Exploring natural History
C.H. Pease Museum Shines a light on Canaan’s past By Colleen Gundlach Where in North Canaan can one find a moose, a fox, an eagle, a turtle and various types of winged creatures in one place? If you know, you know. It’s the C.H. Pease Museum of Natural History right in the center of Canaan […]
great blue heron rookeries
working together to provide sustainable breeding habitats By Jude Mead Great Blue Herons are a familiar sight in Norfolk and are one of the largest of all North American herons, standing up to four feet tall with a wingspan of close to six feet. They are most noticeable in flight as they soar across the […]
Prospect of Proposed Tower Alarms South Norfolk
Residents search for answers and alternatives By Avice Meehan The letters arrived in March and residents of Old Goshen Road, Smith Road and the surrounding area thought nothing would happen. A representative of Smartlink, a company working on behalf of Verizon, was looking for a location for a new cell tower. Surely, they thought, no […]
Questions raised about the new firehouse
Could costs be cut by sharing with EMS? Other towns? By Joe Kelly While plans are being developed for Norfolk to replace its current firehouse on Sheperd Road with a new building, Norfolk Now has invited readers to submit questions about this very significant project. Questions that have come up have revolved around cost savings […]
You have pulled the invasive plants- now what?
Destroying debris from invasives the Norfolk way By Jill Chase and Bill Ticineto Removing invasive plants from your yard is a great step toward stopping their spread into our surrounding woodlands. Just as important is what to do with the debris. Many invasive plants have aggressive methods of reproduction. Seeds can stay viable for years or bits of root can […]
The Body Scientific
Beech Leaf Disease and Nematodes By Richard Kessin I am used to studying diseases of animals. Like humans, vertebrates have immune systems and cells like macrophages that roam through the body to eat invaders. Trees are a whole other category: They do not make antibodies to protect themselves and they certainly cannot run away from a […]
Food, Connection and Community on a Saturday
New farm store opens in Falls Village By Andra Moss Inspiration can be born of necessity, challenge or pure serendipity. The inspired partnership of the Undermountain Pantry and Beavertides Farm Store in Falls Village was a happy confluence of all three, say collaborators Tracy Hayhurst and Marleen van Gulick. Van Gulick and her husband, Dan Carr, […]
Take Something, leave something: the Swap shop is back
By Bina Thomson Charming is not often a word associated with a visit to a transfer station. When referring to the Norfolk Swap Shop at the Norfolk Transfer Station, however, it is spot-on. An American flag waves cheerfully in the summer breeze beside a planter of colorful annuals at the entry to a new shipping […]
Looking Back Over the Years
The End of an Era for Norfolk Now By Colleen Gundlach After 10 years and over 30 issues, Ruth Melville has put on her Norfolk Now editor’s hat for the last time. In June, the paper marked the end of an era with the publication of Ruth’s final issue as one of the executive editors […]
Bald Eagles make a triumphant local comeback
Norfolk sightings excite birders By Jude Mead The story of the bald eagle in New England is one of resilience and triumph over adversity. Once on the brink of extinction, the bald eagle has made a remarkable recovery thanks to conservation efforts and legal protections. In the 1960s, there were only a few pairs of […]
