P & Z to Hold Public Hearing on Airbnb Issue
Commission opts for minimal regulation By Wiley Wood Are private individuals who rent out rooms in Norfolk via the Internet competing unfairly with licensed bed-and-breakfasts? This was the charge brought to the Planning and Zoning Commission last fall by Dean Johnson, owner of the Mountain View Inn. The commission reviewed its regulations this winter and, […]
Letters—June 2015
Where Art Thou South Norfolk? Dear Editor, We were surprised to see that the new Norfolk map excluded the southern part of town! This is disturbing – does this mean that the southern part of town does not matter? For $15,000, one would think that the entire town would be represented! We have been proud […]
Lions Club Talent Show at Infinity
Guitarist and singer Jamal Ford-Bey performed on the stage of Infinity Hall at the Lions Club Talent Show, above. Also performing that night were Jordan Rose Lee, below left, and Kitty Hickox and the Ambulancers, below right, with Grant Mudge on the guitar. Photos by Bruce Frisch.
Memorial Day Parade Held Under Blue Skies
This year’s Memorial Day parade was held on a perfect spring day. The fire trucks and ambulance were resplendent as usual, the cub scouts and brownies filed past with self-conscious solemnity, for the most part, and both of the featured trumpeters from the Northwest High School Band, who play Taps and its echo after the six-gun salute, […]
Five-Mile Memorial Day Race Won in Record Time
Scott Shaw of Norfolk won the race this year, setting a course record of 28’23”, bettering last year’s time—also a record—set by Branden LeClair of Goshen. Photos by Bruce Frisch.
Botelle Spring Concert and Art Show
Botelle School’s spring concert tok place on Monday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. Al fourth, fifth and sixth grade students have the opportunity to join in the performing groups. This year, 42 out of 46 eligible students chose to participate. Pictured above is Ashley Bianchi instructing the woodwind, […]
Botelle Beat—June 2015
by Matt O’Connell The Botelle sixth graders enjoyed a four-day trip to Cape Cod during the first week in May that included a whale watch, and visits to Nauset Lighthouse, Coast Guard Beach, Monument to Our Forefathers and Plimoth Plantation. In addition, they explored a Coast Guard base, the Coast Guard Heritage Museum, and the […]
Back to Back Marathons for Norfolk Sisters
Mary Bazzano-Reeve and Margaret Alexson run for health and fun By Colleen Gundlach Passion and excitement shine from Mary Bazzano-Reeve’s face when she talks about running. It is a sport to which she had never aspired, but one that has led her and her sister, Margaret Alexson, to marathons across the county. During the past […]
Milestones—June 2015
Master’s Degree: Cortnee Bollard, daughter of Angela and Alfred Bollard, received her Master of Arts in Public History on May 8 from Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. Ms. Bollard will continue to live in Boston, where she works at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Old North Church.
Images of Local Wilderness at the Norfolk Library
Strangely Familiar By Wiley Wood In talking about his photographs, Jim Jasper mentions the importance of learning a place, becoming part of it. His images—of rocks by the water’s edge, of barns, beaver ponds, white church fronts—are unmistakably local. The camera stares hard at familiar subjects and records a moment of recognition, as though […]
