Battell Fountain Is (Nearly) Back — Bring on the Band
Months-long restoration nearing completion by Andra Moss Since 1889, the Joseph Battell Memorial Fountain has greeted travelers as they approached the Norfolk village green from the south on Litchfield Road. The fountain’s unveiling on Sept. 27 of that year was heralded by the horns of a 24-piece military band (twice, in fact, once at 3 […]
New Year, New Protocols at Botelle
The Botelle Beat by Virgina Coleman-Prisco A year ago, the Botelle community was preparing to return to in-person learning for the first time since Covid-19 forced the school into remote instruction in March 2020. Two primary factors, the smaller population and the amount of available space for instruction and mask breaks, allowed Botelle to have […]
Diego Ongaro’s Latest Feature Film Shown at Cannes This Summer
Text by Ruth MelvillePhoto by Jessica Ray Harrison In Diego Ongaro’s new movie, “Down With the King,” a famous rapper, played by real-life rapper Freddie Gibbs, comes to live in the rural Berkshire countryside while he works on his new album. Dissatisfied with the pressures of his professional life, he becomes friends with a neighboring […]
EDC Working on Revitalizing Town Website
By Ruth Melville Co-chair Libby Borden opened the Aug. 12 meeting of the Economic Development Commission with a quick review of the current state of the EDC’s budget. So far, the EDC has spent $3,100 out of its budget of $8,400: $500 on publicity for the “Fridays on the Green” events and $2,600 on the […]
Haystack Woods Road Planning Continues
by Susan MacEachron The Inlands Wetlands Agency meeting on August 2 was primarily devoted to a continuation of the public hearing regarding the proposed Haystack Woods development. The matters under discussion all related to the standards required to provide access to the development via a town road. Ken Hrica, an engineer and licensed land surveyor […]
At P&Z, Residents Show Support for Affordable Housing
by Susan MacEachron Norfolk residents turned out in numbers to fill the Town Hall meeting room for the Aug. 10 Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) meeting. The commission quickly dispensed with the first two matters on the agenda: applications for a special permit to install solar panels and for a home enterprise to sell baked […]
Safety, First, Last and Always
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska The health effects of the Covid pandemic continue to keep us all concerned. With that said, we are asking everyone to please continue to heed the advice of the CDC and health professionals: wear a mask in enclosed public spaces, wash your hands frequently and if you have not yet […]
Photographer Christopher Little Gives It All Away
Text by Steve MelvillePhoto by Kate Campion This summer Christopher Little packed up his entire photographic archive and shipped it to the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas in Austin. There it will form part of the Briscoe’s expansive holdings in photojournalism from the mid-19th century on, joining the work of […]
How Crowdsourcing by the People is Putting History Online
Text By Kelly Kandra HughesPhotos Courtesy of the Library of Congress Betsy Garside, a resident of New Mexico with deep family roots in Norfolk, attended many of the Norfolk Library online events throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. She found them “a way to go somewhere fun,” whether it was an authors talk, a Friday afternoon chat […]
Real Estate Transfers
On July 1, from William Van Antwerp Metcalf, to Marshal F. and Lise B. Read, 48 Maple Avenue, for $400,000. On July 6, from Tina Ross, to Wade and Rebecca Curtis, 83 Elmore Road, for $525,000. On August 5, from Lynda Meyer, to Sean Kobuk Kennedy and Kirsten Grace Hascup, 49 Ashpohtag Road, for $352,000. […]
