Norfolk Throws a Party
By Ruth Melville Norfolk decided to throw a party—and people came! By all measures, last month’s Weekend in Norfolk was a resounding success. When the Weekend in Norfolk (WIN) coordinating committee, Sue Frisch, Holly Gill and I, set up the welcome tent on the green on Friday, our expectations were high but a bit […]
The All-Volunteer Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance Service Is Always On Call
Help Whenever You Need It By Ruth Melville The Lions Club is an international secular service organization founded in 1917. Their motto is “We Serve,” and it would be hard to find a better description of the Norfolk Lions Club. The Norfolk Lions Club is an invaluable organization that provides help to the […]
Norfolk Filmmaker’s “Bob and the Trees” Leads Off Series of Independent Films at the Norfolk Library
By Ruth Melville “Bob and the Trees” is a film about a middle-aged logger in a rural town in western Massachusetts who struggles to make a living over the course of a harsh winter. Although fictional, the movie has the quiet attention to ordinary life of a fly-on-the-wall documentary. This fall, the film’s director, […]
Cats on the Loose
Right before Sally Carr left to go to Martha’s Vineyard, these two adorable cats showed up on her Laurel Way doorstep. In her absence, her husband, Larry, and other neighbors tried unsuccessfully to find the owners, and the cats stayed for a week. Eventually, though, the rightful, and grateful, owners, the Vandiver family, were identified, […]
Stories in a Maple Board
By Hans M. Carlson I’m thinking about the beauty of wood this morning—about the revelation that comes when a seasoned board comes out of the planer and shows itself truly for the first time. This is the moment when wood gives advice. When it hints at what shape it would like to take, as […]
Frequent Sightings of Bears This Summer Alarm and Intrigue Norfolk Residents
By Jude Mead I am sitting at my deck on a quiet sunny afternoon. The birds are chirping. The breeze is light and warm. I am sipping fresh homemade lemonade. Suddenly, from around the corner of my house appears a large black bear that begins to climb the stairs toward my front door […]
Confucians Hold a Community Picnic
On Sunday, August 21, the Confucian Study Association invited the town to a picnic to introduce themselves to the Norfolk community. All the food, which was vegetarian and delicious, was prepared by the members, many of whom had come up from New Jersey for the occasion. The weather was perfect, and the hosts and a […]
Discover Norfolk Treasures “Hidden in Plain Sight” at the Historical Society
Exhibit Highlights Golden Age By Leila Javitch “Hidden in Plain Sight” is the name of the current exhibition at the Norfolk Historical Society. That title also describes this treasure of a show. Everyone with any interest in Norfolk should see it before it closes in mid-October. The exhibition focuses on the artists, artisans and […]
Dormant for Three Years, Church Bells Ring Again
“Like a setting of opal and gold” By Michael Kelly Whether in the garden admiring your horticultural handiwork, exiting the library with an armload of books or entering your car at the post office, you may suddenly hear a comforting sound trickling out of the sky reminding you of just where you are. After […]
