A Slick Start To The New Year
Oil overflow at Botelle Elementary School By Veronica Burns Cleanup work was still ongoing at Botelle Elementary School following an oil spill, which occurred in the early hours of December 13, just before a major snow storm was due to hit Norfolk. In early January, Environmental Services of Watertown, hired by the oil company responsible […]
Avid Birders Flock to Norfolk
Pine Grosbeaks Attract Eco-Tourists By Shelley Harms A rare incursion of northern birds from Canada has drawn birders from as far away as Vermont to Norfolk. Pine Grosbeaks are the main attraction. Every morning during the holiday week, groups with binoculars, cameras and spotting scopes stood on Shepard Road watching the birds eat small, orange […]
Botelle’s Voltage Variables Make the Final Cut
By Michele Cyr With the addition of First Lego League added to the roster of after school programs sponsored by the Botelle PTO, this December, Norfolk students made state champions in the FIRST Lego League 2007 Power Puzzle Challenge in New Britain, CT. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a robotics […]
