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Northfield’s Interim Police Chief Named Permanent

By BILL CRONEY The Northfield News
Northfield’s new Police Chief, Chris Outten is no stranger to the community. More...

Local Bees Thriving!

Dr. Ray Kunkel, our local dentist who is also an expert bee keeper visited callahan farm apiary last week. In the inset, Ray points out the queen who is marked with blue. More...

Obituaries

Edward Leon Wheeler, 72, Worked at Nantana, Cetrangolo’s

Edward Leon Wheeler, 72, died Sunday, August 29, 2010 at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. He was born in Calais on May 28, 1938, the son of Leon Edward & Blanche Emma (Pilbin) Wheeler. He attended Calais schools. More...

James E. DeLude, 62, Accountant

James E. DeLude, 62, of Newport passed away August 31, 2010 in Newport. He was born May 23, 1948 in Northfield, VT the son of Edward and Flora (Phillips) DeLude. 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!

2010: Reflections and The Final Stretch
By J. ROBERTS
The Northfield News

AS THE 2010 summer movie season comes to an end, Hollywood hopes to have learned a few lessons for the future. More...

PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER 12 TO 18 More...

O’Brien & Sutton Coming To Chandler on October 1

The Northfield News

Don’t miss a rare opportunity to hear Tim O’Brien and Bryan Sutton perform together on stage at Chandler Music Hall on Friday October 1! More...

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Letters

Future of VSAC

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS MANY PEOPLE stop me on the street to ask what’s in store for Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, and the Vermonters we serve, in the wake of legislation eliminating our role as a federal education loan p More...

To the Bush Bashers

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS FOR THOSE who still propagate the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault", Educate yourselves: Remember the day... More...

Bicycles on the Roads

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS THIS MORNING,I noticed several groups of bicyclists in groups of about 20 traveling south on Vermont Route 12 past my home. I lost count at 80 cyclists. More...

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Sports

Vermont’s Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons Are Set

The Northfield News

Vermont’s 2010 migratory bird hunting season dates, including waterfowl and woodcock seasons, are posted on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department website (www.vtfishandwildlife.com). More...

Boys Soccer Team Has Made Vast Improvement

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

The 2010 Williamstown Boys get their season underway this week and coach Scott Hulbert has some high hopes for his Blue Devil Squad. The Blue and White boys have come a long way in the past two years under his tutelage. More...

Williamstown Fall Soccer Schedules

Boys 9/8 Concerd Home 5 p.m. 9/11 Canaan Home 1 p.m. More...

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Summer Lunch Program served forty nine area families during eight weeks of deliveries

The Northfield News

The Northfield Area Summer Lunch Program has completed its sixth year of eight weekly deliveries of healthy breakfast and lunch supplies to area families. This year the program served 49 families in Northfield, Roxbury, and West Berlin. More...

Roxbury Plans Home Weatherization Seminar

By SUE NEVINS
The Northfield News

Roxbury is on the move toward energy efficiency for the town and its residents, with the recently formed Roxbury Energy Committee. More...

News

Gifford’s Robin’s Nest Receives Accreditation

The Northfield News

Center at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph has earned National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation for the second time. More...

VSECU Makes $5,000 Donation To Home Share

The Northfield News

In response to growing environmental concerns, Home Share Now is expanding its mission to include live-in matches for individuals motivated by “green” concerns. More...

Photo

A porcupine on Earhart (Crosstown Hill Rd) decides not to stay on the road, but to escape back into the woods away from the eye of the camera. More...

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Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DURING SEPTEMBER AROUND THE AREA Berlin Through September 30, Adelaide Tyrol paintings in the lobby at Central Vermont Medical Center on Fisher Road in Berlin, Vermont. Open 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily. Montpelier Ongoing, Sculpture More...

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Features

Common Talk

Saga of the Red Couch
By JANE E. BRYANT
The Northfield News

ONE SUNNY Saturday last summer at the recycling depot, two well-dressed gentlemen stood ready to unload a decent-looking couch. Their friend was extracting a twenty from his wallet to pay for the couch to be dropped into the dumpster. More...

Legislative View

Wind in Northfield?
By REP. ANNE DONAHUE

THOSE WHO follow news articles in the Valley Reporter (I do, because Moretown is part of my district) are aware that a tempest has been brewing there over the interest of a Mas- sachusettsbased company in the possibility of a commercial wind operatio More...

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House & Home

What’s Cooking

Corn Breads
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY
The Northfield News

A great ingredient, used from the cob or transformed into wonderful breads, the meal used as a crust and a sprinkled layer under the best pizza! I found this poem recently, enjoy. pgg Corn Cake More...

The Gardening Guy

Obessing Over Your Lawn
By HENRY HOMEYER

EVERYONE LIKES a nice lawn. Some folks obsess over lawns. Others, like me, figure that if it’s green and you can mow, it’s a lawn. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News September 9, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor More...

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