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February 18, 2010 / Front Page

Brookfield Ice Harvest Is A Tradition That Lives On

It was a beautiful, blue-bird day, with a high of about 10 degrees Fahrenheit. A couple dozen hearty souls braved the cold and came to the ice harvest, stayed through the BBQ, and watched Joan Neely's Siberian huskies run. More...

Second Graders Learn Korean Dance

2nd graders led by a visiting teacher on exchange from South Korea perform for the residents at Mayo Manor. Inky Ung from Seoul has been teaching Barre Town school children about Korean culture and dance. More...

Obituaries

Williamstown Stores Beset By Burglaries Again

A raft of burglaries have been reported in Williamstown. At the Pump and Pantry two masked men broke in only to meet the owner, Sam Adams, who was still there after closing. More...

Todd Lecture Series Kicks Off With Bill McKibben From Middlebury

By MARY COMISKEY The Northfield News

Dole Auditorium was filled to overflowing when The Todd Lectures Series kicked off its new season with Bill McKibben as speaker last Wednesday night. 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, WALKING More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DURING FEBRUARY AROUND THE AREA Barre Through February 20, Art of Action, Studio Place Arts, artists envision the future of Vermont, Main Gallery. More...

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Police Report

Northfield Police Report

February 3 1:28 p.m. - Citizen Assist - Police responded to West Hill Road to take custody of a firearm for a citizen. The complainant did not want the firearm in her residence and she was afraid that it was not working properly. More...

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Editorials

Editorial

Help Save Our Local Schools

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

THE LEGISLATURE seems bound and determined to eliminate our local school districts. The plan is to turn the entire state into anywhere from a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 24 school districts. More...

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Letters

Bill Lyon

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS HAVING SPENT most of my life as a Vermonter in Barre and now for the summer in Roxbury I have to comment on the story concerning the firing of Bill Lyons as reported in you recent paper. More...

State Budget

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS AS OUR STATE struggles with an incredibly challenging economy and very difficult budget decisions, it is critical that these decisions reflect not only the line items in the budget, but also the underlying values More...

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House & Home

What’s Cooking

A Voice From The Past

By PHYLLIS GREENWAY

MY MOTHER was a great cook. (How many of us having a passion for it say that? Most, I would bet!) Haze didn’t have much time for it after the first years of marriage because of the sudden death of my father at 40. More...

The Gardening Guy

House Plants

By HENRY HOMEYER A

ARE YOU FEELING a little fed up with winter? Tired of ice and cold? Well your house plants, I dare say, are probably crankier than you are just now. More...

New Ideas For Asparagus

How About Asparagus Guacamole

University of Vermont Extension Service More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL

125 Years Ago The Northfield News February 19, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

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Some Selects Still Reeling From Public Furor Over Attempt To Fire Bill Lyon

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK & KATHLEEN LOTT

Kenny Goslant lost his temper and started shouting at Chris Bradley during the Selectboard meeting last week. Mr. More...

Mayo Manor Night Of Magic As Cadets Arrive For Annual Valentine’s Dance

By MARY COMISKEY The Northfield News

The night was full of magic for the residents of Mayo Manor. The women were radiant, attired in their finest attire. Each gentleman was handsomely dressed to suit the occasion. Add to the scene, ten Norwich Cadets in their formal dress uniforms. More...

News

Tony Moulton To Leave Boys & Girls Club

Tony Moulton, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club in Northfield has announced that he will take over a new post as director of education and outreach at the Women’s Rape Crisis Center in Burlington. More...

Savings Bank Employees Donate To United Way

Nancy Zorn, left, Executive Director for Green Mountain United Way receives a check for $40,978.56 from Thomas N. Pelletier, CEO of Northfield Savings Bank and Jason Lemery, Credit Analyst for Northfield Savings Bank. More...

Downtown Northfield About 1939

Gib Knapp, chief of police salutes Hilyard Seaver as he’s about to cross Main Street in Northfield about 1939. Note the vault alarm above the Northfield Savings Bank to the left on the white front three story building. More...

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Entertainment

Hello From Hollywood!

The Wolfman Is Back…and Goes Thump the Night

By J. ROBERTS The Northfield News

WHEN ACTOR Benicio Del Toro was a young boy in Puerto Rico, he had a fascination with monster movies, especially 1941’s “The Wolf Man.” While the movie’s poster hung on his bedroom wall and fan magazines fed his appetite, play More...

What’s On PBS

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 21 TO 27 More...

Cape Bretton Fiddlers Come To Chandler March 2 & 3

Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, a married pair of Cape Bretton fiddlers are coming to the Chandler Music Hall in Randolph. Aptly billed as “Masters of the Fiddle” they arrive at the Chandler on March 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. More...

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Features

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...

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...

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