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Ambitious new climate change targets from the UK government have cast doubt on plans to build 50,000 homes in Norfolk.
On Tuesday the government unveiled plans to toughen targets on greenhouse gas emissions, with carbon dioxide to be cut by 78pc by 2035 compared to 1990 levels.
Michael Rayner of the countryside charity Campaign to Protect Rural England Norfolk (CPRE) has argued the emissions targets would not fit in with the Greater Norwich Local Plan (GNLP).
The GNLP is a blueprint for where tens of thousands of homes could be built in Norwich, Broadland and South Norfolk over the next two decades, with a focus on building in and around the city and along the A11.
Ken Keeley, Special to The Times
Beebe’s Dairy, as seen in the 1950s, was owned by Lester Beebe on Town Street until the Norwich Town Mall was constructed in the early 1960s. When the mall was built there was no entrance from Town Street due to the Yantic River running behind Beebe’s. The building was razed and a new bridge was constructed over the river, at this location, as an entrance to the new Norwich Town Mall. A new, smaller dairy bar was built as part of the mall. The name was changed to Bee Bee’s Dairy, owned by Dino Pappas. Eventually it was moved into the enclosed mall.
Jonni Ford poses at the Sprague Community Garden. (photo submitted)
Published April 01. 2021 12:01AM
Glenn Alan Cheney, Special to The Times
Jonni Ford and Carrie Merfeld have a dream. It used to be somebody else’s dream, but now it’s theirs. Their dream: to grow a truly community community garden.
Ford is owner of a boutique nursery in Hanover, Zen Hollow Greenery. Merfeld is a biology teacher at Windham Tech.
And the garden of their dreams is a little grouping of raised beds in Baltic, right next to Shetucket Village senior housing.
When the garden was somebody else’s dream, it didn’t really flourish the way dreams dream. It was there, but nobody really noticed. Nobody really cared. Nothing much happened, and nobody even remembers how it got there.
Your Turn: The New York game comes to the Rose City
Chelsea Parade in Norwich, then known as Williams Park, was one local field where base ball games of this period were played. (photo submitted)
The Marvins of Norwichtown took their name from Lt. Marvin Waites, a Norwich resident who died in the Civil War. (photo submitted)
The fairgrounds, where some base ball games were played, and race track (lower right) were located off of New London Turnpike at the site of the annual New London County Agricultural Fair. (photo submitted)
The World Champion Unions of Morrisania played in Norwich during a road trip and soundly whipped the Norwich teams. (photo submitted)
Published March 12. 2021 6:52AM
Roberta J. Vincent, Special to The Times
The following three celebrated athletes all took different paths to stardom and garnered different results as well.
James Justice, Class of 1973
Justice played baseball and basketball at the freshman, JV and varsity levels and football at the freshman and varsity levels. He also was a member of the track team. He was named Class Athlete and received the Robert O. Fletcher & Charles Willey Cup.
Justice started competitive sports on the playgrounds of Lake Street, Greenville, and Fitzgerald Field and played midget football two years for the Dairyland Packers, who practiced at Fitzgerald Field and played games at Hamilton Avenue Field.