January 21, 2010 RSS feed / News

Daffodil Days Comes Again This Year In March

WILLISTON – For more than 35 years, the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days® program has been making a difference in the fight against cancer and providing hope for those facing the disease. More...

Ex Libris Brown Public Library

I’D LIKE TO use this column to acknowledge some of the many contributions to the Brown Public Library made by Hazel Moot, whose obituary appeared in last week’s paper. More...

Local Man Charged With Check Fraud

Jason Madison, age 33 of Northfield has been cited to appear in the Washington County District Court to answer the charges of theft of service, bad checks, and violating conditions of release. More...

Northfield Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison

Joseph Schmidt, 34, who moved to Northfield in 2004, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison on charges of child exploitation and obscenity. U.S. District Judge J. More...

Selectboard Agrees To Plow Young Road This Winter Only

The Williamstown selectboard, last week, reversed its decision from last year to not plow Young Road. More...

Williamstown Girl To Benefit From Winter Softball Tournament

The Northfield News 107.1 Frank-fm and Freezing Fun for Families are sponsoring the 12th Annual Co-Ed Winter Softball Tournament in Barre on March 5, 6 and 7. This years beneficiary of the tournament is 8 year old Katie Grant of Williamstown. More...

CREDIT CARD COMPANIES TAKING A CUT ON YOUR DONATIONS TO HAITI DISASTER RELIEF

As a massive human tragedy unfolds in Haiti, relief organizations are soliciting credit-card donations through their hotlines and websites. More...

Two Men Charged In Assault Case

Northfield police have arrested Kevin Atwood, 18, and a companion who is a juvenile for assault. Police arrived at a residence on Union Street coming upon a fight in progress. More...

Vermont 50 Plus and Seniors Expo Is In Burlington January 30

Vermont’s largest event for Baby Boomers and seniors, the Vermont 50 Plus and Baby Boomers EXPO, will be held Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. More...

Kellogg-Hubbard Library

MONTPELIER - Jungian analyst and author Dr. Polly Young- Eisendrath will examine the historical, cultural, social, and psychological context of happiness in a talk at Montpelier’s Kellogg-Hubbard Library on February 3. More...

Vermont Landscapes Are Featured At New Gifford Show

RANDOLPH – Rutland artist Ann McFarren will hang her oil and watercolor paintings in Gifford Medical Center’s art gallery beginning Jan. 20. McFarren has painted Vermont scenes, including landscapes and villages, for nearly 40 years. More...

Speaker To Support Maintaining Drinking Age At Twenty-One

An associate professor of health, behavior, and society from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will travel to Vermont to support keeping the minimum legal drinking age MLDA) at 21 and improving laws related to the MLDA. Dr. More...

Cleaves To Have Remote Access To Town’s Computer

Mr. Cleaves said that there is "no difference in security" when he uses remote access or NEMRC does. He said that the doorway through the internet was still there because NEMRC used it to have access to the system. More...

Ainsworth Public Library

REMINDER - SPECIAL BOOKS Several books on deployment have been purchased and displayed for families and children of deploying military personnel. We hope these resources will help with the challenges deployment presents to families. More...