Raptors on the Village Green
On July 15, Eileen Fielding, director of the Sharon Audubon Center, brought a screech owl, an American kestrel and a red-shouldered hawk from the center to the Norfolk village green. Over 60 people came out on a warm summer evening to get a chance to see these beautiful wild creatures close up. The event, part […]
July Brings the Peach Truck
Notes from a Summer Kitchen Text by Marie-Christine PerryPhoto by Danielle Whitaker July brought us to a day I had been waiting for – the arrival of the Peach Truck from Georgia. A couple of years ago, we had heard about the Peach Truck from our friends Hartley and Janet, who waxed lyrical about the […]
Spotted Lanternfly Alert Issued
Lycorma delicatula, better known as Spotted Lanternfly (SLF for short) is an invasive insect that was discovered in southeastern Pennsylvania in 2014 and is currently spreading to nearby states via major travel and trade routes. Because SLFs feed on a wide range of fruit, ornamental and woody trees and some agricultural crops, it has the […]
Jogging Toward a Town Dog Park
Ready to run…unleashed…with friends! Is anyone willing to help this pooch, and others like her? Norfolk volunteers are looking into the possibility of establishing a Norfolk community dog park for the socialization of our canine friends and their owners. The group would welcome additional volunteers and needs assistance with some free legal advice about applying […]
Community News
It’s Here! Weekend in Norfolk Weekend in Norfolk is next weekend! Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 5, 6 and 7 mark the return of full in-person activities and fun for Norfolk’s own seventh (really) annual summer festival. Fire-hose water soccer, refreshments on the green, music and art shows, a magician, Family Night and a movie, […]
Norfolk Then …
This four-story steel-framed brick building brought modern construction to Main Street in Norfolk and opened as the Wangum House in 1913, named after Wangum Lake on Canaan Mountain. Rooms were offered at 75 cents and $1, and a full-service restaurant was located on the main floor. Although there is a horse-drawn carriage parked in front, […]
