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 […]
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, […]
Slip Sliding Away
The 15-plus inches of snow that fell on Norfolk on February 7 made Wood Creek Pond a perfect cross-country skiing destination. Here, Norfolk’s Clare Kelly enjoys the peaceful beauty of a fresh snowfall. — Photo by Joe Kelly
City Meadow Park Development Cleared to Move Ahead
Linking City Meadow with a renovated Robertson Plaza by David Beers The next phase of construction to complete the City Meadow Park in downtown Norfolk was approved by the Planning and Zoning Committee (P&Z) at its Jan. 12 meeting. With approval already in hand from the Inland Wetlands Agency earlier in the month, the town’s […]
How to Remove the Congregational Church’s Steeple — Very Carefully
Repairs to the clock tower and belfry can begin Text by Ruth Melville After years of planning, consultation and crossed fingers, the steeple on the top of Norfolk’s Church of Christ Congregational was successfully removed last December, enabling the much-needed repair of the tower and steeple. In 2015, during routine work on the clock tower, […]
Berkshire Country Café is One of Five New Businesses in North Canaan
By Andra MossPhoto by Peter Chaffetz Norfolk’s own Berkshire Country Store is growing. Owner Ryan Craig has expanded his popular Norfolk location with the addition of the Berkshire Country Cafe on Main Street in North Canaan, serving breakfast and lunch Thursday through Sunday. But don’t worry, his four-year-old enterprise in Norfolk isn’t going anywhere. In […]
Rick Schatzberg’s “The Boys” Combines Photography and Memoir
By Michael Selleck Looking at old photos from my youth is like eating comfort food. There‘s something about the brownish tint of the old color processing that’s like a magical haze. A recognition of people and places—some long gone—of a certain time. The friendships, the feelings of both invincibility and insecurity. A time capsule of […]
Annual Bird Event Counts on Norfolk Citizen Scientists
Text by Kelly Kandra HughesPhoto by Savage Frieze Over four days every February, people flock to the Internet to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). The GBBC is one of the most prolific citizen science projects in the world, with 268,674 participants from 194 countries in 2020. Started in 1998 by the Cornell […]
