Community News—May 2007
Annual Town Meeting The Botelle School Hall of Flags will be the site of the Norfolk’s annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. on May 14. Among items on the agenda will be a vote on the budget, filling a vacancy of the Regional 7 Board of Education, and voting on whether to enter into another three-year […]
March 2007 Real Estate Transactions
Elizabeth C. Childs and Elizabeth C. Gill to the Norfolk Country Club, 10.2 acres on Golf Road for $200,000. Albert Day and Victoria Day to Roger Erik Johnson and Jordan Rose Lee of Torrington, property at 928 Litchfield Road for $152,000. William M. Deruvo to Sharon A. Ryan of New York, property at 19 Greenwoods […]
EMS Site Gets Soil Test
An inn that burned down at the site may have left contaminants By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo An expected hearing in May to present the public with details of a new Emergency Medical Services building has been delayed pending results of a soil test. The proposed building lot, on the corner of Route 44 and […]
A Daring Departure For Norfolk Artists
It’s the bare facts at the Norfolk Library this month. The May exhibit features a group show for residents entitled “Naked in Norfolk.” Entries include renderings of shorn sheep, bare trees and Norfolkians cavorting au natural in the forest. The Norfolk Library Associates’ art committee traditionally presents a biennial group show, the last of which […]
Norfolk Averages 27 Major Crimes Per Year
By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo While there’s never been a murder reported in Norfolk and violent crimes are extremely rare, residents may be surprised at the number of non-violent crimes that take place in Norfolk each year. Where do you find such statistics? In a publication the state publishes called “Crime in Connecticut Annual Report.” […]
Getting Into the Swim
Organizers plan for a hassle-free season at Tobey Pond By Veronica Burns “Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, Those days of soda and pretzels and beer.” Okay, let’s rethink the beer, but with thoughts of summer come thoughts of Tobey Pond and swimming and Marco Polo and good fun in general. […]
To Tap or Not to Tap: A Difficult Decision
Two local maple syrup producers bow out until next year By Sally Quale There was an abundance of curling, concerts, and crazy weather in our town this past winter. Not so with the maple sugaring operations of four local families who made differing decisions on the big question: To tap or not to tap. The managers at both Great Mountain […]
View From the Green—A Month of Surprises
By Lloyd Garrison As Star Childs writes in “It’s Only Natural,” it has been a weird winter. December was the warmest on record. It then turned very cold, then very hot, with nothing temperate in between. Just as the traditional maple-sugaring season came to a close, we learn from Sally Quale’s report that half […]
Norfolk Then . . .
While the sign Martini Hotel may have raised eyebrows during prohibition, it was actually the name of the hotel’s proprietor, Albert Martini. Built in 1913, the four-story steel-framed brick structure brought modern construction to downtown Norfolk and opened as the Wangum Hotel; Wangum Lake was the town’s nearby reservoir. When Martini bought the hotel in […]
Norfolk’s March Weather Sets One-Day Record High
Snowfall for the winter season is well below average By Russell Russ Here are the March 2007 weather highlights from Norfolk’s National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Observer Station, Norfolk 2 SW, as recorded by the Great Mountain Forest Corporation. The station has recorded weather observations since January 1, 1932. The month’s high temperature of […]
