This Saturday, I had the pleasure of helping out with the first ever Keep Norton Beautiful town cleanup. It was great seeing the community pull together for one goal...to keep the town they are so obviously proud of clean."We are thrilled with the community spirit, enthusiasm and effort shown by all today. Norton is a wonderful town and today's event really highlighted the great spirit of this community," said Lisa Ledwith, director of the Keep Norton Beautiful Committee.Despite the cold, damp weather and the threat of rain, the Keep Norton Beautiful committee of the Norton Community Task …
Saturday, Nov. 5, runners and their pooches ran a 5 or 10k starting from Winslow Farm Animal Sanctuary to benefit Goodness Gracious Run for Rescue. Goodness Gracious, based in Marblehead, makes human-grade dog treats and donates 51 percent of its profits to community shelters and rescues in towns where its treats are sold. All the net proceeds from their to-be annual run/walk go to benefit local no-kill non-profit animal rescues and shelters. The organization chose Winslow Farm as their first run location. When we first arrived, Achilles was excited to meet the other dogs and sniff and pee on…
As a journalist, I’ve grown quite accustomed to going to bed at 3 a.m. But getting up at 1:45 a.m. and herding New Balance Reach the Beach relay runners until 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning is quite another thing. But I must say, it was worth it as part of this month’s Patch Give 5 effort. The Reach the Beach relay began Friday, May 20 at Mount Wachusett in Princeton and ended Saturday at Horseneck Beach in Westport. The relay consisted of 160 teams of up to 12 people who took turns running through 36 transition areas as they covered the 200-mile route. Two of those stops were in Norton at St…
Saturday, March 5, I decided to give a hand to Nine Lives Feline Rescue Shelter of Norton for their annual rabies clinic at Norton Fire Department. Nine Lives has ran these clinics for cats for at least the last 10 years, but this is the first time they have opened it up to dogs. “That was Dr. Silberhorn's idea,” said Jean Harnden, director at Nine Lives. “The last few years we have not done as well as we used to, and opening it up to the dogs has made it more like old times.” Vaccinations were given out to 74 animals, all of which were well behaved. As a result, Nine Lives raised over $1,000…
In addition to devoting editorial coverage to Norton, my goal is to donate time to local charities and volunteer five times a year as part of Patch's Give 5 program. On Monday, Dec. 6, I chose Cupboard of Kindness. With the bitter cold of winter and holidays ahead, I wanted to help out with a local food pantry that provides food items, grocery products and health aids to people in need at no cost. Cupboard of Kindness, located on the side of the Town Hall facility, does just that. The pantry began 11 years ago by Valarie Goddard, who ran the soup kitchen at Trinitarian Congregational Church. …
