Whalen’s Transportation
Norfolk’s School Transport Starts To Go Green By Bob Bumcrot Whalen Transportation, which has been driving Norfolk school children since at least 1924, is about to install one hundred three-by- five- foot solar collectors on the 106-foot roof of the maintenance facility attached to their home on Greenwoods Road East. The small commercial-level array is […]
Road Foreman Dennis Porter Fired, Arrested
Dennis Porter of Winsted, Supervisor of Norfolk’s road crew since 1999, was fired on July 2, 2008. On July 8, he was arrested on a charge of second-degree larceny. Allegedly, Porter had sold town-owned scrap metal and failed to turn over all the proceeds to the town. The criminal case against Porter is pending in […]
Norfolk Then…
Eighty-eight years ago on November 2, 1920, Norfolk women cast their ballots for the first time in a presidential election. This photograph is a timely reminder of the long struggle fought by many dedicated women for basic civil liberties including the right to vote. Pictured at the annual convention of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association […]
Self Awareness and Discipline
Leonore Alaniz leads Norfolk residents in Ananda Yoga By Colleen Gundlach With the bright colors of a Norfolk autumn outside the window, soft and regular breathing can be heard inside the Battell Chapel. Here is gathered a group of people interested in learning techniques to relax, socialize and increase their physical well-being. Led by yogini […]
Norfolk’s September Weather
Another Wet Month By Russell Russ A summary of September’s weather as recorded at Norfolk’s National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Observer Station, Norfolk 2 SW, by the Great Mountain Forest Corporation. The month’s high temperature of 82 degrees was observed on September 5. The low temperature of 37 degrees was observed on September 20. The […]
View From the Green
A Cold, Hungry Winter By Shelley Harms Connecticut, already above 6 percent unemployment, lost 2,300 jobs in September. This would have been a record, except the state lost even more jobs in January. The stock market is gyrating, the housing market is in crisis, taxpayer funds are committed to waging war and propping up banks. […]
Winchester Road Designated A Town Scenic Road
On October 14, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on an application to designate Winchester Road as a town “scenic road.” Under Norfolk’s scenic road ordinance, the owners of a majority of the frontage on a road may petition for scenic road designation. The road must possess at least one of a […]
Recycling
Following Our Trash Downstream By Linda Childs Recycling takes on new meaning when one dives deeper into the dumpster. Local curiosity about recyclable plastic collection uncovered a world of “resource recovery” in Connecticut. Norfolk is one of the towns participating in the Mid-Connecticut Project, a program of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA). Like residents […]
Time Capsule Buried And Brown House Site Rededicated
By Bob Bumcrot On a sun-drenched October 12, in the closing acts celebrating Norfolk’s semiquincentennial, a time capsule was buried near the Revolutionary War monument and stone markers were placed both there and at the site of the Brown house. There are no visible remains of the house itself, which predates by eight years the […]
Selectman’s Corner
Notes From Town Hall By Sue Dyer A reminder that energy assistance is available, please contact the Selectmen’s Office for further information. The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department will be sponsoring the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Saturday, November 29. Infinity Hall is open and I have had a chance to see a performance. I think that […]
