor begins by explaining (though he does not apologize for the fact) that no column appeared last week because the Office Puppy (optimistically named Sampson) chewed same into quarter-inch pieces, devoured same, and then sh More...

My Visit To the Czech Republic & Germany

By SENATOR BILL DOYLE R., Washington County

AFEW WEEKS ago, Representative Carolyn Partridge and myself were invited by the Council of State Governments (CSG) to spend a week in the Czech Republic and Germany at no cost to the state. More...

They Say Newspapers Are a dying Breed!

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

THERE HAS been considerable written lately about the demise of newspapers. The word is that young people don't read them and once the older generation is no longer with us, the medium will be dead. More...

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