Letters
Thank You On behalf of Great Mountain Forest, Norfolk Curling Club and the Town of Norfolk, the Norfolk Rails to Trails Committee would like to thank all our generous sponsors and volunteers who worked so hard at making this year’s 2023 Tour de Forest Bike Ride a huge success. We were fortunate that the weather […]
Norfolk Salutes Its Volunteers
Libby Borden Libby Borden has been volunteering in Norfolk since the early 2000s when she moved here full time and knew nobody. “It was a great way to get to know people without having to go to cocktail parties,” she remembers. She says that volunteering has many rewards. “You feel that spending your time is […]
Around the Green
Gather Ye Poets at the Norfolk Library By Bina Thomson “That time of year thou mayst in me behold/ When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang/ Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,/ Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.” The words of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 rang out through the […]
Canaan Regroups for Economic Revival
By Daryl Wilson Downtown North Canaan, slightly edgier and perhaps more of a bargain than Great Barrington, 15 minutes to its north, is not generally included in the cultural sphere of the Berkshires, but that may be changing. An expanding economy in the Southern Berkshires based on recreational, cultural and food experiences brings with it […]
P&Z Sets Public Hearings for Firehouse, Sunset Ridge Land
By Susan MacEachron At the Planning & Zoning (P&Z) meeting on Oct. 10, Lisa Reed was approved to become an alternate member of the commission, replacing Wiley Wood, who became a regular member of P&Z. Applications for the proposed new firehouse and a subdivision on Sunset Ridge Road were accepted. Public hearings on the two […]
July Rainstorms Leave Town Underwater Financially
By Susan MacEachron At its meeting on Oct. 10, First Selectman Matt Riiska provided the Board of Finance (BoF) with an update on the significant expenses the town incurred from the July rainstorms and flash flooding. He stated the flooding cleanup and repair cost the town $566,291. Riiska explained that the town’s application for Federal […]
Nov. 14 Public Hearings on Firehouse and Sunset Ridge Property
The Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing upstairs in Town Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at 6:45 p.m., to consider an application for a re-subdivision of property at 77 Sunset Ridge Road for a single family home. Immediately following the above hearing on Nov. 14, the Planning & Zoning Commission will […]
Two Wheels Bicycles Gears Up in Sheffield
Route 7 shop offers repair and rentals By Andra Moss Norfolk residents will be able to take on the town’s notorious hills with greater ease thanks to a new electric bicycle rental and repair shop just over the Massachusetts border in Sheffield. Those still clinging to the dream of analog, zero-assist bicycles can also rent […]
Future of Norfolk Farmers Market Uncertain, For Now
Long-time head steps down, replacement sought By Michael Cobb Norfolk Farmers Market Manager Lisa Auclair and Market Master Angie Bollard have resigned, leaving both positions open and plans up in the air for next season’s market. Doug McDevitt, Norfolk Farmers Market co-chair, commends their years of commitment, saying, “These individuals have put their hearts and […]
Norfolk Literary Event Hits Its Stride
Haystack Book Festival explores far-ranging topics By Joe Kelly From a small conversation six years ago with a biographer of the poet John Ashberry, Norfolk’s Haystack Book Festival has evolved into a multi-day exploration that remains true to its roots in literature but now ranges into criticism, religion, history, foreign affairs, journalism, domestic politics and […]
