Norfolk Library Plans for the Next Century
Preserving an Architectural Gem By Ruth Melville The Norfolk Library is one of the architectural highlights of our town. For over 125 years this striking building on the Village Green has served the people of Norfolk, not only as a home for books, but as a gathering place for town residents. The library recently received […]
Norfolk Offers Dial-A-Ride Bus Service
“We’ll go anywhere people need to go” By Christopher Sinclair It’s hard to imagine, but the town of Norfolk was once a transportation hub. Conductors barked orders, and steam-driven trains came to a reluctant halt in the village center where Norfolk residents now pick up their mail and deposit their checks. People traveled with ease […]
Regionalization Group to Ask for Legislative Relief
By Wiley Wood When regionalization was first discussed publicly two years ago, one farsighted Norfolk resident said it would never work: an obscure state statute stood in the way. But at the Norfolk-Colebrook Study Group’s regular November meeting, attorney Matthew Venhorst said that a path forward had been charted. The plan is to have the […]
Struggle to Maintain Town’s Aging Roadways Continues
Major Repaving of State Highways Last Summer Helped By Kurt Steele Every day most Norfolk residents drive on some part of Norfolk’s nearly 60 miles of roads—43 miles of it maintained by the town and 16 by the state. They are joined a little less often by Norfolk’s many part-time residents. Having enough money to […]
Letters December 2014
Blue-sky Thinking Norfolk’s topography is topsy-turvy. Unlike neighboring towns on Route 44, the heart of Norfolk is situated on a steep hill that begins and ends with dangerous boomerang-shaped curves that run past our two memorial greens. Most drivers are in a hurry to get through this roller coaster ride, vigilant for their safety and […]
Library Awarded Five-Star Status Yet Again
For its size, the Norfolk Library is one of the best in the world—this is no secret to Norfolk residents. But it has also been recognized for the umpteenth year in a row by The Library Journal’s Index of Public Library Service, which rates libraries according to an arcane, complex and highly accurate metric. Director […]
Lecture on Resilience to Climate Change
As the climate changes, species can be expected to relocate, with fauna and flora migrating at different rates. Some will survive the disruption, others not. Identifying places that will sustain a large variety of species despite changing climate, a characteristic known as “resilience,” has been a priority of conservationists in recent years. The Norfolk Land […]
Botelle Students Honor Veterans
By Ann DeCerbo While many schools around the country enjoyed a day off, Botelle School presented a ninety-minute Veteran’s Day assembly on November 11, 2014 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The veterans’ arrival was marked by a row of flags along the upper parking lot. A range of school staff and volunteers under the direction […]
Election Day: A Strong Show at the Polls
By Colleen Gundlach Election Day 2014 in Norfolk was an amazingly beautiful autumn day, which may have contributed to the very good voter turnout. A healthy 72 percent of voters, or 738 people out of a total of 1,033 who registered to vote, cast ballots on November 4. Of these, 45 were absentee votes and […]
Beekeeping in the Northwest Corner
The Secret Lives of Bees… By Babs Perkins We’ve all seen them. That stack of boxes at the edge of an open field or meadow or tucked in the corner of an apple orchard. We know that they are beehives, but how many of us actually understand what’s going on inside those mysterious boxes? Some […]
