February 16, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Obituaries

Richard Hall Miles, 84, WW II Veteran

SEYMOUR, CT - Richard Hall Miles, 84, of Seymour, CT, beloved husband of 55 years to Joanne Barclay Miles, entered into rest on February 5, 2012. He was born in Montpelier on March 1, 1927, son of the late Carroll and Grace Bugbee Hall Miles. More...

Frederick E. Hurd, 62, Former Vice President of Northfield Savings Bank, NU Class of 1972

LOUDON, NH - Frederick E. Hurd, 62, died January 24, 2012 peacefully at home after a long illness. He was born in Lynn, MA on August 24, 1949, the son of Donald and Nellie (Marston) Hurd. More...

CORRECTION

Correction to the Meryl Buck Obituarypublished last week: The incorrect Home Health agency was listed for donations, the correct agency is, Bayada Home Health, 316 Main Street, Norwich, VT 05055. More...

Entertainment

Hello From Hollywood

Oscars 2012: Nominees Get Out the Vote

THE 31ST annual Oscars nominees luncheon took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel early last week with an impressive 150 of the 188 nominees in attendance. More...

Fiddlers Wendy MacIsaac & Andrea Beaton To Be At The Chandler March 4

The Northfield News Wendy MacIsaac and Andrea Beaton, two of Cape Breton’s brightest fiddling stars, bring their considerable talents to the Esther Mesh Room in Chandler’s Upper Gallery in Randolph, Vermont on Sunday March 4 at 7:30 PM. More...

VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEB. 19-25

Feb. 19: Sunday at 5 p.m., the beloved BBC series “Ballykissangel” ends season 1. Father Clifford is slated to be sent back to England from the Irish village he has come to love. Season 2 will begin March 25. More...

Features

Common Talk

Gardening Anyone

JERRI MEROLLI and the Rotary Community Service Committee are working on a Rotary Club goal to start a community garden. A few months ago when a community meeting was held at the library, only one gardener att ended. More...

Norwich Nurses Care

Welcome to our new NUrses Care column. This new column is intended to be a public service to reach out to the community to promote, preserve, restore, maintain and protect the health of individuals, families and groups. More...

RUSTY DEWEES THE LOGGER

Plays Northfield Middle High School to Support the Booster Club

The Logger will fill the tank, prime it, and pull the cord, in a Benefit for the Northfield Boosters, one HUGE show, in the Mary Granai Corrigan auditorium at Northfield High School on March 16th, at 8-pm, tickets are just $20.00. More...

Sports

Blue Devil Boys Fall In Two Games Last Week

Last Week was a week that the Williamstown Blue Devil Boys would like to forget. They dropped both games that they played and their record slipped to 10-4. More...

Lady Devils’ Mariah Battles For Loose Ball

The Lady Devil’s Mariah Lamell (center, in white) battles Twinfield’s Katie Lyford (right) for a loose ball under the Williamstown basket in the first half of last Friday night’s &l More...

Cabrera Fires Up A Jump Shot

The Cadet’s Josh Cabrera fires up a jump shot for two of his nine points in last Tuesday night’s game against St. Joseph’s(Conn.) at Andrews Hall. More...

Scrag Mountain Music gives well attended rehearsal at Falls home

Scrag Mountain Music has already made a name for itself in the music world. Now its members, Northfield residents Mary Bonhag and Even Premo, are providing the chance for even more community involvement in classical music. More...

Alleged Copper Thief Nabbed By Police

Bonnie Bean who resides on North Main Street in Northfield told the News last November that she had been away from her house and while she was gone, someone got into the basement and removed all of the copper water pipes. More...

News

Area Colleges Name Dean’s List Students

The following local residents were named to the Fall 2011 Dean’s List at Saint Michael’s College, a liberal arts, residential Catholic college located in Burlington, Vermont, one of the top 10 college towns in America: More...

Williamstown Historical Society Receives Community Grant from Isham-Berwick

Williamstown Historical Society has been recognized as a 2012 recipient of the Community Grants Program award of $498 presented by Jeffrey Berwick of the Isham-Berwick Agency, Inc. and Co-operative Insurance Companies. More...

Honors List

Williamstown Middle High School 120 Hebert Road ~ Williamstown, VT 05679 Phone: 802.433.5350 ~ Fax: 802.433.1037 ~ www.williamstownmhs.org Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Recognition Principal: Scott Lang More...

Worship

Worship Directory

BETH JACOB SYNAGOGUE 10 Harrison St., Montpelier Contact: 229-9429 7 p.m. Friday, 9:45 a.m. Saturday Shabbat Services More...

Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Montpelier Through February 29, Paintings by Janet Wormser at the Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery, 136 State Street, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. More...

Editorials

REPRESENTATIVE VIEW

LAST WEEK’S most significant action was the vote on the property tax rate. The House passed to the Senate a recommended increase of one cent on the rate. The estimated impact given was that this would increase the tax on a $200,000 home by $20. More...

Aletter from the Northfield Selectboard

Support the Charter

TO THE VOTERS OF NORTHFIELD: A T THIS COMING Town Meeting, the voters of Northfield will make a decision on whether or not the Town should adopt a Charter which will dictate how the government of the Town of Northfield will operate. More...

Letters

Linda Barrows Steps Up

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS M Y FAMILY would like to support Linda Barrows for Select More...

Labor Day Wishes

TO THE EDITOR: THE NORTHFIELD NEWS More...

House & Home

What’s Cooking

Our Treasures

There they are on our bookshelves. For me they are novels to be read again, visiting characters I have come to know. Next to them rest volumes on famous artists, their works ready to be seen and wondered at yet again, and cookbooks. More...

The Gardening Guy

Easy Houseplants to Brighten Your Winter

MANY A would-be gardener has been deterred from growing veggies or flowers outdoors because they’ve had a bad time with houseplants. “Garden? Not me! More...

Slim Randle’s

Home Country

A LL JIM WANTED was a cup of coffee when he stopped down at the Mule Barn the other day. More...

History

THE NORTHFIELD NEWS IN HISTORY

125 Years Ago The Northfield News February 16, 1887 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year George H. Richmond, Editor The Anti-Polygamy bill will probably pass in some form. More...