Community News
An Apple a Day The Norfolk Lions Club will hold its annual Harvest Sale on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 8 a.m. till noon at Station Place. Apples, cider, pumpkins, baked goods and other harvest treats will be available. Proceeds from the sale will support the Norfolk Volunteer Ambulance and other Lions Club projects. Harvest Fair […]
Chair Art to Benefit Local Arts Organizations
By Fay O’Meara The Battell Arts Foundation, successor to Battell Stoeckel Associates, Inc. is one of three local arts organizations that have been selected to be the beneficiaries of CHAIRish THE ARTS, a region-wide public art event sponsored by the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council. CHAIRish the ARTS involves a tour of over 100 chairs created […]
Phyllis Byrne Passes Away at 95
Affectionately known as “Gran” to Norfolkians By David Byrne Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1914, Phyllis Curtiss Torrance, the last surviving of 11 children of Scottish missionary David Watt Torrance, died on September 14. Her mother, Elizabeth Welch Curtiss, was a descendant of the Curtiss settlers who have resided in Norfolk since 1762. As a […]
Burglars Strike Route 272; Homeowners in Norfolk and Beyond
Items stolen during the day while homeowners are at work By Bridgette L. Rallo The burglary of a North Street home last week is the latest in a string of break-ins that have taken place all along the meandering, semi-rural Rte. 272 corridor over the past few years. From North Torrington to the Massachusetts state […]
Out and About
One of the Last of a Dying Breed By Rosanna Trestman “Heels Fixed While You Wait,” promises a sign affixed to Al’s Shoe Repair, located on Migeon Ave. in Torrington. After hours? Drop your shoe through a slot cut into the red clapboard building and, despite the landslide of shoes and handbags behind the counter, […]
