Witkos Meets with Norfolk Residents
State Senator Kevin Witkos addresses Norfolk residents who came out to Haystack Pizza to meet him and discuss state issues.
From Loon Meadow Farm to Barn and Breakfast
Beth and Steve Podhajecki look toward new business in New York state By Kit O’Brien As Spring, 2016 comes to a start, Beth and Steve Podhajecki’s business of horse-drawn carriage services in Norfolk comes to an end. Loon Meadow Farm itself is not at an end, though, as Beth and Steve Podhajecki will be moving […]
Morning Coffee and Papers at Haystack Pizza
The Haystack Pizza Restaurant along Route 44 just west of Norfolk’s downtown will open at 7:30 a.m. daily. Responding to a longtime wish of the community, owner Luis Veleu, above, is offering coffee, a selection of breakfast pastries, and the local and regional newspapers in the sunny atmosphere of his dining space. Photo by Bruce Frisch
Fire Department Adds a New Truck to Its Fleet
By Ruth Melville In January 2015, the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) presented the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Finance with a request for $125,000 to buy a new utility truck. The Board of Finance denied the full request, but it did give the NVFD $20,000, and the department chipped in $26,000 […]
Isabella Players Showcase Native American History
It was a cold afternoon, and the roads were snowy, but a good-sized crowd was on hand in Battell Chapel to watch this year’s Isabella Eldridge Club play, written and directed by Jude Mead. On stage were four disparate women, all descendants of great Native American chiefs. Three are great-great-granddaughters—crisply tailored Hahanna (Louise Davis), […]
It’s Only Natural—March 2016
Art, Science and Nature in a Rite of Spring By Hans M. Carlson Last Sunday’s minus 19 degrees was a record, and I love that kind of cold, so I took a walk in the woods as soon as the sun rose. I came out at the east gate of Great Mountain Forest, and […]
Local Youth Group Hosts Conversation on Access to Healthy Foods
State legislators join in voicing concern By Julie Scharnberg The Norfolk Church of Christ Youth Group is determined to do something about food insecurity and food deserts. On the afternoon of January 31, 2016, the youth group hosted a community conversation at Battell Chapel to gather ideas. Special guests included State Representative Roberta Willis […]
After Paris and Sandisfield, a Novelist Comes to Norfolk
By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo “It’s like living on a campus,” novelist Courtney Maum says of her new house on the village green. “With the church bells ringing… and being able to walk to the library… it’s pretty great.” The library, and the hidden wet bar in their new home, actually were the greatest […]
Norfolk’s Schoolchildren Learn to Curl
The school bus pulls up, seven schoolchildren pour out, huddle briefly with their coach, David Beers, in the foyer of the Norfolk Curling Club, then fan out over the ice, broom in hand, gliding over the pebbled surface of the curling sheets. This is the Norfolk After School Program in action. The curling class, […]
