Are the Kids All Right?
View from the Green By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo At risk of sounding like an elderly person at the ripe old age of 36, I have to ask the question, “Are the kids today all right?” When I think back to my teenage years, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the most reckless thing anyone […]
Curling Club to Rebuild
Down But Not Out By Lloyd Garrison All was calm in Norfolk as darkness fell on Saturday, Dec. 17, exactly one week before Christmas. The town’s village green was bathed in the glow of multicolored tree lights. Many Norfolkians were home decorating their own trees in advance of the holidays. Just before midnight, the […]
Geothermal Systems Come to Norfolk
By Bob Bumcrot Norfolk is not on a geothermal “hotspot,” like Iceland, where steam and superheated water can be easily extracted and used for heat and power, but like many parts of the earth, Norfolk sits atop its own virtually inexhaustible source of heating and cooling energy. From about ten feet below the surface to several […]
Accolades
Four Norfolk students made Dean’s List at the University of Connecticut for the fall 2011 semester. To attain this distinction, students must take at least 12 credits, finish the semester with a grade point average that is among the top 25 percent of students enrolled in their school and have no grade below a […]
Community Based Conservation of Migratory Amphibians
It’s Only Natural By Martha Klein In our highly mobile society, there are four million miles of roads and 200 million vehicles, so it’s not surprising that there are several million deaths of vertebrates every year on United States roads. For some species of animals, roadkill can take out 20 percent or more of their […]
Milestones
Born: A son, Robertson Whitworth, to Lisa and John Bazzano, on December 27 at 4:40 p.m., weighing in at 9 pounds, 9 ounces. Robertson is little brother to Stephen, Colin, J.P. and Sophia Bazzano. Died – Gordon Francis Christinat on January 18, three days after his sixty-sixth birthday. He is survived by his wife, two […]
Regional’s Robotics Club
Building their own destiny By Joel Howard Working under the mantra of “gracious professionalism,” the Northwest Robotics Gearheads at Northwestern Regional High School are well on their way to creating a competitive robot. Originally championed by Superintendent Dr. Judith Palmer and Principal Kenneth Chichester, the group came into being last October. Robotics teams at various […]
This ‘n’ That for Habitat
Out & About By Colleen Gundlach Anyone who has participated in fundraising for a non-profit organization knows what a challenge it can be to find the perfect method for raising money. Bake sales, wine tastings and house tours have all been tried. While no one method is perfect, Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Connecticut seems […]
Habits of the Beaver
Comeback Kids Great Mountain Forest’s 2012 Forest Lyceum series began on January 14 with, “The Life and Habits of the North American Beaver” lecture by Dr. Stephen DeStefano at the Norfolk Library. “The first wave of beaver trapping started a decade after the Pilgrims landed, and beavers were almost wiped out to make hats later,” […]
Curling Club’s Destruction Sends Shock Waves Through Norfolk and Beyond
The morning after the fire, stunned Norfolk residents stood mourning the still smoking wreckage of the curling club, some fighting back tears, others consumed with rage. The fire touched many in a deeply personal way, and none more so than Jon Barbagallo, the club’s ice manager and veteran of Norfolk’s Volunteer Fire Department. “The […]
