Coal Oil Tank Behind Library Safely Unearthed
Environmental effects are being monitored By Michael Kelly During excavation for the Norfolk Library’s new handicapped access ramp, pipes were unearthed that led to a mysterious gas tank buried behind the library’s great room. After much head-scratching and research, it was determined that the tank was part of a then-sophisticated 19th-century technology that, before […]
A Portrait of Two Equestrians
It Takes More Than Money to Ride by Courtney Maum There’s a saying that the way to heaven is on horseback, but even veteran riders would admit that the journey is expensive. Happily, the careers of two local trainers prove that passion and moxie can make up for what your bank account might lack. […]
It’s Only Natural—October 2016
Geography Over the Guardrail By Hans M. Carlson I am a connoisseur of secondary roads, because they give the up-close view of the human and natural landscape that I have highlighted so often when writing about things in and around Norfolk. Interstates by contrast are not really of the places they cross, and for […]
Choir Mixes Sacred and Secular at End-of-Summer Concert
The Nightingals, a summer choir for women under the direction of Elizabeth Allyn, performed two concerts on the weekend of September 17-18 at Battell Chapel. The program included both sacred and secular music embracing a broad range of styles, from Haydn and Mendelssohn to Harold Arlen and Carole King. The group, says Allyn, started as […]
Norfolk’s 4th Annual Car Show a Roaring Success
The car show was held this year on the grounds of the Battell estate, next to the Yale Music Shed, and drew a record numbers of exhibitors and visitors. Among the cars were a one-cylinder Duryea horseless carriage, built in 1894, right; a baby blue 1956 Thunderbird, which was voted the crowd favorite, top; and, […]
Town Approves Convenience Store Plan
Stannard to withdraw suit By Wiley Wood On Monday, August 29, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a plan for the proposed convenience store and deli at 6 Station Place, following a public hearing at which many town residents spoke urging approval. The store’s operator, Ryan Craig, and the building’s owner, the Norfolk Foundation, […]
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, […]
Valentino Takes the Reins
Botelle School has a new principal By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Lauren Valentino started her new job as principal of Botelle School on July 1. She was unanimously selected for the position by a search committee made up of Board of Education members, parents and teachers. Valentino is the fourth principal at Botelle in the […]
