View From The Green
Occupy Norfolk By Colleen Gundlach He told me, “There are 120,000 veterans living on the streets. 38,000 of them are females. There shouldn’t be even one of these people who risked their lives for this country living on the streets.” He went on to say that he had met former Green Berets living in the […]
Fiber Optics Would Improve Cell Phone Service in Norfolk
EDC welcomes call for strong community involvement By Kurt Steele Following Kim Maxwell’s May briefing of the Economic Development Commission (EDC) about the benefits of installing a fiber optic network in Norfolk, Maxwell now believes that a significant dividend would be a vast improvement in the town’s cell phone coverage. Maxwell, who has a distinguished […]
Bears Invade North Norfolk Homes
One even drained a pitcher of Sangria By Bob Bumcrot Between Memorial Day and mid-July bears have invaded at least seven homes on or near North Street, Doolittle Drive, Lovers Lane and adjacent areas. As usual, the bears came in search of food, often with considerable success. In some cases their gustatory visits were discovered […]
A Passionate Swan Song
A packed hall enthralled by the Tokyo’s last-ever Norfolk concert By Lloyd Garrison Over 700 Tokyo String Quartet loyalists paid over $350 a ticket at the Yale Music Shed on July 6 for one last chance to hear the quartet in Norfolk. Before they played a note, the four were greeted with a standing ovation. […]
Letters
Working Toward More Affordable Housing Thank you for the opportunity to provide input into a vision for Norfolk in 10 years. It was 10 years ago that we began searching for a home to buy. We looked at houses in Norfolk, but they were not affordable to us at the time. We purchased a three […]
Analysis of Norfolk’s Population Changes Reveals Surprises
Periodic increases and decreases evident By Joshua DeCerbo Much of the talk leading up to “Norfolk 2023!,” when, on October 12, the town takes stock of the future, presumes that the town is losing population, along with much of Litchfield County and the rest of the state. But an analysis of several population databases from […]
Norfolk’s June Weather
Wettest June and Fifth Wettest Month on Record By Russell Russ We all thought May was a wet month. Then June came in and nearly doubled May’s rainfall total. It was the wettest June and the fifth wettest month in the last 82 years here in Norfolk. The previous June record was topped by June […]
Glen Chalder to Join Line Up For Norfolk 2023! Event
Helped shape Norfolk’s town plan By Lloyd Garrison Glen Chalder, an authority on the challenges facing small town America, will join National Public Radio’s John Dankosky in leading Norfolk 2013! in Infinity Hall on October 5. Chalder was previously retained by Norfolk to help shape its 2009 Town Plan. He went on to do same […]
Bringing Townspeople Together
Community meal socials to begin in September By David Beers A new committee has been formed in town to provide opportunities for fellowship, conversation and a diverse culinary experience. The Norfolk Community Meal Committee had its first meeting on June 10 and voted to offer monthly potluck community meals to bring the townspeople closer together. […]
Accolades
Several Botelle School sixth graders received awards at their class promotion night, held on June 20: Botelle Awards for Achievement and Scholarship, presented in memory of Myrtie Luella Botelle, for whom the school was named, were awarded to Matthew Ross & Sydney Dzenutis for scholarship and Sean Carney and Megan Ross for achievement. The American […]
