February 18, 2010 RSS feed / Features

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Thoughts of an Average Joe

Potholes and Frost Heaves
By JOE WRIGHT
The snow and ice of winter makes for some treacherous driving at times and, if you've driven on New England roads for long, you've probably been scared to the point of incontinence while behind the wheel. More...

Keeping In Touch

The Last Best Long Walk
By CHRISTINE BARNES

SPANNING JANUARY 22- 25, 2010, this twenty-five mile walk on the Florida Trail was a time of sharing and of building trust. It was a time of laughter, a time of reflection, and a time of gratitude and joy. More...

Silly Social Scenes

“As to his general character, it would not be safe to trust the representations of satirists.” Thomas Babington Macaulay
By Miss Aineeda Lobotomy, Semi-Permanent Guest Columnist

SECRET PLAN TO REPLACE CATCATCHER NYLON – At the Grand Conclave of Municipal Bodies where public outrage forced the boards to rescind their decision to fire Municipal Catcatcher Nylon, Selectman Clinchpoop alleged that there was a plan to r More...

Common Talk

Notes From Readers
By JANE E. BRYANT The Northfield News

APLAINFIELD reader wrote, “Saturday, just after 4 pm, I was driving from Plainfield to Montpelier and in a break in the clouds there was a rainbow but it was in a vertical column. More...

Kids Korner

The African Aardwolf
By S. RIZZOTTO

Introduction: Aardwolves (Proteles cristata) got their name because they live in underground burrows. Aardwolf means earth wolf in Afrikaans, the language used in South Africa. More...

Representative View

By MAXINE GRAD Representative, D, Northfield, Roxbury, Moretown

IHAD THE HONOR and pleasure to visit with Doreen Allen and Wendy Rea of the Merchants Bank during their State House visit on Bankers’ Day. More...