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Roxbury Kids Playground Improved During Summer

By DONNA GERDES
The Roxbury Village School PTO has been working hard over the last few years to raise funds for playground improvements. More...

Merchants Bank Supports CVHH&H

Merchant’s Bank recently supported Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice in its goal to raise $50,000 to underwrite state of the art technology. More...

Obituaries

Patsy W. Lewis, 84, Longtime Hebert Road Resident

WILLIAMSTOWN — Patsy W. Lewis, 84, a longtime resident of Hebert Road, died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, at the Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center in Barre, where she had been a patient for about a year. Her family was at her bedside. More...

Barbara J. Terry, 81, Northfield Native

CHICOPEE, MA - Barbara J. Terry, 81, of Hummingbird Dr. died on September 1, 2010 at Wingate in West Springfield. She was born December 22, 1928 in Northfield, VT, daughter of late Leo and Margaret (Blakebrough) Terry. More...

April Pepin, 69, Norwich Graduate

April Pepin died in Orange City, FL, Sept. 8, 2010, after a long illness. Born in Windham, CT, April 30, 1941, she was a resident of Windham & Norwich, CT. A graduate of Norwich University, Northfield, VT. More...

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Editorials

Crumb’s Corner

Disappointment in the Queen B
By DICK WOBBY
The Northfield News

I’M GREATLY perturbed, I really can’t believe that it came to this, we all new it Iwould, I told you all Mr Lyon would not be working for Northfield before the fall moon’s set. More...

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House & Home

What’s Cooking

Frugal Dinners & built-in “Leftovers”
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY
The Northfield News

Each of the following recipes are great in the first serving, then can be developed as leftovers that give us a rest for the “2nd go-round” they can be made into sandwiches, or be the element of the main dish in another combi More...

The Gardening Guy

The Song Garden
By HENRY HOMEYER

PEGGY HEATH Ogilvy and her partner in life and in the business, Dan Hertzler, run a cut flower farm, The Song Garden, on Saint Gaudens Road in Cornish, New Hampshire (http://www.songgardenflowerfarm. blogspot.com/). More...

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Sports

Girls Beat Concord, Best Cannan

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

As the new season was about to get underway Williamstown’s Girls coach Jay Villa was cautiously optimistic. “We’ve got 21 players. We have a lot of depth. This may be the best team I have had. More...

Boys Open With Pair of Wins Beating Concord & Cannan

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

The Williamstown Boy’s Soccer team opened up their season with a pair of wins last week and they won at both ends of the victory spectrum. More...

Marauder Boys Soccer Opens With Three Games, Win Two, Lose One

By BILL CRONEY
The Northfield News

The Marauder Boys opened their season with a three game week last week and when all was said and done they had won two and lost one. More...

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Bill Lyon Suspended

Told to turn in his keys,unif orms,lea ve premises
By JOHN CRUICKSHANK
The Northfield News

There will be no granite bench outside the Municipal Building to salute the 35 year contribution Bill Lyon made to the Town and Village of Northfield. More...

Economy Store closes after 75 years as Northfield fixture

By ROB WILLS
The Northfield News

Alice Grupe, 81, who had run Northfield’s Economy Store on East Street for fifty years, passed away last week following a bout with extremely aggressive nonmelanoma skin cancer. More...

News

College Of Fine Arts Ranked First In Writing

The Northfield News

Just two years after achieving independence, Vermont College of Fine Arts’ (VCFA) MFA writing programs have been ranked first among programs of their kind by Poets & Writers, the leading creative writing publication in the U.S. More...

CROP Walk Is Set For October 3

The Northfield News

CROP Walk is coming on October 3. More...

Parenting Classes Being Offered

The Northfield News

The Family Center of Washington County is presenting Siblings Without Rivalry, a six-week course for parents who want to help their children learn to live more peacefully with each other. 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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Entertainment

Hello From Hollywood!

Never Let Me Go: A Review
By J. ROBERTS
The Northfield News

“Never Get Me Go” is science-fiction thriller disguised as a very civilized, peaceful tale with proper people displaying varying levels of emotions as they plod through life. More...

Chandler to offer daytime performance series in October

The Northfield News

Four exciting performances will be presented on Chandler’s main stage in downtown Randolph as part of Chandler’s Daytime Performance Series. More...

PBS This Week

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER 19 TO 26

Sept. 19: Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m., VPT presents an afternoon of films by Ken Burns to whet viewers’ appetites for his “Tenth Inning,” coming next week. More...

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Features

Common Talk

September Notes
By JANE E. BRYANT
The Northfield News

ONE OF THE Labor Day parade watchers told us that she loved to see the cadets of Norwich University march down Main Street each year. “They are all shined up, organized, neatly dressed and groomed. It always chokes me up to see them. More...

Duck Race Winners

$1,000 Willem Slade Northfield Inn Stay Mary Freeman 2 NU Hockey Tix Demas $50 Chouinards Jessica Aseltine 10 Tanning Sessions Nancy White < More...

Jim Condos

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS AS A NATIVE Vermonter, I have been following the career of Jim Condos for quite some time. More...

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History

NORTHFIELD IN HISTORY

Compiled by PHILO HALL
For The Northfield News

125 Years Ago The Northfield News September 16, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year Geo. H Richmond, editor Several attended the ladies' Polo game at Montpelier, Saturday evening. More...

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