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Bikes get ready for Veterans Run from the Legion

Over ten motorcycle riders gathered at Northfield's Legion Post early on Sunday Morning to have a breakfast provided by the Legion before they proceeded to White River to link up with bikers from all More...

Farming in Roxbury A Retrospective

By SUE NEVINS
The Northfield News

WHEN ONE THINKS of good farming in Vermont, several places come to mind, including the Champlain and Connecticut River Valleys, the lake islands and even the Mad River Valley. More...

Obituaries

Carl Mayo Pombar, 55, Local Painter

Carl Mayo Pombar, 55, of Washbowl Road, died June 30, 2010 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born in Barre on June 21, 1955, the son of Arnold “Bill” and Pauline (Bell) Pombar. More...

Arthur Joseph Messier, 88, NHS Grad worked at Pratt & Whitney for 30 years

Arthur Joseph Messier, 88, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at his home in Plainville, Connecticut. He was born in Bradford, Vermont on April 2, 1922, the son of Norman & Marie Anne (Fortin) Messier. More...

Beaulah E. Bean, 90, NHS Class of 1938

Beaulah E. Bean, 90, of Berlin, VT and New Milford, CT passed away on June 14, 2010. 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!

Despicable Me: Dastardly Fun
By J. ROBERTS
The Northfield News

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT in the form of animation, the 3-D kind, reigned supreme again at last week’s box office with the release of “Despicable Me.” The film represents a big risk for Hollywood since established franchises (“Toy More...

PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TV PROGRAMS FOR JULY 18 TO 24

July 18: Sunday at 3 p.m., VPT encores “The Buddha,” the story of the mysterious Indian sage whose ideas gave birth to a new religion two and a half millennia ago. At 6 p.m. on “Lark Rise to Candleford,” gossip Mrs. More...

Northfield writer tells of mother’s struggle with ovarian cancer

The Northfield News

“Death in Ten Days - A Daughter’s Story” is a book by Northfield writer, Linda Barrows, about her mother, Dolores. In 2001, the writer’s Mom found out she had ovarian cancer. More...

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Features

NEWS FROM THE HILL

By LISA BRUCKEN
Norwich University

THREE KEY positions of leadership at the University will be filled for the academic year with new people. More...

Ask The Home Team

I’m considering getting a whole-house ventilation system. I’ve heard the terms Energy Recovery Ventilation and Heat Recovery Ventilation used for these systems. Are they the same? More...

Silly Social Scenes

EDITOR’S UPDATE ON REPLACEMENT “COLUMNIST” – Harrumph. More...

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House & Home

What’s Cooking

Barbeque Options
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY
The Northfield News

IT’S BEEN almost too hot to think lately. So we’ve got to have simple without fuss so we can sit back and hope the breeze comes. More...

Home Again

Independence Day 2010
By CHRISTINE BARNES
The Northfield News

MY COUNTRY, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing…. A warm, sultry summer morning dawns, with just a whisper of a breeze rustling the leaves. The Bluebird is warbling in the meadow. More...

The Gardening Guy

Hiding the Dreaded Wellhead
By HENRY HOMEYER

YOU CITY dwellers (or anyone connected to a water system) do not have to contend with an eyesore we country mice have: a big ugly metal pipe coming up in the middle of the lawn - the wellhead for our artesian wells. More...

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“Annie” Beats The Heat With Friends!

These three girls found a way to beat the heat at Limehurst Lake, in Wiliiamstown, last Wednesday. More...

Military Vehicle Show features historical military camps for the first time this year

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

A little weekend rain didn’t deter the Green Mountain Military Vehicle Club from holding their annual show at the base of the Norwich University Ski Area last weekend. More...

News

NSB Names 2010 Trustees, Officers

The Northfield News

Thomas N. Pelletier, President and CEO of Northfield Savings Bank is pleased to announce Charles Haynes was elected to serve as Chair, and Anne Gould as Vice Chair of the Northfield Mutual Holding Company Board of Trustees. More...

Paine Mountain Trail Remediated by “The Dirty Dozen”

By LESLIE MATTHEWS
Northfield Conservation Commission

ROVING TEAM Number 12 of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC) was in town all last week. More...

First through Sixth graders show their stuff in the summer Onward program

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

Twenty four Williamstown youngsters in grades one thru six are taking advantage of a new summer program offered at Williamstown Elementary School to have fun and do a little learning at the same time. More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DURING JULY 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 August 9 - More...

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Police Report

Northfield Police Report

June 30 1:02 p.m. - Citizen Assist - A citizen came to the police department requesting assistance with notifing a certain person not to be at their property. A Notice against trespass form was completed. More...

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Editorials

Common Talk

Emerald Ash Borer Beetles
By JANE E. BRYANT
The Northfield News

CURIOUS ABOUT the purple box hanging high from a tree at the west end of Lover’s Lane, of course we investigated so we could let everyone know what it is. The box is 24 inches tall, three-sided, open at the top and bottom. More...

CVHHH Raises $42,000 Toward $50,000 Goal

The Northfield News

Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice (CVHHH) has raised $42,000 toward a $50,0000 Matching Grant from a long time donor. They need to raise only $8,000 between now and the extended deadline of August 31, 2010 to receive the full amount. More...

Thoughts of an Average Joe

Some Folks Shouldn’t Wear Spandex
By JOE WRIGHT

THERE OUGHT TO be a law regulating who can wear Spandex or Lycra or, for that matter, bikinis, Speedos, crop-tops, or short shorts of any material. Heavy people shouldn’t be allowed to wear that stuff. More...

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Letters

High School Graduation

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS AS THE PARENT of a graduate, I was surprised to find that the Times-Argus covered every high school graduation in the area but Northfield’s in their Sunday paper on June 20th. More...

Civil Rights II –Leahy opportunity for legacy

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS THE IMPETUS for the 20th century ‘Civil Rights I’ movement was the inequity of some Americans being ‘more equal than others’ based on race and gender. More...

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Sports

Women Golfers Show Their Stuff

Karen Hewitt looks cool in last week's heat wave as she putts on the third green of the Northfield Country Club last Wednesday. The Ladies league braved high nintey tempuratures to get in their weekly competition. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL
For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News July 15, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

Historian Rick Atkinson Appears In Todd Lecture Series

By MARY COMISKEY
The Northfield News

The Spring 2010 Todd Lecture Series presented author and military historian, Rick Atkinson. His topic was "Bringing Back the Dead: History, Memory, and Writing About War." Mr. More...

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