Norfolk’s January Weather
Seasonal Weather for the New Year By Russell Russ In recent years, it has seemed that winter did not get going until January or even February. This year has been more like the winters of old, when they started by December. This December was not overly wintery, but it was more like winter than autumn. […]
The Celestial Sphere
A Total Eclipse, a Partial Eclipse and the Return of Spring By Matthew Johnson Since the December winter solstice, the frigid weather has continued in the Norfolk Icebox. But the earth’s orbit is carrying us toward the warmer and longer days where we will reach the point in our orbit termed the vernal, or spring […]
Community News
Carla Francesca Parachini Exhibit at LibraryThe work of Colebrook’s Carla Francesca Parachini will be exhibited at the Norfolk Library during the month of March. The exhibit “Reflections” will include paintings on canvas, glass and ironstone plates, as well as botanical mixed media. A reception for the artist will be held on Sunday, March 2, from […]
Norfolk Then…
This photograph of Maple Avenue was taken about 1905. Ten years earlier, in 1895, Norfolkresidents voted on the appropriation of $500 for road improvement. Yet Maple Avenue remaineda dirt road, muddy in the spring, dusty in the summer. The paving of roads was one issue ofpublic interest that sparked heated debate, reflecting the divisive perception […]
Proposed Manor House Expansion Draws Large Crowd
Many differing views on effect of change in town center By Susan MacEachron Norfolk residents filled the Botelle School Hall of Flags on a very cold evening on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to attend the Planning & Zoning (P&Z) public hearing regarding a modification to the special permit granted in 1996 to the property known as […]
What a Year It Has Been
A successful year for GMF’s executive director By David Beers It has been almost a year since Mike Zarfos started his new position as executive director of Great Mountain Forest (GMF). He is now back working full time after recently taking some time off to care for his newborn daughter, Eila (meaning oak in Hebrew). […]
Listen Up: Libraries Reveal What’s Going On “Between the Stacks”
By Andra Moss Sometimes the most mundane exercises can lead to innovative outcomes. Take, for instance, the prosaic activity of small-town budgeting. As the board of the Falls Village David M. Hunt Library prepared to approach their town selectmen for additional funding last year, they asked residents for letters of support. The board hoped that […]
A Look Back at Norfolk’s 2024 Weather
By Russell Russ With an average yearly mean temperature of 48.6 degrees, 3.6 degrees above normal, 2024 was Norfolk’s warmest year (by a hair) over the last 93 years. The second warmest was 2012 with 48.5, followed by 1998 and 2023 coming in as tied for third warmest. The coldest year was 1940 at 41.9 […]
City Meadow Update
Friends Group Readies Spring Plans By Avice Meehan The seeds of City Meadow’s spring renewal are already visible beneath the coating of snow that covers the 400 woody shrubs and trees planted by the team working for Beth Roemaker of Meadowscapes. From button bush and winterberry, to sycamores and a single black tupelo, the plantings […]
Letters
Don’t Kill Botelle School I’ve been a homeowner in Norfolk for 35 years and have never spoken out publicly before; but I am outraged by the current proposal to combine the Norfolk and Colebrook schools. This idiotic idea gets kicked around every time someone is annoyed by taxes and thinks they can save $1 by […]
