Norfolk Outdoors
Orienteering Turns 30 By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Some may be surprised to learn that Norfolk’s Columbus Day Weekend Orienteering tradition just celebrated its 30th anniversary. Brought to town by Jean and Peter Thompson in 1978, Norfolk’s Orienteering event is modeled after the internationally practiced competition. The Thompson’s started orienteering themselves while living in London in […]
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Real Estate Brian and Jessica McCurdy sold property on Emerson Street to Benjamin and Kailin Nadeau for $190,000. Andy and Barbara Gomez sold property on Roughland Road to Roughland Road LLC for $1,037,500. Maple Avenue Residents Arrested Two men were arrested on September 27. Michael Chapell, age 21, was charged with first-degree unlawful restraint, third-degree sexual assault, […]
Norfolk Now Gets New Ad Manager
In a move to boost ad revenues in a down market, Theodore J. Marolda has joined the volunteer staff of Norfolk Now to manage advertising. Marolda, better known as “T.J.,” is a Norfolk native with a degree from Manhattanville who is an investment advisor with the brokerage firm of Brimberg & Co. Although he maintains […]
Zone 4
Reconsidering an old standby: Norway Maple By Susannah Wood Norway maple (Acer platanoides) has been growing in the United States since John Bartram brought it to Philadelphia in the mid-18th century. It grows all across Europe from France to Russia and south to Iran. Today, it grows all across the United States as well. The […]
Infinity Hall Opening Night!
Kenny Rankin Packs the Hall By Leila Javitch Infinity Hall had its long-awaited and spectacular opening on Friday October 17. The hall was packed and crackling with excitement. About 245 seats were claimed by a mostly middle-aged crowd who had come to hear Kenny Rankin, a singer and song-writer whose music is at once jazzy, […]
Election Day is November 4
Norfolk’s William Riiska is a Write-in Candidate By Shelley Harms State Representative George Wilber has resigned from his seat in the General Assembly and removed his name from nomination for re-election in the wake of publicity over alleged sexual abuse. John Rigby, the Republican candidate, will be the only printed name on the ballot for […]
On the Farm
On Watching Chickens By Pat Harms When considering possible retirement activities, chicken-watching as a source of interest and entertainment never occurred to me. But unlikely hobbies may develop with time and opportunity and now, blessed with both, I find I love to watch chickens. While bird watching is a perfectly respectable hobby, few share my […]
Infinity Hall to Host Yale Chamber Music
The Jasper Quartet will kick off Series of four concerts Nov. 19 By Lloyd Garrison Infinity Hall’s billboard, which is loaded with popular comedy acts, jazz, folk and country music groups, is making room for classical music as well. In partnership with Yale’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Infinity Hall owner Dan Hincks is mounting a […]
Celebrated Poet and Critic Dies
Hayden Carruth and “The Norfolk Poems” By Francesca Turchiano The New York Times obituary of Hayden Carruth noted that his “spare, precise, impassioned verse took myriad forms and stamped him as one of the most wide-ranging and intellectually ambitious poets of his generation.” He died at his home near Syracuse, New York on September 29 […]
Out and About
Sweet Moments in Sour Times: Robin’s Candy Store By Francesca Turchiano Everyone who visits Robin’s Candy Store on Main Street in Great Barrington exits with a feeling of happiness. I took our 11-year-old granddaughter, Cara, there this summer. The self-declared candy maven was elated by her visual experience, her bubble-gum flavored jellybeans, her dark chocolate […]
