Norfolk Throws a Party
By Ruth Melville Norfolk decided to throw a party—and people came! By all measures, last month’s Weekend in Norfolk was a resounding success. When the Weekend in Norfolk (WIN) coordinating committee, Sue Frisch, Holly Gill and I, set up the welcome tent on the green on Friday, our expectations were high but a bit […]
Artifact of Another Era Found During Renovation of Library
Excavation uncovers forgotten gas tank By Michael Kelly Norfolk Library patrons, inconvenienced by excavation of the parking lot to make way for a new, more accessible handicapped entrance, will have to scramble for parking space a bit longer than expected. After a successful, aesthetically pleasing restoration of the terra-cotta tile roof to its former […]
Town Approves Convenience Store Plan
Stannard to withdraw suit By Wiley Wood On Monday, August 29, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a plan for the proposed convenience store and deli at 6 Station Place, following a public hearing at which many town residents spoke urging approval. The store’s operator, Ryan Craig, and the building’s owner, the Norfolk Foundation, […]
The All-Volunteer Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance Service Is Always On Call
Help Whenever You Need It By Ruth Melville The Lions Club is an international secular service organization founded in 1917. Their motto is “We Serve,” and it would be hard to find a better description of the Norfolk Lions Club. The Norfolk Lions Club is an invaluable organization that provides help to the […]
Norfolk Resident Arrested
On August 12, Norfolk resident Tara Yard was arrested for first-degree larceny and subsequently released from custody on $50,000 bail. Yard, who is an assistant town clerk, is accused of defrauding a local woman whom she was working for as a part-time caregiver. She was arraigned in Bantam Superior Court on August 29. A further […]
Norfolk Filmmaker’s “Bob and the Trees” Leads Off Series of Independent Films at the Norfolk Library
By Ruth Melville “Bob and the Trees” is a film about a middle-aged logger in a rural town in western Massachusetts who struggles to make a living over the course of a harsh winter. Although fictional, the movie has the quiet attention to ordinary life of a fly-on-the-wall documentary. This fall, the film’s director, […]
Cats on the Loose
Right before Sally Carr left to go to Martha’s Vineyard, these two adorable cats showed up on her Laurel Way doorstep. In her absence, her husband, Larry, and other neighbors tried unsuccessfully to find the owners, and the cats stayed for a week. Eventually, though, the rightful, and grateful, owners, the Vandiver family, were identified, […]
Wanted: A New Animal Control Officer
By Susannah Wood When Glen Wheeler died a few weeks ago, few people could remember a time when he was not the animal control officer. For more than 20 years, Norfolk relied on him to deal with stray dogs and cats, suspected cases of animal cruelty and rabies, escaped horses and reports of someone’s […]
Valentino Takes the Reins
Botelle School has a new principal By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Lauren Valentino started her new job as principal of Botelle School on July 1. She was unanimously selected for the position by a search committee made up of Board of Education members, parents and teachers. Valentino is the fourth principal at Botelle in the […]
Stories in a Maple Board
By Hans M. Carlson I’m thinking about the beauty of wood this morning—about the revelation that comes when a seasoned board comes out of the planer and shows itself truly for the first time. This is the moment when wood gives advice. When it hints at what shape it would like to take, as […]
