Norfolk’s January Weather
Where’s the Snow? By Russell Russ The month’s high temperature of 53 degrees was observed on January 25. This tied the 1938 record high temperature for that date. The low temperature of minus 5 degrees was observed on January 30. The average mean temperature this month was 22.0 degrees, 1.2 degrees above the January average. […]
Norfolk Goes To Utica
By Veronica Burns A team from the Norfolk Curling Club (accompanied by supporters) will be going to Utica, N.Y. this month to compete in the first Elisabeth Childs Challenge. Last year the Grand National Curling Club of American (GNCC) decided to rename the women’s ‘Five and Under’ competition in honor of Elisabeth Childs. The […]
Grace Works: An Opportunity to Help a Neighbor
By Barbara Spiegel Among the many things that make Norfolk a wonderful town to call home are our five star library, world renowned chamber music festival, quality local schools, safe neighborhoods, numerous state parks, cross country ski trails, a pristine town beach and Infinity Hall. Another one to add to that list is the Church […]
The Play’s the Thing
A recent presentation by members of the Isabella Eldridge Club, “When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet” was met with enthusiastic applause at the end of its performance in Battell Chapel. The one-act comedy (for the fair sex), was written by Charles George. Pictured here are Shakespeare’s ladies: back row, left to right, Margaret O’Malley in the guise […]
Listening Club
Cellist Laura Usiskin, a Yale School of Music graduate from 2009, and Pianist Jeannette Fang, a current student at the Yale School of Music, performing at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival’s Listening Club on February 6. Hosted by Festival Manager James Nelson, the Listening Club invites members of the audience to interrupt the performance and […]
Arts Festival Planned for August
By Bob Bumcrot The Norfolk Economic Development Commission (EDC) has announced plans for a three-day arts festival to be held this summer on August 13, 14 and 15. The festival, celebrating Norfolk’s musical, visual arts and literary heritage, will have as many as 24 events scheduled from Friday afternoon through Sunday. Musical events already scheduled for the weekend include concerts by the […]
Restoration of the American chestnut is ongoing
Once King of the Forest By Veronica Burns The demise of the American elm from village greens and town streets registered more with the public than the demise of the American chestnut. The chestnut was located in the woods of rural America and its disappearance was noted mostly by rural communities, where livelihoods depended on […]
Cabin fever isn’t a problem for these Norfolk kids, who play together every Monday afternoon in the Balls & Tots play group. Ann & Josh Decerbo host the weekly event, a program sponsored by the Norfolk Recreation Committee. All preschoolers and their parents are welcome to join in the fun from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m in the Botelle gymnasium. This program runs through April 5, […]
Local photographer and singer is the featured artist
March Library Show By Katie Atkinson A collection of Kathy Griswold’s photographs of Norfolk will be featured in a show at the Norfolk Library this month. Griswold’s photographs offer the viewer a symphony of beauty, color and an insider’s view of Norfolk. You can feel the artist’s enthusiastic and vibrant personality shining through her work. […]
View From The Green
Winter Musings By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo My husband gave me a beautiful book for Christmas, When Wanderers Cease to Roam: a Traveler’s Journal of Staying Put, by Vivian Swift, a former assistant Vice President at Christie’s auction house. Swift traveled around the world for twenty years before settling down on the Long Island Sound and […]
