Artificial Intelligence Takes to the Ice
The Body Scientific By Richard Kessin My wife does not like clutter. When she sees 50 issues of Nature, the British science magazine piled on my desk, she gets a little peremptory. “Out!” she said. I decided on the dignity of an orderly retreat. I had been looking for subjects to write about in what […]
Warm and Wet — Again
by Russell Russ September was yet another nontypical weather month for Norfolk. It did not feel that warm or wet all month, but the final monthly totals told a different story. In a period of just about three days, remnants of a hurricane that landed on the Gulf Coast and then three weeks later a […]
Over Half a Century of Spaceflight
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson Sixty years ago, in 1961, the Russian Yuri Gagarin and the American Alan Shepard rocketed into space, beginning a competition between their two nations and an adventure in space that continues today. Gagarin was born in 1934 in the Russian village of Klushino, a peasant village that suffered severely […]
Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce, a Perfect Holiday Dessert
Notes from a French Kitchen by Marie-Christine Perry Summer has ended and with it the garden’s abundance. The dehydrator has been working full-time, drying the last of the summer bounty: thyme, marjoram, basil, sage and tarragon take turns scenting the air, and I have filled countless recycled Bonne Maman jam jars with their fragrant leaves. […]
P&Z Requires Special Permit Application for Town Farm Project
Eye on Town Government by Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) agenda on Sept. 14 included two new public hearings and a continuation of the public hearing for the proposed Haystack Woods development. First on the docket was an application for ground-mounted solar panels at Ginger Creek Nursery. A neighbor had sent a […]
Board of Finance Explores Potential Sources of Funding for Fire Truck
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron The purchase of a new tanker truck for the Norfolk Fire Department was the primary topic discussed during the Sept. 14 Board of Finance meeting. First Selectman Matt Riiska said the existing 1999 Freightliner truck has been leaking for two years and attempts to have it repaired have […]
Wetlands Permit Approved for Proposed Haystack Woods Development
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron The Inlands Wetlands Agency (Wetlands), in a continuing public hearing held on Sept. 13, gave its approval for proposed work for Haystack Woods, a planned affordable-housing project on Old Colony Road. Previously, at its Aug. 30 special meeting, questions raised by Wetlands members about potential wetlands disturbance at […]
New Space Telescope Made in America
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in December. The concept for the telescope was conceived in 1995, and construction started a decade later. Many of the components have been built using multiple technologies, with the work done by hundreds of engineering corporations in America, Canada and […]
New Year, New Protocols at Botelle
The Botelle Beat by Virgina Coleman-Prisco A year ago, the Botelle community was preparing to return to in-person learning for the first time since Covid-19 forced the school into remote instruction in March 2020. Two primary factors, the smaller population and the amount of available space for instruction and mask breaks, allowed Botelle to have […]
EDC Working on Revitalizing Town Website
By Ruth Melville Co-chair Libby Borden opened the Aug. 12 meeting of the Economic Development Commission with a quick review of the current state of the EDC’s budget. So far, the EDC has spent $3,100 out of its budget of $8,400: $500 on publicity for the “Fridays on the Green” events and $2,600 on the […]
