Ripper Rides Again at Historical Society

The Anderson family rides the Ripper, a homemade toboggan, at an exhibit showcasing winter in Norfolk, currently on view at the Norfolk Historical Society.

Students Travel Back in Time to Meet Women Who Made a Difference

  By Lauren Valentino Botelle School students and staff were transported to back in time on Thursday, Feb. 22, when actor LLuana Jones from MobileEd Productions visited the Hall of […]

View from the Green: Downtown Evolution

  By Ruth Melville Looking over this issue of Norfolk Now, I couldn’t help thinking about the current renaissance in downtown Norfolk. When you count them all up, the changes […]

New Group Formed to Discuss Ideas for Downtown

Riiska convenes stakeholders   By Wiley Wood Norfolk’s downtown is going through something of a renaissance. The Berkshire Country Store recently celebrated its first anniversary, construction trucks are parked outside […]

Norfolk Country Club’s Golf Course Is Acclaimed

New book salutes best nine-hole courses in the country   By Ruth Melville A recently published book declares the Norfolk Country Club’s nine-hole golf course to be one of the […]

Norfolk’s January 2018 Weather

Pretty Typical Winter   By Russell Russ During all of 2017 Norfolk reached zero or below zero only five times. January 2018 has already matched that. In January 2017 Norfolk […]

March, Through the Grapevine

  By Leslie Watkins Once upon a time, when jealous wives blamed the “other woman” for their husband’s infidelities instead of the husband’s lack of self-control, Zeus’s wife Hera had […]

Norfolk Awaits the Opening of the Hub in Station Place

  By Dijana Vajushi As many Norfolkians are aware, 2 Station Place in downtown has been vacant since September 2014. This spring will see the eagerly awaited reincarnation of the […]

Open Anywhere: New Stories by John Funchion

  By Charles Fidlar “When once invited to join a police lineup, I didn’t visualize the scurrilous group of dysfunctional miscreants that I would be alongside.” I know you might […]

NVFD to Sell T-shirts to Support Scholarship Fund

Starting in the fall of 2013, the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department has designed and sold limited edition T-shirts to recognize and support the national campaign for breast cancer awareness in […]