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Where were you four years ago today? Remember the tragedy (to our roofs) on that fateful day?  This is a video I shot from my house here in Northfield on August 24th, 2006 during the biggest hailstorm in recent history.  

Have you noticed all the beautiful plantings in downtown and the surrounding area? Join Northfield in Bloom (NIB) on Wednesday, August 25 in Bridge Square at 6 p.m. to show your appreciation to the volunteers and NIB partners that helped to make it happen.

The Farmer's Market in Riverside Park happens on Friday at 11:45am and on Saturday at 9am.

Also on Friday, Occasional Jazz is playing the Cow at 5pm followed by Bonnie and the Clydes at 8pm. Piano man Tim Freeland is playing Butler's from 6-8:30pm. The Tavern Lounge is hosting Relativity from 8-11pm.

The weekly Riverwalk Market Fair and Farmer's Market is happening on Bridge Square and along the riverwalk on Saturday from 9am-1pm. There is a Vintage Baseball game at St. Olaf at 1pm. Dime-Store Watch is playing the Cow at 8pm and The Tavern Lounge is hosting Norwegian Cowboy from 8-11pm.

The Dakota County Fair is happening all this weekend. Romeo and Juliet is being performed in Central Park on Friday and Saturday night at 7pm

Allyson Road Band is playing the Cow on Friday from 5-7pm, followed by the New Moon Trio from 8-11pm. Joe Meyer is playing the Tavern Lounge from 8-11pm.

It is a busy weekend in Northfield and its surrounding communities. The Vintage Band Festival is happening Friday-Sunday. Friday and Saturday are Dennison Days. Shakespeare in the Park presents "Romeo and Juliet" in Central Park with nightly performances at 7pm Friday-Sunday.

Also on Friday in theater is YPT's "Going Through a Stage" at 10:00 am at ARTech. The Farmer's Market is in Riverside Park beginning at 11:45am. Jacob Hendrick and Ah-Hem is playing The Tavern Lounge from 8-11pm, and Carleton's Goodsell Observatory Open House is happening from 9:30-11:30pm.

KYMN is broadcasting the candidates forums tonight and you can watch it here! The chat window embedded in the whole story is shared with the entire town! You can follow along and discuss the meeting without leaving your office. :)

The Farmers' Market is happening on Friday at Riverside Park beginning at 11:45am. Piano man Tim Freeland is playing Butler's Steak and Ale from 6-8:30pm. The Cow is hosting Brothers Burn Mountain at 8pm.

On Saturday the Farmers' Market at Riverside Park begins at 9am, and the Riverwalk Market Fair and Farmers' Market is happening from 9am-1pm on Bridge Square and along the Riverwalk. Wendy Russell is playing piano at Butler's Steak and Ale at 6pm and the Tavern Lounge is hosting Norwegian Cowboy from 8-11.

The Rice County Fair is happening every day this weekend. The Farmers' Market in Riverside Park is open on Friday at 11:45am and on Saturday at 9am.

Also on Friday, Big Strong Men is playing the Cow at 5pm followed by Marty Anderson and the Goods at 8pm and The Favourite Child at 11pm. Piano man Tim Freeland is playing Butler's Steak and Ale from 6-8:30pm.

A new trail link was dedicated this morning behind Just Food Coop.  The riverside trail, linking the Mill Towns Trail to downtown Northfield, was dedicated to Maggie Lee, who cut the purple ribbon to officially open the trail.  Speakers at the event were Meg Otten, chair of the Friends of the Mill Towns Trail; Chip DeMann; Spencer Jones, the architect of the trail link; Mayor Mary Rossing; and Maggie Lee.  After the ribbon cutting, attendees were offered purple coneflowers from Mayor Rossing's garden, and invited to toss them into the river and make a wish.  

Just Food provided coffee and scones before the ceremony, and music was provided by brass from the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra.  Coffee was offered after the ceremony on the new deck behind Butler's Steak and Ale.  Click "Read More" to view a short slideshow of the event.  For better quality photos, see the gallery in the Northfield News or Griff's set of photos on LocallyGrown.

The Northfield Historical Society is excited to announce that it has been named a $200,642 grant recipient for the Minnesota Historical Society’s Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant Program. The grant will help fund the installation of an elevator in downtown Northfield’s Scriver Building that has housed the society’s exhibit, collection, research, and program spaces since 1975.

NHS Executive Director Hayes Scriven says the grant provides a big boost to the society’s current capital campaign, “Taking Northfield History to the Next Level,” that when completed will improve accessibility for Scriver’s 10,000 annual visitors by adding an elevator and six restrooms.

Sunday is the Fourth of July, which means that once again the streets of Northfield will be full of bicycles for the annual 4th of July Northfield Criterium. The event is sponsored by Milltown Cycles in Faribault. Registration opens at 8:00 am. You can find more information from the attached PDF. This year, don't say Northfield.org didn't warn you!

Tickets are now on sale for Lockwood Theater Company's all-new production of Northfield's treasured musical retelling of the Jesse James story -- presented this year at The Grand Event Center. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling +1-800-838-3006 (24/7) or at the Anna's Closet store in downtown Northfield. Performances run September 2-11, 2010. 

This family-friendly show is filled with great songs and dialogue that trace Jesse's life with his beloved wife, Zee, including the famed Northfield Bank Raid. Performed in the style of turn-of-the-century music hall melodramas, this year the show is being presented in a 19th century theater building in the center of downtown Northfield. The audience is strongly encouraged to loudly cheer the heroes and hiss at the villains as the story unfolds through comedy and, of course, tragedy.

Check out the Farmer's Market on Fridays beginning at 11:45am and on Saturdays at 9am in Riverside Park.

Also on Friday, The Favourite Child is playing the Contented Cow and the Tavern Lounge is hosting Carey Langer. There is a Goodsell Observatory Open House at Carleton from 10pm-12am.

Performances of The Phantom Tollbooth continue this weekend on Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and on Sunday at 2pm at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater.

On Friday the Celebrate Dundas Baseball Game Kickoff is happening at 7:30pm at Memorial Field in Dundas. The Junebug Music Festival, which started on Thursday, continues on Friday with performances at the Cow by Occasional Jazz, Beguine Brothers, Area 51 and RCAs. Burning Chrome is playing the Rueb at 9pm.

This weekend in theater The Phantom Tollbooth is being performed at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 and on Sunday afternoon at 2.

Friday is the second day of the Carleton Garage Sale, which takes place in the west gym from 8am-7pm. It is also the second day of Taste of Northfield, which runs from 4-10pm downtown. Alison Rae is playing the Tavern Lounge from 8-11pm and Sir Isaac Newton's Royal Funk Orchestra is playing the Cow at 8. There is Contra Dancing Under the Stars on bridge square beginning at 8pm.