Staying Safe in the Icebox
Winter Safety Tips for Connecticut’s Coldest Town By Colleen Gundlach Norfolk’s designation as the Icebox of Connecticut was not assigned arbitrarily. Anyone who has lived through a winter in this (ice) burg knows well the feeling of arriving at work in another town dressed like Nanook of the North, only to find no snow on […]
Norfolk’s December Weather and a Yearly Summary for 2009
Average month closes an average year By Russell Russ The last month of 2009 was fairly average all around. The month’s high temperature of 60 degrees was observed on December 3. This was a record high temperature for that date, beating the old record of 58 degrees set in 2001. The low temperature of 2 […]
Bridge Work on Route 272 over Hall Meadow Brook to Continue Until November
By Bridget Rallo According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, construction work will continue through most of the year on the Route 272 (Litchfield Road) bridge over Hall Meadow Brook in Norfolk. Hemlock Construction of Torrington submitted the winning bid of $1,107,671.74 in August of 2009. The project consists of the replacement of the bridge […]
No change of use possible for Town Meadow
By Bridgette L. Rallo City Meadow (commonly known as the Town Meadow) will probably remain a wetland, according to civil engineer and soil scientist Ralph Stanton, unless the town is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to implement stringent environmental safeguards. Even if that were possible in these tough economic times, the United […]
Library Celebrates Five Star Status
Approximately 100 guests gathered at Norfolk library to celebrate its ranking as a “5 Star Library”. 83 such libraries were awarded nationally. Photo By Bruce Frisch
Sarah Garrison – A Tribute
By Rosanna Trestman No fewer than 350 people filled Norfolk’s Church of Christ Congregational on a cold but sparkling Saturday early last month. The impressive turnout gathered to pay tribute to Sarah Crocker Garrison who died December 18, at age 75. What unfolded inside was a long and moving celebration of her life. The service […]
A Beautiful Vista Preserved
Norfolk Land Trust recently acquired the conservation easement on approximately 87 acres between West Side Road and Route 272.
Bell Comes Home
By Bob Bumcrot In the late 1960s Dot Casey, working as a crossing guard for the students of the old Norfolk Center School, could hear the hand bell that for decades had been rung twice a day from the open window of the Principal’s office. Announcing the end of recess, the bell was rung by […]
What Happened?
By Rosanna Trestman How can a town with a Five Star Library, endless charm, Infinity Hall and flattering reviews from the press fail to keep businesses in the black for the long haul? In my last View from the Green (October 2010) I celebrated Norfolk’s renaissance, replete the hustle and bustle of tourists attracted by […]
Norfolk Lost & Found
Pictured above is Farmer Smith’s house at the corner of Smith Rd. and Old Goshen Rd. His cows kept the corner marsh free of brush and full of iris. After his death, the cows departed, and brush grew up in place of iris, obscuring the view of the house, which has changed shape after several waves […]
