Indoor Soccer at the Botelle Gym
“It’s open to anyone, any age and any sex,” says organizer Antonio Guindon. The indoor soccer season starts in October and meets every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. except for school holidays. Teenagers are matched with players in their fifties. Attendance varies from 15 to 30 players a session. “The main point is to have […]
Russell Russ Records Norfolk’s Weather for the National Weather Service
Continuing an 82-Year Tradition By Colleen Gundlach There has been a lot of discussion in Norfolk about the town’s ability to keep young people here and provide them employment. There are, however, families whose contribution to the town has spanned generations and provided not only a livelihood but a way of life. The Russ family […]
The Christmas Bird Count
Citizen Scientists Make Their Mark By Susannah Wood On December 14, in the dark and cold of 4 a.m., Ray Belding is going to be in the woods calling to owls. For the next 10 hours or so he and his team will be counting every bird they see for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird […]
Norfolk Offers Dial-A-Ride Bus Service
“We’ll go anywhere people need to go” By Christopher Sinclair It’s hard to imagine, but the town of Norfolk was once a transportation hub. Conductors barked orders, and steam-driven trains came to a reluctant halt in the village center where Norfolk residents now pick up their mail and deposit their checks. People traveled with ease […]
Botelle Students Honor Veterans
By Ann DeCerbo While many schools around the country enjoyed a day off, Botelle School presented a ninety-minute Veteran’s Day assembly on November 11, 2014 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The veterans’ arrival was marked by a row of flags along the upper parking lot. A range of school staff and volunteers under the direction […]
Botelle Beat—December 2014
Student Harvest of Awards and Trophies By Ann DeCerbo Sixth grader Kendra Link was awarded the 2014 Botelle Superintendent’s Award at the November Board of Education meeting. The award, presented by Superintendent Mary Beth Iacobelli, is based on “community service and service to others, academic success and leadership service to the school community.” Botelle traditions […]
Haystack Quilters
Under the instruction of fabric artist Shirley Metcalf, third from left above, the Haystack quilters use the latest technology and equipment. Scissors have been replaced by a rotary cutter, which can slice through four layers of fabric at a time. The quilting proper is performed by a long-arm, free-standing quilting machine. Fabric has been donated, […]
Norfolk Then . . .
December brings the Calder Trophy Men’s Bonspiel to Norfolk. Established about 1960, the trophy is named after John Walcott Calder of Utica, NY, a veteran curler who curled in the first-ever Olympic demonstration at the 1936 Winter Games in Lake Placid. Calder’s daughter, Elisabeth, introduced the sport to Norfolk when she married Ted Childs, and […]
New Director Appointed at Great Mountain Forest
Seeing the Forest and the Trees By Veronica Burns Newcomers to this rural town are often asked, “What brought you to Norfolk?” In the case of Hans Carlson, the recently appointed director of Great Mountain Forest (GMF), it was to work with local canoe builder Schuyler Thomson in 1987. Carlson, who was born and raised […]
First 5K Trail Race a Success
Barbour Woods is Site of Norfolk Land Trus Race A thin drizzle and slippery trails did not deter the runners who gathered for the Norfolk Land Trust’s first annual 5K Trail Run through Barbour Woods on Saturday, October 4. The race started at the Lovers Lane entrance to the woods at 10 a.m. The winner […]
