Correction

The Norfolk Tour de Forest is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 14. The incorrect date was listed in the August issue of Norfolk Now. We apologize for the error.

Norfolk’s July 2023 Weather

Wettest July on Record By Russell Russ July was a warm and very wet month. There were no record-setting daily temperatures, but it was consistently warm and humid for most of the month. What stood out dramatically was the rainfall – heavy rainfall and a great deal of it. Details on the record setting July […]

EDC and Board of Education Discuss Ways to Support Botelle

By Ruth Melville The Economic Development Commission (EDC) invited members of the Board of Education (BoE), along with Superintendent Mary Beth Iacobelli and Principal Lauren Valentino, to attend an in-person meeting on Aug. 10 meeting to have a conversation about ways the EDC might be able to assist Botelle School. EDC co-chair Libby Borden started […]

Norfolk Now Would Like to Thank All Those Who Have Supported Us This Year

Brian & Heather Adams Martha & Will Agate Mary Ann & Bruce Anderson Mr. & Mrs. S.A. Anderson Susan & Eric Anderson Caroline & Dyck Andrus Peter & Julia Anstey Peter Aziz Caitlin Macy & Jeremy Barnum Kathy & John Bascetta John & Sonia Batten Deborah Bell Laura Blakeslee & Dale Bengston Gayle Blakeslee Elizabeth […]

Community News

Battell Arts Foundation Scholarship for Children and Young Adults The Battell Arts Foundation is actively soliciting applications for scholarships in the arts. The scholarships may be used to fund education or experience in any of the performing, literary or visual arts. Applicants must be residents of Norfolk or Colebrook and be in the third through […]

Norfolk Then…

Photo courtesy of the Norfolk Historical Society The North Middle School on Ashpohtag Road was one of eleven district schools that served children across Norfolk’s widely scattered settlement in the 19th century. Most were one-room schoolhouses equipped with a pot-bellied stove, and teachers boarded in homes nearby. One notable student who began her education at […]