First-Ever Farm Day at Norfolk Library
Saturday, March 15, was Farm Day at the Norfolk Library. This inaugural event was a collaboration between the Norfolk Farmers Market and the library. The day started off with a showing of the film “The Greenhorns,” a charming and informative hour-long documentary about how young farmers get started in their careers. After a delicious–and […]
Vintage Car Show Returns
Get your motors running The sound of vintage automobiles will be heard again in Station Place, this time to benefit the Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance Fund. The second annual Classic Community Car Show will be held on July 13 from noon to 4 p.m. Organized by the Norfolk Economic Development Commission, the event will feature […]
From Yemen to Station Place
Owner of Corner Store Still Upbeat About Norfolk By Ruth Melville Like many similar stores in small New England towns, the Norfolk Corner Store finds it hard to remain profitable throughout the year. In our area alone, the Colebrook Store, which had been in continuous operation from 1812 until it closed in 2007, recently […]
Second Winter Farmers Market Planned
The Norfolk Farmer’s Market held its first-ever indoor winter market at the town hall. There were local jams and jellies, greenhouse-grown shiitake mushrooms, hand-made salamis, Hudson Valley cheeses, olive oils, very local maple syrup, artisan-style breads and eggs from happy chickens. Somehow, all of this fit into the attic space that most Norfolkians know as […]
Chili Cook-Off Hotly Contested
It was fiesta time at the Church of the Immaculate Conception when the Catholic Women’s Club hosted their midwinter chili cook-off on Saturday, Feb. 8. Twenty-two chilis were lined up for tasting in the church’s Klauer Hall. Among the more exotic offerings were vegetarian chilis, seafood chilis, and a moose meat chili, ranged alongside a […]
The Big-Top Circus Makes a Whistle Stop in Norfolk
Jugglers, a lion tamer, a sword swallower and an assortment of sideshow freaks occupied the stage at Battell Chapel on February 12 and paraded through the aisles while a top-hatted P. T. Barnum (Louise Davis) directed traffic with his riding crop. This visit from the Greatest Show on Earth was masterminded by the Isabella Eldridge […]
Icebox Games
Bounty of Snow and Cold Brings Wide Choice of Winter Activities By Janet Gokay Too bad about Sochi. While Olympic athletes and spectators alike were sunning themselves in 64-degree weather there on Valentine’s Day, the real winter sports were in full swing here in Norfolk. True, the spectacular snowfalls of the past few weeks […]
Norfolk Then . . .
From Mother Goose to Ogden Nash, March winds have been the poet’s muse. In the familiar nursery rhyme, they bring April showers and May flowers. In 1888, however, March winds brought in the biggest blizzard to hit the Northeast in recorded history. Beginning on March 12, the storm lasted three days and crippled the region […]
Face Plant!
The wing span of 36 inches and the absence of ear tufts suggest that the owl that made this impression in the snow was a barred owl (Strix varia). They feed on rodents, which they take from the air, mostly at night, seizing them with their powerful talons. The photograph was taken with an iPhone […]
A Long-Winded Affair
Despite challenges, BNE gets approval for a larger wind turbine installation By Veronica Burns Work is slowly proceeding at the Flagg Hill sites of the BNE Energy wind farm. A recent monitoring report on Wind Colebrook South states that “some work has resumed on site, they are clearing and grubbing for the revised road alignment […]
