Letters
Where All the Socks Go Thank you so much for participating in the Botelle School 5th grade’s Socktober sock drive. With your help, we were able to collect a total of 958 pairs of socks! After a class vote, we have decided to donate the socks to Hands of Grace Emergency Assistance in New Hartford […]
Neighbors in the News
Torpedoed Ship and Stolen Identity Are Basis of Author’s Second Novel Text by Colleen GundlachPhoto Courtesy of Frank Buyak It was spring, 1939, and the feeling of unrest in Europe was increasing. World War II was in the offing. Frank Buyak was less than two years old when he, his brother and his mother were […]
Selectman’s Corner
Snow in the Forecast, a New Bus and Funding for Energy Audits By Matt Riiska ‘Tis the season, and I am not referring to the holidays. Our public works crew has been out four times already this year, to make sure our roads are safe for travel. As in the past, we continue to work […]
Land Trust Earns National Recognition
The national Land Trust Accreditation Commission (LTAC) recently announced that the Norfolk Land Trust (NLT) has earned reaccreditation. “We are grateful to the Land Trust Accreditation Commission for renewing Norfolk Land Trust’s accreditation for another five years,” NLT board president Libby Borden said. “Accreditation was a rigorous process that helped NLT to stay on course […]
Food Pantry Refilled
The Norfolk Food Pantry is fully stocked thanks to the generosity of those who attended the George Winston concert at Infinity Hall on Thursday, Nov. 16. In addition to several bags of nonperishable food items, $749 was raised for the pantry. Winston donated 100 percent of the proceeds from his CD sales that evening.
Norfolk’s October Weather
Ninth Wettest October on Record By Russell Russ The weather in the Norfolk area had been quite nice since June. The summer months were on the warm and dry side. Pleasant had been a way to describe the weather for this span of four months, including through September. That all ended when the calendar turned […]
Lois “Bisi” Starkey, 1923-2019
Lois “Bisi” Starkey (MacMurray) of Lexington, Mass., formerly of Brookline, Mass., and a lifelong summer resident of Norfolk, died on Nov. 5 from complications from a recent stroke. Bisi was born in 1923 to Lois Goodnow MacMurray and John V. A. MacMurray, who served as a diplomat in the U.S. foreign service between 1907 and 1944. Her father’s diplomatic career […]
Church Committee Updates Timeline for Steeple Repair
Plans to repair the steeple of the Congregational church kicked into high gear last month when a consulting engineer reported the structure unsafe at winds above 40 miles per hour. Initial projections to have the steeple removed by Thanksgiving have been revised, said David Torrey, chairman of the church’s Gifts and Finance Team, speaking on […]
Three Planets Enter Into Conjunction Early in Month
By Matthew Johnson Sunrise on Dec. 1 is at 6:57 a.m. and sunset at 4:21 p.m., and the nights will continue to grow longer as December progresses, reaching a maximum of 14 hours, 51 minutes, 28 seconds on the successive nights of Dec. 21 and 22. By month’s end, though, we will have gained back […]
Notes From a French Kitchen
The Classic Bûche de Noël Is a Highlight of the Christmas Table By Marie-Christine Perry Every year as December approaches, memories of Christmases past flood my mind: the walk to the church for midnight mass, the whole family in its Christmas finery with seven children excited and awed; the joyful surprise of the glittering tree […]
