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April 8, 2010 / Front Page

Northfield Christians Celebrate Good Friday

A group of Northfield Christians led by Rev. Paul Hoffman (center in red with cap) from the Methodist Church, pause along the way as the cross is born from St. John’s Catholic Church on Vine Street to the United Methodist and St. More...

The Easter Coloring Book Contest Winners

1st Place - Carrie McKinstry, 5 Age Group 3 - 5 More...

Obituaries

Claire A. Jarvis, 82, Provided Elder Care

WILLIAMSTOWN - Claire A. Jarvis, 82, died Sunday, March 28, 2010 at her home in Williamstown. She was born in Northfield on February 6, 1928, the daughter of Armand & Antoinette (Roux) Hebert. She attended Northfield Schools. More...

Evelyn C. Matheson, 92, Worked In Seniors Companion Program

WILLIAMSTOWN – Evelyn C. Matheson, 92, a former Williamstown Square and Northfield Road resident, died Thursday, April 1, 2010, at the Augusta Rehabilitation Center in Augusta, Maine. More...

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Entertainment

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DURING APRIL 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 April 30, Brian D. More...

Hello From Hollywood!

March Surprises: Dragons and Winners

By J. ROBERTS

THANKFULLY, March didn’t prove to be the total abysmal month for movie as I had lamented about last week. More...

What’s On PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR APRIL 11 TO 17 More...

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Features

Thoughts of an Average Joe

The Great Brandon Fire of 1999

By JOE WRIGHT

FOR NEARLY 20 years, I’ve played bluegrass music with friends from southern Maine. In the early 1990s, we formed a band, Basic Bluegrass, which has toured internationally (we played in Canada once). More...

Common Talk

The First Week of April

By JANE E. BRYANT

FOR THE EASTER celebration, village resident Helene O’Dell and her husband will attend a service at the Resurrection Baptist Church in Montpelier. He is the treasurer and she is the hospitality person. More...

The Wire

Changing Seasons & Familiar Faces - Blue Devil Baseball & Softball

By BILL CRONEY

AS ANYONE who has followed the fortunes of Blue Devil sports for the past few months knows, we started covering Williamstown sports last fall and then continued throughout the basketball season. More...

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Sports

Marauder Boys Get Ready For Baseball Season

Northfield Shortstop, Zach Daley, flips the baseball to second baseman Eli Diebold during a double play drill last Friday afternoon at Memorial park. More...

Maxfield Turns Double Play In 4th Against Suffolk

Norwich shortstop David Maxfield turns the double play in the fourth inning of the first game of last Saturday's doubleheader against Suffolk. The Cadets dropped both ends of the twin-bill to the Rams by scores of 8-1 and 14-0. More...

Norwich Sports Roundup

Norwich Sports Information Women's Lacrosse Mollie Fitzpatrick tallied a game-high five goals to lead the Norwich University women’s lacrosse team to a 10-8 victory over Mount Ida College in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) co More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News 125 Years Ago The Northfield News April 9, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

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Larry Drown’s Criminal Case Set For Trial In October

He Will Receive Some Monetary Help From State

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

Larry Drown’s last hearing on his criminal case for allegedly running down a construction flagger in Northfield was on February 26. More...

Fishing In The Dog River Is Restricted To Catch & Release For Five Years

Bearing Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Wayne Laroche has taken action designed to conserve the wild trout population in the Dog River. More...

News

Phil Scott At The Wayside

Wayside Restaurant owners Brian and Karen Zecchinelli have hosted a campaign fundraiser for Sen. Phil Scott (R - Washington County). Scott, a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and Brian Zecchinelli are cousins. More...

Norwich Concert Band Gives Spring Concert

The Norwich Concert Band gave a concert in the White Chapel. LTC Larry Porter, Director of Bands and Assistant Commandant for the Provisional Battalion was the Conductor. The Concert Band played several spirited selections. More...

Doyle Survey Results In

The Northfield News Senator Bill Doyle has released the results of his 41st annual Town Meeting Day Survey. More...

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Police Report

Northfield Police Report

March 24 10:25 a.m. - Animal Problem - The department was advised of an unleashed black lab that was walking in the Northfield Falls Trailer Park. More...

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Editorials

Editorial

Cap & Tax Another Faulty & Expensive Scheme

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK The Northfield News

We have not been very good stewards of our natural resources. It took millions of years for the Earth to develop coal, oil and natural gas which we have managed to virtually use up over the last 150 years. More...

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Letters

Voters of Northfield & Roxbury

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS THE BOARD and staff of the Northfield-Roxbury Drug Free Partnership are grateful to the voters of Northfield and Roxbury for appropriating $3,000 from the Town of Northfield and $400 from the Town of Roxbury to su More...

Ban On Hospital Advertising

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS More...

Bake Sale

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS FOR THE SECOND year in a row, Northfield Democrats pitched in and held a bake sale to benefit CERV at town meeting day. More...

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House & Home

What’s Cooking

Joyous Eggs

By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

WHO DOESN’T love to watch children on an Easter Egg Hunt. (As long as they don’t treat it as a reflection of late night TV hunter-gatherer fare where the last one standing has the most in his/her basket.) More...

Keeping In Touch

“Lullaby of Birdland”

By CHRISTINE BARNES The Northfield News

REMEMBER THAT catchy tune by George Shearing? Last night in the light of the full moon, a call: “CHIP wido WIDO, CHIP wido WIDO”. A nightjar had set up courtship camp right outside our bedroom window. was 2:30 a.m. More...

The Gardening Guy

HENRY HOMEYER

WE’VE HAD some early warm days and I’m just itching to plant my spinach and peas and other early frost-hardy plants. More...

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