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Our Own Mary Corrigan Gets National Recognition

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News
A Northfield Middle High School teacher was named as one of the nation’s top ten teachers by a national TV show. More...

Northfield Village Pizza Steps Up to Support Local Drug Free Youth Program

The Northfield News

Kosta and Marcy Makris, owners of Northfield Village Pizza have generously been supporters of the Drug Free Partnership’s GO! (Guys Only) Program. More...

Obituaries

Mildred Ellen Orton, 99, Mail Order Pioneer, Co-Founder of the Vermont Country Store

WESTON - Mildred Ellen Orton, who co-founded The Vermont Country Store with her husband Vrest in 1946, died on May 6th at her home in Weston where she had lived since 1936. 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 MAY 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. More...

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Editorials

Representative View

By MAXINE GRAD
Representative, D, Northfield, Roxbury, Moretown

AT THE TIME of writing this, we are still in session, getting close to adjournment. I am pleased to say we passed some very good bills last week. Here are some of the highlights. S.280: Highway Traffic Safety More...

Common Talk

Northfield and Kansas
By JANE E. BRYANT
The Northfield News

SO MANY people throw blue beer cans out their vehicle window that the roadsides are littered with metal confetti. More...

Thoughts of an Average Joe

Where’d This Tattoo Come From?
By JOE WRIGHT

DID YOU EVERY wake up with a headache and some new body art? Me neither . . . honest. I was just wondering about you. This isn’t about me, is it? More...

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Sports

Hannah Blackmer Named To NEWMAC Team 2010

The Northfield News

Hannah Blackmer, 2008 Northfield High School Graduate, was recently named to The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Team for 2010. More...

Marauder Boys Travel To Florida For Spring Training

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

The Northfield Marauders kicked off their 2010 season with their 14th consecutive spring training trip to Cocoa Beach, Florida for seven days of intense practice and scrimmages to prepare for the upcoming season. More...

Fish & Game Stocks Local Rivers With Trophy Trout

The Northfield News

Vermont’s “Trophy Trout” stocking program for 2010 will include seven river sections and 33 lakes and ponds receiving the two-year old trout, some over 18 inches long. More...

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Roxbury Takes the Spirit of Green Up Day to a Higher Level As Town Turns Out

By SUE NEVINS
The Northfield News

It started out as a cloudy Saturday morning. The West Hills were quiet, except for chatter of songbirds, happy to be back home. More...

4th Graders Plant Bulbs To Beautify Elementary School

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

The students from Mrs. Cogbill’s Fourth Grade class at Northfield’s Comiskey School learned about two types of bulbs last Friday afternoon. More...

News

Renowned Engineering Author & Teacher To Become Dean of Crawford School At Norwich

The Northfield News

Norwich University officials have announced a new dean for the school of engineering. He will be Saeed Moaveni, Ph.D., P.E. More...

Everyone Is Invited to “Socializing (Safely) on the ‘Net” May 19th

By Margaret Snelgrove

Do you or members of your family use the Internet? Do you know someone who spends a great deal of time on sites like Facebook or Twitter? Are you concerned about identity theft, scams, or online predators? More...

Norwich University Cadets Review with Retreat & Change of Command

By MARY COMISKEY
The Northfield News

The Cadets at Norwich University held their end of the year review parade with retreat and a change of command. More...

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Entertainment

VSO To Feature Yo Yo Ma During New 2011 Season

The Northfield News

BURLINGTON –Jaime Laredo, music director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, has announced the VSO 2010-2011 Masterworks series schedule, including a closing concert featuring world-renown cellist Yo- Yo Ma on April 30, 2011. More...

Hello From Hollywood!

The Journey to Getting a Film Made in Hollywood
By J. ROBERTS
The Northfield News

THERE’S A MAXIM in Hollywood that films are not made, but are forced into existence. “Back on Book,” a comedy screenplay about the car dealership business written by Ryan Katzenbach, has all the back-story to prove the maxim true. More...

What’s On PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR MAY 16 TO 22

May 16: Sunday at 7 p.m. on the new season of “Globe Trekker,” Ian Wright goes to Nepal, visiting a National Park and Buddhist monasteries. More...

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House & Home

What’s Cooking

Lunch With Friends
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY
The Northfield News

DEAR FRIENDS were stopping by on their way to camp this Saturday. We see them in hockey season, and a bit during the summer, but the times are all too few. More...

Home Again

Are Honey Bees a Keystone Species?
By CHRISTINE BARNES
The Northfield News

MULTIPLE SOURCES define a keystone species as one whose role in an ecosystem, given its biomass and/or population, has a greater than expected impact on the other organisms within the community. More...

The Gardening Guy

I’m Not Martha
By HENRY HOMEYER

IHAVE LOTS of coffee table books on garden design, each with glossy photos and a subliminal message: this is the way it’s supposed to be. But I am, at heart, a plant collector – and a bit rebellious. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL
For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News May 14, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

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