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Northfield Voters, Not In A Mood To Throw People Out Of Work, Retain Delinquent Tax Collector

By KATHLEEN LOTT The Northfield News
With approximately 120 citizens in attendance at this year's annual town meeting, Northfield's general fund budget was amended upward by about $22,030 and voters rejected transferring delinquent tax collection responsibilities to the town manager. More...

Williamstown High Schoolers Walk 6.8 Miles To Attend Game

The lead section of a group of nearly 40 Williamstown High School students who walked the 6.8 miles from their school in Williamstown to the Blue Devil Boy's Div. More...

Obituaries

James F. Matheson, 58, Vietnam Veteran

James F. Matheson, 58, died Monday, March 1, 2010, at the Fletcher Allen Medical Center in Burlington. He was born in Northfield on August 14, 1951, the son of Daniel & Freida (Ryan) Matheson. He attended Berlin schools. More...

M. Jan Gray Micks, 88, Early Environmentalist

M. Jean Gray Micks, 88, long time resident of Turkey Hill Road, died Friday, February 19, 2010 at Mayo Healthcare in Northfield. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 31, 1921, the daughter of Harold & Marion (Allen) Gray. More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DURING MARCH AROUND THE AREA

Montpelier Ongoing, Sculpture Exhibit featuring the works of Leila Bandar, Kat Clear, Chris Curtis, David Tanych and Denis Versweyveld, Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden. Barre Through April 17 – Studio More...

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Police Report

Northfield Police Report

February 24 8:53 p.m. - Traffic Hazard - Police responded to a report of wires in the roadway. Police responded and were met by a work crew from Green Mountain Power who was in the process of investigating the problem. More...

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Editorials

Correction

On the front page in the March 4 edition of the News, we spelled Marcia Matheson’s name as ‘Mattison’ under the caption of the photo at the Northfield Historical Society dinner. We sincerely regret the error. More...

Public Records Should Be Open!

By ROSS CONNELLY
The Hardwick Gazette

VERMONT STATE law gives people the right to see public records concerning matters conducted by public bodies. More...

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Letters

Hooray For Our Volunteer Firemen

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS RECENTLY, I had a fire in my wood stove chimney. I was home alone, as my husband was away on business. More...

Health Care

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS NO ONE IS better at dividing our country than our government. Our political parties, Democrat and Republican, are equally responsible. I know that disagreeing with Mr. More...

Double Standard

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS ARECURRENT SUBJECT dominating the news landscape is the exposure of ongoing failures in relationships, high profile affairs, womanizing and sexual addictions. More...

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House & Home

What’s Cooking

Pie Thoughts from Past and Present
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY
The Northfield News

WITH PIE MAKING, there are few constants and lots of variations, and I’m just talking about the crusts! More...

Keeping In Touch

Whooper Society
CHRISTINE BARNES
The Northfield News

EARLY IN THE lives of this recovery population of Whooping Cranes, social hierarchy is determined and adhered to within the cohort. More...

The Gardening Guy

Spring Chores
By HENRY HOMEYER

HERE IT IS MARCH, already. The old timers maintain that March is the time to put wood ashes on the lilacs. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News March 12, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

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AND THE NAYS HAVE IT!

Roxbury voters raise hands to reject an amendment that would have reduced an allocation for the senior center building from $2,000 to $1,800. Moments later, they passed the $2,000 budget item. More...

Visiting Neighbors!

Rose Audett, right, visits with a local couple as goldie, the cat, looks on following the recent snow storm in Northfield. More...

Sixth Grader Evan Warner Wins Kaleidoscope Prizes

Sixth grader Evan Warner of Northfield took the best prizes in the Kaleidoscope of Talent in Barre last weekend. More...

News

Working To Conserve Town’s Water Land

By JANE E. BRYANT
The Northfield News

Larry Garland is still pursuing his life lifelong interest in conservation, now as a member of the Northfield Conservation Commission. A graduate of Cornell, Mr. Garland lives in Northfield Falls, and is a retiree of Vermont Fish and Wildlife. More...

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCMENT

MARIANO - KREMPA

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mariano of Northfield are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Tom Mariano, to Missy Krempa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Krempa, of Johnstown, NY. More...

GNCC Gets $600 From Merchants Bank

The Merchants Bank Foundation has approved a grant for $600 in support of the GNCC youth evening activities. More...

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Entertainment

Hello From Hollywood!

Oscars Show 2010: The Good, The Bad and the…Indifferent
By J. ROBERTS
The Northfield News

THE RED CARPEt has been rolled up as the “best of the best” for film in 2009 was announced at last Sunday’s Oscars telecast. Co-hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, the show came in at about 3 ? More...

What’s On PBS

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 14 TO 20 March 14: Sunday at 6 and 7:15 p.m., back-to-back episodes of the BBC’s “Lark Rise to Candleford” tell of late-19thcentury life in an English market town a More...

Green Mountain Youth Symphony Waltz Night Is Evening Of March 13

The Northfield News

The Green Mountain Youth Symphony will present its first annual Waltz Night on Saturday, March 13 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the auditorium of the Montpelier City Hall. The auditorium will be transformed into a Viennese ballroom for the evening. More...

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Features

Representative View

By ANNE DONAHUE
Representative, R, Northfield, Roxbury, Moretown

IT WAS A DELIGHT to see folks this past week at Town Meeting, and in particular to be able to put faces to email messages. Keep the messages coming; it is invaluable to have a sense of the issues and concerns that are of the greatest urgency to you. More...

Thoughts of an Average Joe

The 35th Annual Smalltown Boys Ice Fishing Extravaganza
By JOE WRIGHT

PEOPLE WHO complain that baseball is a slow moving, boring sport have never been ice fishing. More...

Ex Libris

Brown Public Library

FREE TALK, Preserving Personal & Family History using Oral History techniques Date: Thursday, March 11th Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Brown Public Library, Northfield Cost: FREE More...

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Sports

Williamstown Blue Devils Are Division IV State Champions

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

Dreams can come true! More...

Cadets Dispatch Babson 4-1 To Take ECAC Championship

Norwich Sports Information

The No. More...

Crumb’s Corner

Hannah Kearney, a Blimp and Walleyes
By DICK WOBBY

WELL I DID IT! Friends, Neighbors and fellow Reporters think I take this vocation as a joke, just a passing fling to be thrown away when throwing is relevant. But I did it, I scooped the big dogs! More...

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