A Family Effort for the Win
Racing Champion in Our Midst By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo One should never question a parent’s intuition about their child. Keith Goring, who has run Alfas Unlimited, Inc. on Greenwoods Road for 40 years, knew that his son was meant to be a race car driver long before the kid even had a license. Jonathan […]
Wind Turbines in Colebrook Start Up
Ribbon cutting ceremony held on Flagg Hill site By Wiley Wood On the clear blue morning of October 15, the vanes of BNE Energy’s wind turbine No. 2 faced motionless into a moderate breeze from the northwest. A small crowd of company executives, state legislators, bankers and regulators gathered on the hilltop above Flagg […]
Fire Department Practices on Wheeler Road Garage
Local family makes structure available to NVFD for live burn On a recent Saturday morning, most of the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department’s fleet of vehicles converged on Wheeler Road, not to put out a fire but to set one. The property owners, David and Cindy Leffell, had decided to clear their land of the existing […]
First Selectman Debate at Infinity Hall
Matt Riiska, left above, and Sue Dyer, second from left, answered questions from a panel of Norfolk Now journalists before an audience at Infinity Hall on October 24. Both are running for the position of first selectman in the election this month. Sue Dyer, a Democrat, is the incumbent and has held the post for 16 […]
Legendary Sound Man at Infinity Steps Down
Concert venue celebrates its seventh year By Michael Kelly Shortly before Infinity Hall opened in October 2008, newly-hired sound engineer Fred Schane climbed the stairs to the long dormant hall for the first time. Entranced by the look and feel of the vintage theater, he was more interested in how the mellowed wood and […]
Bevan Ramsay’s Sculptures on the Move
After giving plenty of people pause at the Norfolk Artists & Friends exhibit this summer, Bevan Ramsay’s haunting sculptures of homeless people in New York City moved on to Canada in September. Dramatically presented in a gallery at Art Mur in Montreal, the exhibition, entitled “Lesser Gods,” was on view from September 10 to October […]
Going Electric in Colebrook
A Carbon Negative Family By David Beers The Eckert family in Colebrook is more than just carbon neutral, they are carbon negative. Instead of paying for energy, they are making money from the energy that they produce at their home. Bill Eckert, a C.P.A. and retired software company executive, has been keeping detailed records […]
Through The Garden Gate—November 2015
November is Elemental By Leslie Watkins Earth, wind, fire and water—without any one of these elements, there is no life and no garden. While each plays its part in supporting life on earth, soil is most closely associated with gardening. The living soil, so easily taken for granted, is a seething eight-inches of bacteria, […]
Obituary–Bruce Hanke
Surrounded by family and close friends, Bruce Hanke left this world on Monday, October 12 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born at Plunkett Memorial Hospital in Adams, Mass. on November 3, 1958 to William and Mildred (Kryston) Hanke. Growing up on East Road in Adams, next to his grandmother’s farm, Hanke spent summers and […]
It’s Only Natural—November 2015
Abandoned Charcoal Hearths Affect Today’s Forest Ecology Hans M. Carlson Recently, we got our first dusting of snow. When it’s not enough to cover the ground completely, the darker fallen leaves poke up through the veil of white, and small contours on the ground appear. The contrast highlights slight topographical variations, particularly with the […]
