Community News—Sept. 2019
Cathy Doocy Landscapes at the Library A lifelong resident of the Connecticut River valley, Cathy Doocy has been exhibiting contemporary landscapes for over 20 years. Inspired by the fields and hills of New England, Doocy has brought together works for this exhibit, “Stops Along the Way,” that explore the picture-making process.The opening reception, hosted by the […]
Norfolk Then—September 2019
The Temperance Band has gathered outside Marie Kendall’s barn about 1890. Kendall was a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and the children wear the WCTU’s white ribbon badge. Although they look a little young to be enlisted for the cause of abstinence from alcohol, it was not the first time Norfolk children took […]
Norfolk Artists and Friends Features Nine Guest Artists
NAF greets second decade with a gala reception By Christopher Sinclair As the Norfolk Artists and Friends (NAF) Annual Exhibition enters its second decade of existence with its eleventh installment, it welcomes the diverse and dynamic talents of nine guest artists working across a broad spectrum of mediums. The Battell Stoeckel Gallery, affectionately known to […]
Treads & Trails Bike Build Event Coming to Botelle
Bringing exercise and the great outdoors to Norfolk students By Kelly Kandra Hughes Thanks to a serendipitous encounter at Norfstroms salvage shed, approximately 40 Botelle Elementary students will receive new bikes this year. Sara Hannafin, Director of Engagement at Can’d Aid, had stopped by the transfer station in June when she noticed Norfstroms on her […]
Greenwoods Puppet Festival Comes to Norfolk
From Inspiration to Reality By Jude Mead For the first time ever, Norfolk residents and visitors will celebrate the craft and magic of contemporary puppetry with some of the best-known artists in the field when the Greenwoods Puppet Festival comes to town. The festival will run from September 13 through 15. So how does a […]
Seacocks Opened on Thomson Canoe Works
Schuyler Thomson aims to retire from his craft By Doug McDevitt The year was 1969. The Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon, 400,000 people descended on the sleepy hamlet of Bethel, New York for Woodstock, and Schuyler Thomson embarked on a journey that would eventually lead him to Norfolk. 1969 was also the year […]
The Political Winds Start to Swirl
Norfolk Chooses Its Candidates for November By Colleen Gundlach On July 18, Town Hall was filled with politics from each end of the spectrum, when members of both political parties met on the same night – in separate rooms, of course – to decide on a slate of candidates to run for local office in […]
City Meadow Park: Mire to Marsh
Connecting the village center with improved access and amenities By David BeersPhoto by Christopher Little The town’s storm water runoff takes a circuitous route through the soils and vegetation of City Meadow Park, which allows the water to be filtered of sediment and contaminants. In a very similar meandering fashion, the process of creating the […]
Pittsfield Rye, Baking Quality Bread for 90 Years
Faces at the Farmers Market By Ruth MelvillePhoto by Bruce Frisch Every Saturday morning during the outdoor market season, the Pittsfield Rye and Specialty Breads Company pulls its van up in front of Town Hall and starts to unload a cornucopia of freshly baked bread. There is a bread for every bread lover’s taste: seeded, […]
August, Dog Days of Summer
Through The Garden Gate By Leslie Watkins The saying “dog days of summer” as we use it generally refers to those hot, lazy summer days spent lolling in the hammock or on the beach, but actually it originates in astronomy. Sirius, the dog star, appears in the heavens in late July when it rises just […]
