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March 25, 2010 / Front Page

Looking For The Yellow Brick Road....In Northfield?

Dorothy , The Cowardly Lion, The Scarecrow and The Tin Man will be looking for the road to Oz in Northfield this week when the High School presents it's annual spring musical. More...

EPA Approves Dumping Of Dioxin Contaminated Soil In Moretown

Not In Our Backyard Says Vermont Agency

By NATHAN BURGESS

Vermont officials have rejected plans to ship 33,000 tons of contaminated soil to the Moretown Landfill. More...

Obituaries

Richard Bussiere, 73, Pratt & Whitney Engineer

MIDDLETOWN, CT - Richard Bussiere, 73, of Killingworth, CT, died February 20, 2010 at the Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, CT. More...

Adelord William Laprade, 71, Former Marine

WILLIAMSTOWN - Adelord William Laprade, 71, of 4102 Vermont Route 14, Williamstown, passed away on Tuesday, March 16th at his home surrounded by his loving family. More...

Ramona J. Brown

WILLIAMSTOWN - A Funeral Mass for Ramona J. Brown, who died March 4, 2010, was held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, from St. Augustine Catholic Church in Montpelier. 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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Entertainment

Hello From Hollywood!

By J. ROBERTS

AT ITS GRAND Leonard Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented a night with the cast and creators/writers of the acclaimed Showtime series More...

What’s On PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 28 TO APRIL 3 March 28: Sunday at 8 p.m., “Nature: Clever Monkeys” explores love, language, guilt, generosity and more among monkeys. More...

New Exhibit At The Sullivan Museum Features Portraits From Their Collection

By MARY COMISKEY The Northfield News

The Sullivan Museum and History Center at Norwich University has opened a special exhibition Face to Face: An Exhibition of Portraiture from the University Collection. Portraits from the permanent collection were chosen to tell their stories. More...

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Letters

Thanks Firemen

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS WE WOULD sincerely like to thank the Northfield Fire Department for thier quick response and professionalism in regards to our recent fire this past Friday morning. More...

Doo Dad Company

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS IF THERE WERE A COMPANY in Vermont that made doodads, we would be able to track its success. The DooDad Co. like all companies operates on profits. This company is very successful and has sales world wide. More...

Health Care

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS THE US CHAMBER of Commerce has it right that the Senate passed version of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (HR 3590) that is being considered in Congress is flawed and wrong. More...

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House & Home

Ask The Home Team

Our condo association has voted against replacing our windows. The association has given us permission to buy our own but the price is daunting. Is it worth it? More...

What’s Cooking

Dinner at Murphy’s Corn Beef and Friends

By PHYLLIS GREENWAY

ACCORDING TO Joy of Cooking, the title of “Corned Beef” has nothing to do with corn, but got its name in Anglo-Saxon times when a granular salt the size of a kernel of wheat-“corn” was used to process it. More...

The Gardening Guy

Sculpting the Living Landscape

By HENRY HOMEYER

I’VE BEEN LOOKING at my landscape a lot recently. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News March 26, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

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Larry Drown Fined $21,000 & $35 A Day Until Cleanup Done On Wall Street Land

Environmental Court Holds Drown In Contempt
By JOHN CRUICKSHANK

Larry Drown and his co-defendants appeared in Vermont Environmental Court last week in a hearing to determine the fine which should be imposed for violating Northfield’s zoning laws on property at 11 Wall Street. Mr. More...

A Sweet Hobby!

By BILL CRONEY

QUITE POSSIBLY the last place in Vermont that you would look for a sugar house is in the middle of a village. But that is exactly what you will find on School Street in Northfield. More...

Northfield’s Newly Spiffed Up Subway is a Must See!

The Subway on the Common has just completed a major remodeling including new brick walls, new chairs and tables and a clean new look. More...

News

Mona Partlow Wins $50 Drawing

Mona Partlow of Northfield won a $50 gift certificate to Ladder One Grill in the old fire house in Barre. She, along with many others, found St. More...

Chandler Announces ‘Take A Seat’ Campaign As Part of Renovation

RANDOLPH - The Chandler Music Hall has announced its Take a Seat!" campaign, a plan for friends and patrons to help fund finishing touches for the Chandler Centennial renovation and expansion project. More...

Prevention Day Set For April 14

Prevention Day is returning the Vermont Statehouse on Wednesday, April 14, and the Drug-Free Partnership of Northfield and Roxbury, your local community prevention coalition, will be part of the fun. They’re hoping you’ll join in, too. 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. Through March 30, Works More...

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Editorials

Editorial

Let the Sun Shine In

By TOM KEARNEY The Stowe Reporter

This is Sunshine Week in America, a press-organized annual observance to stress the importance of openness in government. Lord knows Sunshine Week deserves some notice here in Vermont. More...

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Features

Thoughts of an Average Joe

The World is full of Stupid Drivers

By JOE WRIGHT

IS IT JUST ME or are there more stupid drivers on the road these days? I don't drive all that much. It's about five miles from my home to my workplace, so you'd think I could negotiate those ten miles a day without wanting to take a life. More...

Representative View

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

THERE ARE SIX weeks left in this legislative biennium, with long days on the floor voting on bills and squeezing in committee time to review bills coming from the Senate. More...

Common Talk

On the Common last Friday morning, So Long to March

By JANE E. BRYANT The Northfield News

THE YEAR HAS gone round and the light has come back. Some residents have reported feeling discombobulated by the changes in light at the beginning and ending of a day when there is still snow on the ground. They were not, however, complaining. More...

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