Winter Mead Publishes His First Book
Investing in the Future of Technology Text By Colleen GundlachPhoto By Savage Frieze Growing up in Norfolk, Winter Mead was an outdoors person with an interest in running, biking and skiing. Today he teaches entrepreneurs how to build valuable businesses from the ground up. His new book, “How to Raise a Venture Capital Fund: The […]
Community Association Anticipates a Season of Replanting
By Mattie Vandiver The snow and ice have melted, and like everyone else in town, the Community Association (CA) is planning for the warmer weather to come. First off for the CA is its annual cleanup day, held on the Saturday following Earth Day. Last year, because of Covid, there was a cleanup month instead, […]
Cold Nights and Warmer Days Herald a New Maple Syrup Season
Text by Jude MeadPhoto by Danesha Mead Maple syrup season is here again. This year will be a little different, with Covid-19 guidelines that still need to be followed. In years past, visitors were welcomed to the sugar houses. This year there will be more safety measures in place and visitors discouraged from coming. But […]
Experiencing the Many Stories of Village Life in Rwanda
Serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer Text and Photos by Kerong Kelly I received my Peace Corps assignment in the spring of 2018. The application, interviews and security clearances had dragged on for months, but now here it was: I would be a Peace Corps volunteer in Rwanda focusing on child and maternal health. I […]
Norfolk Farmers Market to Return this Summer
Text by Doug McDevittPhoto by Bruce Frisch Imagine a summer morning, leaves on the trees gently rustling as a warm, soft breeze brushes your face and the heat of the sun spreads across your shoulders. The sounds of lively banter and laughter reach your ears, and music lifts your spirit as you find yourself humming […]
Learning in the Time of Covid
Botelle staff and students have successfully readjusted to in-person classes Text by Virginia Coleman-PriscoPhoto by Chris Snyder Covid-19 isn’t the first pandemic to have an impact on public education in the United States. In the 20th century, Spanish flu, tuberculosis and polio outbreaks caused public schools to shift instructional methods to either “open air” or […]
Phishing and Vishing and SMishing, Oh My!
NIB warns against online scams by Kelly Kandra Hughes Catie Dougan chuckles as she tells the story of when someone tried to scam her by email phishing. “A couple of years ago, I received an email from someone by the name of Tom McGowan. He asked me to send money via wire out of state […]
Norfolk Citizens Form Group to Study Climate Change
Organization encourages local participation by Michael Cobb Growing awareness of the impact of climate change led to the formation in autumn 2020 of the Norfolk Climate Coalition (NCC), a local grassroots organization studying how a changing climate affects our town and surrounding region. Concerned residents are sharing ideas and activities such as online presentations, renewable energy […]
GMF Sees Opportunities in Global Conservation Organization
Carbon sequestration research a priority by Mattie Vandiver Great Mountain Forest (GMF) recently became a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IUCN is the world’s largest, and oldest, environmental organization, a global authority on the natural and environmental world. It has more than 1,400 member organizations from over 170 countries, […]
Land Trust Boot Camp Prepares Board Members to Serve
Training and teamwork in the northwest hills by David Beers Prior to the 1990’s, the word webinar was not in common use and neither were webinars themselves. Since the onset of the Covid pandemic, though, it is quite common to spend several hours a day in Zoom meetings. While the option of webinars existed before […]
