WINter Weekend in Norfolk, 2026

Thank you Norfolk!

What a weekend, everyone! Thanks to all of Norfolk for your wonderful outpouring of hospitality in the Icebox of Connecticut! From Botelle School to the Curling Club, to an artist’s studio in South Norfolk to Husky Meadows Farm in North Norfolk, the entire town put on an amazing array of events during a really wintry Winter Weekend in Norfolk.

Two special shout-outs: to the Hub, which hosted the WINformation center and several events, and—very important—to the volunteer WINbassadors, who gave their time to come and help visitors, sell WIN t-shirts and generally represent Norfolk to the rest of the world. Thanks to all of you!

As a committee, we’re drawing a deep breath and getting ready to start planning the framework for this summer’s Weekend in Norfolk on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 31, Aug. 1 & 2. Both Music on Robertson Plaza and Sidewalk Sunday will be back again, with food trucks this time. We invite you all to take part by putting on events and by sending us your comments and suggestions. And—for use with social media, blogs and press releases—we’d love to have your photos of this and any other past Weekend. Our email is win@ earthlink.net. Start the count-down now!

Thank you again!

—Ned Barron, Devin Carlton, John DeShazo and Sue Frisch Weekend in Norfolk committee

Correcting the Memory

I would like to take a moment to correct the “A Look Back at the Pub” article from the February edition. The article states that the name of the pub in the mid to late 70’s was the Hawk’s Nest followed by the belief that it was actually Hawk’s Ridge. I believe Mr. Cobb is remembering Ken’s Pub which indeed was in the Pub space from Sept.1976 through Jan. 1982. The Hawk’s Nest Pub opened in August of 1982. This said, the Hawk’s Nest was not known as a “biker bar” or an “outdoor bar.”

My wife and I owned the Hawk’s Nest Pub, and the amount of hours that it took to overcome the history of Ken’s Pub was monumental, so to have the Hawk’s Nest name wrongly associated is very disappointing.

While I believe this error was not intentional, I would hope in the future that the proper research would be done to protect the integrity of the complete article and those included.

—Joe & Elisa Hurst

Editorial clarification: In the 1970s the establishment was known as Ken’s Pub.