Norfolk’s April Weather
Warmest April on Record By Russell Russ It was Norfolk’s warmest April in the last 79 years, which is as far back as our records go. The second warmest April was in 1945, with an average mean temperature of 48.7 degrees. Five of the top ten warmest Aprils since 1932 have taken place in the […]
Michaela Murphy’s Photographs on Display
By Katie Atkinson Michaela Murphy has an exhibit of photographs at the Norfolk Library this month entitled, “Structure and Light: Old Barns”. The photographs were all taken in Norfolk, and the surrounding area, and will be on exhibit for the entire month of June. Murphy has been photographing her surroundings for over 40 years and has always been […]
GMF Hosts Spoon Carving Course
This group of participants gathered at the Shelter on May 8 to learn how to hand carve spoons. The workshop was the second in a series of forest skills workshops held this spring by Great Mountain Forest. Front row, left to right: Olivia May, Lily Quinn. Back row, left to right: Helen Andrus, Jeff May, […]
Sixth Grader Makes a Difference
Elias Olsen Profile By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo In a town like Norfolk, with so many residents doing an array of good deeds here, and all over the world, one may not be surprised to hear about a resident who donates mosquito nets to Africa, plays sports with disabled children and helps train Special Olympics athletes. […]
Specialty Recycling days, Permits and Dog Licenses
Household Hazardous Waste Day will be held Saturday, June 5 at the Public Works Garage in Falls Village from 9:00 a.m. to noon. You must sign up for this event by contacting the Selectmen’s Office at 860-542-5829. Electronic Collection and Paper Shredding will take place Saturday, June 12 at the Water Treatment Plant on Bogue […]
Norfolk’s March Weather
The Third Warmest March on Record By Russell Russ The month’s high temperature of 65 degrees was observed on March 19, 20 and 21. It was a record high for March 19, beating the old record of 60 degrees set in 1945. The low temperature of 17 degrees was observed on March 27. The average […]
Briefly…
Hold Those Books Please note that the Norfolk Library will be closed from Monday, May 24 to Friday, May 28. The floors are being refinished… Garlic Mustard Time There are notices up around town to help explain how to remove the dreaded garlic mustard from roadsides, yards and gardens. Now is the time to pull […]
Milestones
Died – Ruth Philpotts Kopp, age 85, of Norfolk, died on February 11 in Salisbury, Conn. She was the mother of Bradford, Jeffrey and Alexander, the mother-in-Law of Jean, Susan and Kim and the grandmother of Duncan, Tyler and Andrew. Mrs. Kopp began her summers in Norfolk in 1961 and later became a full-time resident. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, […]
A Norfolk-Charlottesville Connection
Russell Childs honored by Montpelier Foundation by Linda Childs On February 21, a crisp Sunday during Black History Month, a crowd of almost 200 gathered in Orange, Va., at the gateway to James Madison’s historic home, Montpelier, to dedicate the newly-restored Montpelier Depot train station to the memory and vision of one of Norfolk’s own, […]
Letters
Giving People What They Want Ms Trestman’s comments in the February issue about having a grocery store in Norfolk brought back some horrible memories to my wife, Louise Schimmel, and me. What ended as Dina’s started in 1996 as Greenwoods Market and Café. We kept it going for three very long years. Our basic assumption […]
