View from the Green
Thanks for the Memories By Bob Bumcrot It is most generous of issue editor Shelley Harms to give me her View from the Green for this, the first month of Francesca’s and my relocation from Norfolk to Back Bay Boston. Like Dorothy and Bob Pam, now in Amherst, we hope to return for short stays […]
View From the Green
Do We Have The Cart Before The Horse? By Colleen Gundlach As so often happens in a small town, there are different viewpoints and outlooks, even among friends. Such is the case with the topic of this View. Even among the editors of Norfolk Now, there is friendly disparity about this issue. The opinions I […]
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A Void That Can’t Be Filled By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo As impossible as it was to imagine anything, even cancer, having its way with Lloyd Garrison, it did. His indomitable spirit fought that beast for longer than most could. A true fighter, Lloyd attended Norfolk Now story conferences and executive editor meetings right up until […]
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo A recent op-ed in the Hartford Courant focused on the results of a new Gallup Poll concerning percentages of Americans who would prefer to live in a state other than their own if they could. The poll found that nearly half of Connecticut residents […]
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Jobs For Juniors? Yes! By Rosanna Trestman With summer around the corner, many a parent begins the annual scramble to fill the three-month stretch of unstructured time facing their children. Cobbling together activities for younger kids, such as week-long soccer and art camps, the library Summer Reading program, and long days at Tobey Pond plug […]
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Corner Store: The Public’s Feedback By Ruth Melville Norfolk residents are known for their willingness to come to the aid of someone in trouble, and they were quick to respond to owner Fadhl Saleh’s request in last month’s Norfolk Now for suggestions on how to improve business at the Corner Store. Most of […]
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And Now . . . Norfolk 2033! By Kurt Steele A strong sense of collaborative pride marked Norfolk Now’s second symposium in Infinity Hall, sponsored by the newspaper on its 20th anniversary. John Dankosky, now a major figure with NPR News in Washington, flew up for the day to again moderate the discussion with five […]
The Countdown is on For NORFOLK 2023!
Future Planning Event Marks Norfolk Now’s Tenth Anniversary By Lloyd Garrison Only a few days remain before Saturday, Oct. 5, when Norfolk Now hopes to fill Infinity Hall for a forum on the future. Come Saturday, the doors will open at 9:30 for an event that begins at 10 a.m., and ends at noon. It […]
Guest Editorial
No Country For Young Men / By Christopher Sinclair Upon graduating from college and returning to Norfolk this past May I experienced several sensations which I often experience upon returning to Norfolk, my home. The remedial effects of the exceptionally clean air, hellos from people whom I’ve known far longer than I can recall, a […]
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Occupy Norfolk By Colleen Gundlach He told me, “There are 120,000 veterans living on the streets. 38,000 of them are females. There shouldn’t be even one of these people who risked their lives for this country living on the streets.” He went on to say that he had met former Green Berets living in the […]
