Northfield News

As the nation waits to see whether President Barack Obama will follow through on his campaign promise to eliminate the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Dartmouth remains one of four Ivy League institutions to permit the Reserve Officers' Training Corps to train students on campus.

Two Norwich University freshmen are facing an array of criminal charges after a group of students allegedly lured a fellow student to a "party" last month, bound him to a chair and assaulted him, in what school officials say is an extremely serious incident.

Village Square Booksellers welcomes Vermont author Joseph A. Citro and illustrator Stephen R. Bissette on Friday at 7 p.m., to discuss their new book, "The Vermont Monster Guide," published by the University Press of New England.

Northfield's famous sock sale will mark a big birthday this weekend. The annual deer hunting season event at the Cabot Hosiery Mills is 30 years old.

Gadfly political candidate Lawrence Drown of Northfield was cited into court for aggravated assault and careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle after police said he struck a flagger directing traffic at a work site in Northfield village Friday morning.

A former Northfield village trustee and frequent political candidate was arrested on Friday on two criminal charges after he allegedly hit a traffic flagger with his pickup truck in Northfield.

Former U.S. Senate candidate Larry Drown is accused of intentionally running over a construction worker.

Two events having to do with "consolidation" in public education this week show that the debate boils down to what we gain versus what we give up by joining two or more schools together.

The Vermont Principals' Association is going to allow the Northfield and Montpelier high schools to merge their varsity boys hockey teams this winter.

The No. 2 man at the state Department of Information and Innovation has been named to the top job.

The country's oldest private military college will pay tribute to veterans this week.

Police have arrested four people in connection with about 100 burglaries that took place over the past two years, one of which included a theft of dynamite.

Police say they busted a big burglary ring in Central Vermont and that the thieves took all kinds of things including dynamite.

Vermont Motorsports Magazine "Driver of the Year" Voting to Begin Monday Voting for the first-ever Vermont Motorsports Magazine "Driver of the Year" awards opens on Monday, November 2. The awards have been created to recognize the efforts of stock car drivers in and around the Green Mountain State, and selections will be made by fan votes from a ...

Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity in Barre received a $1,000 donation from Northfield Savings Bank in support of its ongoing dedication to eliminate poverty housing and to make a decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

Varsity wrestling and tennis are back for good at Norwich University. The Northfield school announced last December that it was cutting the two programs as varsity sports because of economic pressures.

Wintry weather was forecast to persist over the Central U.S. as a cold front continued tracking eastward Wednesday.

Inside a Northfield classroom, teachers and community leaders are learning how the big guard deployment will impact military kids.

Long time Norwich University spokesman and English professor George R. Turner died Thursday at his North field home.

A 21-year-old Northfield man is facing charges of custodial interference and unlawfully sheltering and aiding a runaway after he was arrested over the weekend, according to a news release from the Northfield Police Department.