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 […]

Holiday Trumpeters

By Bob Bumcrot Norfolk resident John Allyn has played trumpet for most of his life. On December 4, 2011 he realized a dream when, along with four other trumpet players and about fifteen enthusiastic hikers and bikers, he ascended Haystack Mountain Tower with instruments, sheet music and stands. As the Sunday bells of the Church […]

Dr. David Leffell Publishes Photography Book

By Sally Quale Since 1994, Dr. David Leffell, a world-renowned dermatologist and author of several dermatology publications, has been coming to Norfolk with his wife Cindy and their two children. Initially summer renters and subsequently homeowners, the Leffells spend as much time here as they can depending on their busy weekly schedules in New Haven. […]

Truth or Fiction?

Letter to the Editor     Did you hear that a little girl died falling off the children’s train set behind the Norfolk Library?   Or that the train set was delivered via the old railroad tracks that go under Route 44?   There is a word that defines such “legends”. The word is fabulate, […]

Norfolk’s December Weather and a Yearly Summary for 2011

A warm December closes out wettest year on record By Russell Russ December 2011 tied with December 1982 for the fifth warmest December in the last 80 years. With an average mean temperature of 32.5 degrees, this past December was 7.2 degrees above normal. The month’s high temperature of 57 degrees was observed on December […]