Community News
Fried Dough Fundraiser for the Norfolk Volunteer Fire DepartmentSpring is in the air—and fried dough is on the menu! Come out and support the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department while getting your first taste of summer. Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside…savory or sweet…fried dough is the treat no one can resist. […]
Norfolk Then
By Ann Havemeyer It was a busy afternoon at the General Electric plant in 1953. On the banks of the Blackberry River in a building that had been a 19th century stone mill, General Electric opened a branch in 1946 to make starters for fluorescent lights. Twelve Norfolk women were employed at first, but the […]
10 Station Place in New Hands
Like many New Englanders, Norfolk residents can be allergic to change. Then again, some changes are practically invisible. Such is the case with the sale of 10 Station Place, the historic former station for the Central New England Railway. In December, the property was sold for $750,000 by Ten Station Place LLC to 10SP LLC. […]
Tree Cutting by Town Raises Concerns
Tirrell seeks better management after incidents on Ashpohtag and Doolittle By Joe Kelly Right now in Norfolk, as elsewhere, trees are disappearing on an unprecedented scale. Borers and blight are killing ashes and beeches. Sugar maples, normally adapted to cold climates, are struggling because of warmer temperatures. Hemlocks are being attacked by the wooly adelgid. […]
A Look Back at the Pub
By Michael Cobb My parents bought their house on Maple Avenue in Norfolk in the late 1970s, a house that my wife and I recently took over. The Pub has always been a pub as long as we’ve been in town. Back then I believe it was called the Hawk’s Nest (it was actually Hawk’s […]
Norfolk Pub Ends Its Run
New era for historic Royal Arcanum By Avice Meehan The Norfolk Pub, the bar and restaurant located in the front corner of the iconic Royal Arcanum building, closed its doors on Jan. 31. It ceased operations after 462 trivia nights, untold meals served, several standing ovations for owner Heidi Forler and music from a local […]
Winter WIN Takes a Team
By Patricia Platt The idea for Weekend in Norfolk (WIN) came to Sue Frisch as she walked along Station Place in 2015 after she completed a print guide to town. That very afternoon she ran the idea by Holly Gill and Ruth Melville. The first WIN committee was formed and the rest is history. “I […]
HEARD AROUND TOWN
Honor Roll for Ginny DeCerbo Good news about Botelle alums is always welcome here at Norfolk Now. So three cheers for Ginevra “Ginny” DeCerbo, who made the Dean’s List this fall at the University of New Hampshire—and with highest honors. A sophomore, she is working toward a bachelor’s degree in music and education. While a […]
Gliding into the Green Woods
Bundled up against temperatures in the low teens, Norfolk resident Jenny Pres-ton set off from the East Entrance of the Great Mountain Forest (GMF) for a re-cent solitary ski, a familiar routine since big snow storm on Jan. 25. Although the trails are not yet groomed, skiers have laid down a good track though portions […]
TINY BUT MIGHTY
Norfolk Alliance Focuses on Pollinators By Susannah Wood About 40 people braved the snow and slippery conditions on Saturday, Jan. 17, to hear Kass Urban-Mead give a lively and information rich program on the importance of forests to many native bees. The forests and forestry lead at the Xerxes Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Urban-Mead, wrote […]
