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April 22, 2010 / Front Page

GNCC Has New Home In Gray Building

Janis Vilbrin, left, Mike Kew and Junior staff at the Boys and Girls Club, Ryan Gage take part in programs in the new GNCC center in the Gray Building in Northfield after moving from their old meeting More...

Third Graders Delight At Reading

The Brown Public Library presented the “grand finale” to the 2009-2010 RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) program when author and performer Michael Caduto visited the Northfield Elementary Schoo More...

Obituaries

Ruth Elizabeth (Race) Canfield, 109, Taught Kindergarten

Ruth Elizabeth (Race) Canfield, 109 years old, died Monday, March 22, 2010 at Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, Vermont. She was born in Greene, NY, on July 10, 1900, daughter of the late Rodolphus and Delia (Kissane) Race. More...

Vance Santor Smith, 72, Secretary In Guidance Office Of High School

Vance Santor Smith, 72, of Summer Street, died Monday, April 12 at the Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin. She was born November 26, 1937 in Grand Isle, the daughter of Claude E. and Stella A. (Blow) Santor. More...

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Calendar

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...

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Entertainment

Hello From Hollywood!

Summer Movies 2010

By J. ROBERTS
By J. ROBERTS The Northfield News

AFTER TWO MONTHS of disappointing fare at the movies, Hollywood heats things up starting in May for four months with big budget movies, sizzling sequels and a brighter-thanusual line-up of star power in huge anxiously anticipated “notice me&rdq More...

What’s On PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR APRIL 25 TO MAY 1 More...

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Police Report

Northfield Police Report

April 7 More...

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Features

Sullivan Museum Opens Buffalo Soldier Exhibit

The Northfield News

Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center will open a new exhibit, The Buffalo Soldiers, on Thursday, April 22 at noon with National President of the 9th and 10th Calvary Association Trooper Derek Davis. More...

Roxbury Free Library News

By SUSAN D’AMICO
Librarian

ANNUAL GREEN-UP DAY BOOKSALE: Saturday, May 1st , 9am- 2pm. Once again, we will be holding a book sale at the Roxbury Community Hall in conjunction with Green-Up Day events. More...

Thoughts of an Average Joe

I Don’t Mind Roughing It . . .

By JOE WRIGHT

AS MY FATHER likes to say, “I don’t mind roughing it, as long as everything goes real smooth.” Mind you, that’s a relatively new philosophy for Dad. When I was a kid, hunting camp had gas lights and an outhouse. More...

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House & Home

Ask the Home Team

This winter, my dad could no longer manage living alone so we moved him in with us. He ran central air all summer in his old place and he insists he’ll need a window unit in his room here. More...

What’s Cooking

Side Dishes in Italian

By PHYLLIS GREENWAY
The Northfield News

PERHAPS YOU have guessed, that I lean toward Italian cuisine, it can be simple and delicious. I’ll include the Italian titles for fun. These side dishes might give you some ideas that are a bit different than the usual fare. More...

Keeping In Touch

Morgan

By CHRISTINE BARNES
The Northfield News

A wonderful bird is the pelican. His bill will hold more than his belly can. Dixon Lancer Merritt, 1910 More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL
For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News April 23, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

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Larry Drown Says He’s Seeking Help From Feds

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK
The Northfield News

Larry Drown told the News that he intends to file an action in the United States District Court in order to seek a stay of proceedings on the judgment which he suffered recently in the Vermont Environmental Court. More...

Julia Hatch From Northfield Goes To Colorado For National Shooting Championships

By JOE HATCH

This year The USA Junior Woman’s Olympic Shooting Competition was held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. More...

Poll Shows Vermonters Want Nuclear Power

The Northfield News

Readers of the Northfield News on-line were asked how they wanted electrical power to be generated in this state in the future to solve our electrical power needs. More...

News

Norwich University

NEWS FROM THE HILL

By LISA BRUCKEN
Norwich University

THE 2010 ANNUAL Leadership Banquet and Awards Ceremony was held on April 13. Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students, the event celebrates student leadership on campus. More...

Boys & Girls Club Plans Their Annual Fundraising Gala

The Northfield News

The Boys and Girls Club will be holding their 4th Annual Community Gala fundraising event on Wednesday, May 19 at the Milano ballroom at Norwich University. More...

Legion Scholarship Won By Local Girl

The Northfield News

Kelsey Langley of Northfield, a student at Northfield High School, will receive an American Legion Scholarship from the American Legion Department of Vermont. 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...

St. Mary’s Annual Lawn Sale Set To Go Again On May 1

The Northfield News

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Annual Lawn, Porch & Driveway Sale will be held on Saturday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...

Universalists Will Celebrate Earth Day

By DEBRA MALONEY-EVANS

The First Universalist Society of the United Church of Northfield will host the showing of the film, Food, Inc. on Earth Day, April 22, 2010 at 7 PM at the United Church of Northfield. More...

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Editorials

Representative View

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

WE HAVE SENT the infamous “Challenges for Change” bill on to the Senate; this week the major debate will come with the behemoth of a Senate- House bill on health care. More...

Editorial

Moose Don’t Read, But...

By ROSS CONNELLY
The Hardwick Gazette T

THE MOOSE is loose. Well, there’s a good chance the moose could get loose, and no one will notice, if the governor and Legislature continue on their merry way of trying to restrict public access to information, all in the name of saving money. More...

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