Former city residents visit to share holidays, memories
NORWICH – This holiday season finds many former residents of Norwich returning to visit family, taking time to renew old friendships and sharing memories of their hometown. “It’s a great time to sit down and reconnect with people I haven’t seen in years,” said Michael Davis, class of ‘98. “It’s so important to me to spend this time of year with my family.”
Davis, who now resides in Colchester, Vermont, left Norwich to attend SUNY Potsdam, where he graduated in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in English and writing.
“Even then, while I was so excited to get away and experience college life, I found myself thinking of home,” stated Davis. “There’s just something about this community that stays with you, no matter where you go.”
Currently employed by Haematologic Technologies Inc., located in Essex Junction, Vermont, Davis said he “can’t imagine not spending the holidays with my parents and other family.”
“I have to come back,” said Davis. “This is the one time of year I just have to be home.”
Bill Frank, class of ‘94, and fiancé Jennifer Goedel, class of ‘96, traveled nearly 3,000 miles from their current home, in San Francisco, to visit with family and friends.
“It’s amazing to see how different things are around here,” said Frank. “When you leave you don’t really imagine it ever changing, yet it still feels the same.”
Both Goedel and Frank have fond memories of their time growing up in Norwich. “I’ll never forget the countless hikes to the quarry,” said Goedel. “It’s great to see the positive changes around downtown, it looks absolutely beautiful.”
Frank, who graduated from Ithaca College in 1998 with a degree in television and radio broadcasting, said he has “only been back a handful of times in the last decade, but I can’t imagine my life as it is now without the years I spent growing up in Norwich.”
“It’s so unique,” said Goedel. “This city is the epitome of small-town America.”
Davis, Frank and Goedel all admit that they had little choice when it came to moving on to bigger and better things following college.
“Even though Norwich didn’t offer me the opportunities I was looking for, I still love visiting,” stated Davis. “I have so much appreciation for all of the people and places that make up this community, it made me the person I am today.”
Davis, who now resides in Colchester, Vermont, left Norwich to attend SUNY Potsdam, where he graduated in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in English and writing.
“Even then, while I was so excited to get away and experience college life, I found myself thinking of home,” stated Davis. “There’s just something about this community that stays with you, no matter where you go.”
Currently employed by Haematologic Technologies Inc., located in Essex Junction, Vermont, Davis said he “can’t imagine not spending the holidays with my parents and other family.”
“I have to come back,” said Davis. “This is the one time of year I just have to be home.”
Bill Frank, class of ‘94, and fiancé Jennifer Goedel, class of ‘96, traveled nearly 3,000 miles from their current home, in San Francisco, to visit with family and friends.
“It’s amazing to see how different things are around here,” said Frank. “When you leave you don’t really imagine it ever changing, yet it still feels the same.”
Both Goedel and Frank have fond memories of their time growing up in Norwich. “I’ll never forget the countless hikes to the quarry,” said Goedel. “It’s great to see the positive changes around downtown, it looks absolutely beautiful.”
Frank, who graduated from Ithaca College in 1998 with a degree in television and radio broadcasting, said he has “only been back a handful of times in the last decade, but I can’t imagine my life as it is now without the years I spent growing up in Norwich.”
“It’s so unique,” said Goedel. “This city is the epitome of small-town America.”
Davis, Frank and Goedel all admit that they had little choice when it came to moving on to bigger and better things following college.
“Even though Norwich didn’t offer me the opportunities I was looking for, I still love visiting,” stated Davis. “I have so much appreciation for all of the people and places that make up this community, it made me the person I am today.”
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