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Northfield Citizens Remember Veterans On Memorial Day

By MARY COMISKEY
The Northfield News

Memorial Day marks the beginning of the summer season. Families get together to enjoy the first cook-out, to open camp, or enjoy the first camping trip. There is so much to celebrate here in America. We are free to choose how to enjoy ourselves. More...

Open Studio Weekend Comes To Roxbury

By SUE NEVINS
The Northfield News

THERE IS little information on what we now think of as "artists" from the early days of Roxbury. The first settlers were no doubt too busy with their own survival to ponder the esthetic life. More...

Obituaries

Ronald E. Austin, 68, NHS graduate worked at Boeing

OLYMPIA, WA - Ronald E. Austin died on May 31, 2010 at Clare Bridge Memory Care Center in Olympia, WA. Ron was born in Northfield on January 11, 1942 to Elmer and Phyllis Austin (deceased). More...

Alice C. Albizzati, 100, Longtime Four Seasons Resident

Alice C. Albizzati, 100, a former longtime Barre resident, died Saturday, May 29, 2010, at the Four Seasons Community Care Home in Northfield where she had resided for the past 14 years. She was born on Dec. 27, 1909, in Italy. More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DURING JUNE 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 June 30 - The Art More...

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Police Report

Northfield Police Report

May 26 More...

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Editorials

Representative View

Fall Legislative Update

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

THIS IS the second article in a series of articles highlighting our Legislative accomplishments for the 2010 session. Education More...

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Features

Thoughts of an Average Joe

A Trip to the Dump

By JOE WRIGHT

A trip to the town dump ain’t what it used to be. I’m old enough to remember the days when you could find the dump by following the smell of burning trash. More...

Ainswor th Public Library

802-433-5887 ainsworthpl@yahoo.com www. ainsworthpubliclibary.wordpress.com SERVICE OPPORTUNITY: ~Have fun and serve your library~ The Friends of the Ainsworth Public Library is looking for new members. More...

Then & Now

Norwich Fifty Years Ago?

Do you have any idea when this photo of Norwich was taken? Let us know if you do. Notice the tank barn in the upper left and the tank tracks around the countryside. More...

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House & Home

Common Talk

Gardening & Other Mysteries

By JANE E. BRYANT
The Northfield News

JOANNE CLAUSSEN, cruising around near the three covered bridges in the Falls, stopped to deliver an update. More...

Ask the Home Team

My husband and I just moved to his family home in Vermont from out of state. He says the house gets very hot only a few days each summer. I’m willing to go without an air conditioner if we really can be comfortable on those hottest days. More...

What’s Cooking

Fruit Salads

By PHYLLIS GREENWAY
The Northfield News

FRUIT SALADS; terrific for us, loved by all and beautiful to see! The following recipes contain different dressings and ingredients that you might enjoy. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News June 11, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

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Attorney General Asking More Questions Of Selectboard

By JOHN CRUICKSHANK
The Northfield News

A new letter has been sent by the Attorney General’s Office to the Northfield Selectboard regarding the open meeting law complaint which was filed by Grand Juror, Chris Bradley back in the spring. More...

Meet Larry Porter, Our Newest Village Trustee

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

Northfield’s Board of Trustees has a new member. Larry Porter of Central St. was elected to the Board at the annual Village meeting last week. Mr. More...

Tom McCarney Gets Roasted

Tom McCarney was gently roasted by Libby Hambleton at this year's annual Village Meeting. More...

News

Internet Safety Series

Mich Kabay, featured speaker on Internet Safety, has worked with computers for more than forty years. More...

Boy & Girls Club Sponsors Child Care Food Program

The Northfield News

The Boys and Girls Club is sponsoring a program provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded Child and Adult Care Food Program. It allows the club to provide healthy snacks and meals to children at no cost to the families. More...

Student Exchange Program Needs More Local Sponsors

The Northfield News

Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academic semester and year homestay programs, and the sponsoring organization needs a few more local host families. The students are anxiously awaiting news of their new families. 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!

Back to Broadway: 2010 (Part 2)

By J. ROBERTS
The Northfield News

BROADWAY is not only about people breaking into song and dance. Two highly acclaimed plays vie for Tony Awards next week for Best Play. Full price and/or discount tickets are available at playbill.com and other ticket sources. More...

PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR JUNE 13 TO 19

June 13: Sunday at 8 p.m., “Nature” encores “Horse and Rider,” a film about the trust and communication essential to people and horses working in unison. More...

Bad Dates At Lost Nation Is Hilarious

By CHARLENE MCCARNEY

I saw Bad Dates, the most recent play offered by the Lost Nation Theater, last Saturday afternoon and just loved it. Kathleen Keenan is an amazing actress and always does a fantastic job in every show I have seen her in and this is no exception! More...

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Letters

Rome is Burning

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS IAM WRITING in great response to an article previously printed on April 22 in the Northfield News. More...

The Crier

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS THERE WAS an omission in the article about the Northfield Historical Society Supper last week concerning my retirement as editor of our newsletter, the Crier. More...

The Energy of Stress

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS THERE ARE THREE things which happen with the energy of stress: we either absorb it like a sponge, we keep it out of our zone by aggressive forms of push back, or we do the healthy thing and deal with it honestly a More...

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