Home
About Norwich
Our Team
Content
    All Articles
    Cover Story
    Animals Rule!
    Around Town
    Artist Profile
    Creating Community
    Elder Profile
    Green Page
    Goodness InDeed
    History
    Life at 531 Feet
    Meet your Neighbor
    School Days
    Your Green Spaces
Our Sponsors
Advertise
Archives
Contact Us

Norwich Times - Good People, Good Places, Good Things Happening
  • Home
  • About Norwich
  • Our Team
  • Content
    • All Articles
    • Cover Story
    • Animals Rule!
    • Around Town
    • Artist Profile
    • Creating Community
    • Elder Profile
    • Green Page
    • Goodness InDeed
    • History
    • Life at 531 Feet
    • Meet your Neighbor
    • School Days
    • Your Green Spaces
  • Our Sponsors
  • Advertise
  • Archives
  • Contact Us
  • ‘Modernism in America’ Award Goes to Norwich Home
    March 13, 2023
    READ MORE
  • We Don’t Gather Without Music : Erin Tunnicliffe’s Work at Berklee
    March 13, 2023
    READ MORE
  • The Haven & Norwich Working Together to Create Magic
    December 13, 2022
    READ MORE
  • A Christmas Pageant Unlike Any Other
    December 13, 2022
    READ MORE
All, Meet your Neighbor

Meet your Neighbor: David Barlow with wife Kate and 8-year-old twins Teddy and Amelia

January 17, 2018 by The Norwich Times No Comments
Meet your Neighbor: David Barlow with wife Kate and 8-year-old twins Teddy and Amelia

David Barlow with wife Kate and 8-year-old twins Teddy and Amelia

What brought you to Norwich?
I grew up in Hanover. In 2007, my wife Kate and I relocated back to the area, in part to raise kids, get away from city living, and be close to family.

What’s your favorite hang out in Norwich?
Norwich Racquet Club… paddle/platform tennis

Favorite way to spend a snowy day in Norwich?
Nothing’s better than enjoying a few hours of snow-shoeing or sledding, and snowball fights with Kate, the twins, and our two black labs Carlo and Coco

What are you most looking forward to this winter?… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 1 min
All, History

Know Your Town: A 1940 Survey of Norwich

December 18, 2017 by David Callaway No Comments

There is a black and white photograph of Norwich’s Main Street in 1940. It’s the view a driver would see heading out of town towards Hanover. Huge maple trees hang out over the road; by the sidewalks the grass is bushy and unmowed and there is only one parked car in sight. What was it like in the village of Norwich that day? In 1940, the Norwich Women’s Club assembled a detailed 103-page booklet entitled Know Your Town, whose purpose was to “evaluate the town’s social assets and liabilities… and to present a picture of contemporary life which shows the changes and trends in the community.”… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 9 min
All, Life at 531 Feet

Walking the Block

December 18, 2017 by Mark Lilienthal No Comments

One treasure of Norwich that you will never find in a real estate listing, a guide book, or a town report is “the Block.” It is the two-mile loop comprised of Main Street, Turnpike Road, Moore Lane, and Beaver Meadow Road. It has about as much in common with a city block as a crow has with a flamingo: some similar features, but radically different.

From a distance perspective, the Block is a beaut. Little Legs can handle it, especially if Big Legs remembers to bring a couple bribery snacks. For Schnauzers, poodles, beagles, and the people they manage, the Block is ideal for the daily constitutional.… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 3 min
All, Cover Story

An Inspirational Journey to Puerto Rico

December 18, 2017 by The Norwich Times No Comments

Norwich Residents Lend a Hand

Noelia, Yiria, Elliot, Rose and Glenda. They are the reason why I’m motivated to continue to support and reach out after Hurricane Maria landed on Puerto Rico in September. They are my colleagues and friends on the island, and they are leaders in their separate communities, supporting others and affecting positive change after the storm.

I’m taking a leave of absence this year from teaching biology at Hartford High School and am currently in Mexico to improve my Spanish in order to communicate more effectively. I’ve been working closely with Puerto Rican teachers and students for the past three years, and have led groups of Hartford and Puerto Rican students and teachers to Montreal, Hubbard Brook, Dartmouth, Hartford High School and to Ceci and Dunnz’s little sugar house here in Norwich on Ladeau Road.… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 7 min
All, Cover Story

Passion for Sports Brings Valuable Life Lessons

December 18, 2017 by Katie Cawley No Comments

Navigating young-adulthood is not always easy. Relationships are difficult. School is challenging. Responsibility is not always an easy concept to grasp. And control does not always seem attainable. Often times, passion and involvement are the things that make all of these challenges seem less daunting and more manageable.

For Sophie Cardenali, that passion and that involvement have been found within the sporting community. Sophie, a Norwich resident and Hanover High School graduate, has been playing sports for as long as she remembers. With parents that both coach skiing, Cardenali recalls fondly that sports have “…always been a big part of my life.”… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 5 min
All, Animals Rule!

White River Animal Rescue to the Rescue!

September 7, 2017 by Molly O’Hara No Comments

Throughout August and continuing through September, White River Animal Rescue (WRAR) is running a campaign called the #50/50 Campaign. The #50/50 Campaign is based on the idea that a puppy born in the US has a 50% chance of survival, and that many rescues in the local area and beyond have a lot on their plates trying to pull dogs from the south as fast as possible. The goal is collaboration among rescues and shelters to save as many dogs’ lives as possible.

Amy Knight, the founder of WRAR, emphasized the need for collaboration among rescue organizations to take that 50% chance of survival and bring the number as close to 100% as possible.… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 3 min
All, Goodness InDeed

Unsung Hero: Arthur Owen

September 7, 2017 by Peter Stanzel No Comments

If you’ve lived in Norwich, and especially in the Beaver Meadow area, you probably know Arthur. And if you know Arthur, you probably have had occasion where Arthur came to your rescue in an emergency. Known by some as the ‘gatekeeper of the Meadow’ as his house is situated at the corner of Beaver Meadow and Chapel Hill road, Arthur has been there when cars slid off the road during icy storms, repaired the bell on Beaver Meadow Chapel when it’s been rung too exuberantly by young churchgoers, or plowed out the schoolhouse or chapel when they were needed for an event or service.… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 3 min
All, Cover Story

Community Action at Its Finest

September 7, 2017 by Dave Nelson No Comments

Norwich Residents Reach Out with Aid

We have all seen the bumper sticker and t-shirts carrying the Vermont Strong inscription.

Recently a group of Norwich residents proved that motto is not merely a fancy catch phrase by offering a shining example of how neighbors care for neighbors.

On July 1 of this year, the property owned by Michael and Vickie Seaver on New Boston Road in Norwich was devastated by a sudden downpour that produced more than four inches of heavy rain in a mere few hours. The freakish storm wreaked havoc for the residents along the New Boston and Ladeau Roads.… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 4 min
All, Cover Story

Oaklore and Other Jay Avis Tales

September 7, 2017 by Elizabeth Craib No Comments

There’s an old saying that goes if you find a job you truly love, you’ll never work a day in your life. Nothing could be truer for Norwich’s Jay Avis. He is a mechanical engineer by training (although he’ll tell you that he’s been “fighting it all along”) and has managed to couple those skills with his interest in primitive living and passion for helping others. From working as an outdoor educator and leading wilderness expeditions, to volunteering for Hospice and providing compassionate respite care, Jay has never lost sight of finding problems and helping people solve them. “It is a labor of love,” he says.… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 7 min
All, Around Town, Your Green Spaces

Take Only Photographs, Leave Only Footprints

June 28, 2017 by The Norwich Times No Comments

Norwich has many fantastic trails around town, where people can enjoy exercising, botanizing, wildlife watching, or simply walking in the woods. The Trails Committee does an excellent job of monitoring and maintaining all the public trails, and many land owners are very generous in allowing trails across their properties. Fellow trail users, trail workers, and land owners are greatly deserving of courtesies and respectful treatment from all of us. What follows is a list of reminders about important components of trail etiquette. If you do not agree with what we lay out as appropriate trail etiquette, please do not hesitate to come and share your ideas and concerns with us.… Read More

Share:
Reading time: 2 min
Page 10 of 15« First...«9101112»...Last »

Our Latest Issue

Fall 2022 Edition

Uplifting content delivered straight to your inbox! Sign-up today and receive some weekly good news!

Proud member of Local First Alliance

© 2020 copyright Greater Good Media. All rights reserved.