Robin Hood Radio & TV
Navigating The Sherwood Forest of Public Access By Colleen Gundlach In Norfolk, tuning in to Channel 6 on cable television brings an array of locally produced programs, from a Botelle Board of Education meeting to a Salisbury zoning meeting to the daily Morning Show simulcast from WHDD in Sharon. Formally titled Community Access Television […]
From Yemen to Station Place
Owner of Corner Store Still Upbeat About Norfolk By Ruth Melville Like many similar stores in small New England towns, the Norfolk Corner Store finds it hard to remain profitable throughout the year. In our area alone, the Colebrook Store, which had been in continuous operation from 1812 until it closed in 2007, recently […]
Second Winter Farmers Market Planned
The Norfolk Farmer’s Market held its first-ever indoor winter market at the town hall. There were local jams and jellies, greenhouse-grown shiitake mushrooms, hand-made salamis, Hudson Valley cheeses, olive oils, very local maple syrup, artisan-style breads and eggs from happy chickens. Somehow, all of this fit into the attic space that most Norfolkians know as […]
Chili Cook-Off Hotly Contested
It was fiesta time at the Church of the Immaculate Conception when the Catholic Women’s Club hosted their midwinter chili cook-off on Saturday, Feb. 8. Twenty-two chilis were lined up for tasting in the church’s Klauer Hall. Among the more exotic offerings were vegetarian chilis, seafood chilis, and a moose meat chili, ranged alongside a […]
The Big-Top Circus Makes a Whistle Stop in Norfolk
Jugglers, a lion tamer, a sword swallower and an assortment of sideshow freaks occupied the stage at Battell Chapel on February 12 and paraded through the aisles while a top-hatted P. T. Barnum (Louise Davis) directed traffic with his riding crop. This visit from the Greatest Show on Earth was masterminded by the Isabella Eldridge […]
Icebox Games
Bounty of Snow and Cold Brings Wide Choice of Winter Activities By Janet Gokay Too bad about Sochi. While Olympic athletes and spectators alike were sunning themselves in 64-degree weather there on Valentine’s Day, the real winter sports were in full swing here in Norfolk. True, the spectacular snowfalls of the past few weeks […]
You Say Norfork, I Say Norfolk
By Michael Kelly World-weary musicians onstage at Infinity Hall will sometimes express bewilderment as to where on God’s earth their tour buses have deposited them; then ask, parenthetically, just how do we say the name of this remote hamlet bordering the Berkshires? What these musicians don’t know is that Norfolkians are just as confounded by the proper […]
Holiday Farmers Market a Success
The holiday farmers market in early December featured a first-ever Bernadette’s Bookshelf where local authors offered patrons an opportunity for a meet and greet. Participating local authors included John Funchion, Tony Thomson, Gail Blanke, Jim Cusick and cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough (pictured above). The market also featured holiday bereads and panettone from […]
African Dance at the Norfolk Library
The day after Christmas, Diata Diata International Folkloric Theater of Hudson, New York performed at the Norfolk Library. Founded in 1985 by Pamela and Andre Badilia to preserve ancestral heritage through performance, Diata has had a tremendous influence on the cultural life of Columbia County and beyond. Photos by Bruce Frisch.
Crossword: Cold Calls
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