Winter Reads for Gardeners
By Jill ChaseAfter a busy gardening season, one almost looks forward to the garden going to sleep, allowing the gardener to enjoy a well-deserved pause. Although it might be time to take a break from the physical toil, winter is the ideal time to do some serious reflecting on the season past and planning for […]
Cook for Goodness Sake!
Eggs Benedict, 131 Years Later By Linda Garrettson In my November 2024 article I wrote about creating new traditions at Thanksgiving. Here we are, one year later, and I am thinking about traditions again. This time it’s eggs Benedict. As long as I can remember, our family holiday breakfasts featured eggs Benedict, a delicious stack […]
Community News
Sam Guindon December ExhibitNorfolk painter Sam Guindon’s show, “Observations,” is on view through Dec. 29 at the Hub during regular opening hours. Listening CircleThe UCC welcomes all who may be dealing with loss to a Listening Circle on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m., in Battell Chapel. Please contact the United Church of Christ at […]
Norfolk Then…
Pictured here is the Church of the Immaculate Conception and the adjacent rectory about 1910. Catholicism had first come to Norfolk with the arrival of the Ryan brothers in 1836, who established a woolen mill in town. Before there was a church, the handful of Catholics worshipped in the Ryan home and in the woolen […]
Careful as You Go
Repairing the brick and brownstone staircase at Norfolk’s Town Hall involves a fair bit of finesse and luck. Mason Joe Marolda, who has been working through the fall, has relied on a mix of recycled and found materials to ensure that the repairs mesh with the building’s distinctive exterior. For starters, Marolda saved as much […]
City Meadow Sets a Deadline
By Avice Meehan The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) in 2027 will mark the 125th anniversary of its founding and the Friends of the Meadow decided at their October meeting to adopt that milestone for achieving many major goals. “We want have [City Meadow] look as good as possible in two years,” said Co-chair Libby […]
Adaptive Learning: Botelle Shifts Gears on Reading
By Avice Meehan Mixed results on statewide assessments of math and reading have prompted the leadership of Botelle Elementary School to begin a two-year professional development program focused on the science of reading. Principal Lauren Valentino shared that game plan, along with student achievement and growth scores, with the Board of Education (BoE) at its […]
Norfolk’s Early Christmas Gift
On a blustery, rain-drenched October morning, intrepid teams from Peerless and the Whalen Nursery brought something special to the Norfolk Village Green: A 25-foot, field grown Norway spruce to serve as the town’s new holiday beacon. It replaces a King Boris fir grown from seed in Great Mountain Forest, which fell prey to a fungal […]
Stained Glass Window Restoration
By Avice Meehan After a pause to raise the funds needed rebuild the iconic steeple that rises above Church of Christ meeting house, a group of Norfolk residents has restarted the campaign to restore the remaining windows in Battell Chapel and the massive stained glass window in the sanctuary.Marie Civco, chair of the committee and […]
Fact and Fiction in Norfolk
Fact and Fiction in NorfolkStar Lawrence – Norfolk’s Writer and Discoverer of Novels By Elizabeth Bailey Starling Ransome Lawrence, known as Star Lawrence, was a celebrated editor-in-chief of W.W. Norton & Company publishers. He was less well-known as a novelist who worked as an editor by day. From the 1990s on, Star rose before dawn […]
