Northwestern Regional Robotics Team Gears Up For 3rd Season
By Megan Llewellyn Each member of the Northwestern Robotics Gearheads, NRG, started 2013 with one goal in mind: to build a robot capable of shooting Frisbees and climbing pyramids. To accomplish their goal, NRG spent six intense weeks designing, building, wiring, and programming a robot. The result was an eighty pound robot capable of shooting […]
Kenny Funeral Homes Begin Second Century
By Bob Bumcrot To borrow from Mark Twain, rumors of the demise of the Kenny Funeral Home on Maple Avenue are exaggerated. The Home is very much alive and under the management of Meghan Kenny, a fourth-generation Kenny funeral director. Kenny Funeral Homes and Monumental Services is the oldest family-owned funeral home in the Northwest […]
Bruce Connelly and Norfolk’s Young Thespians
From “Wizard of Oz” to “Joy in the Morning” By Christopher Sinclair Norfolk has long been a woodland bastion of the arts. From the world famous music shed, to the library, to the life drawing classes and exhibitions in the art barn of the Battell Stoeckel Estate, to the many local artists and writers, Norfolk […]
Church of Christ Celebrates Erick Olsen’s Tenth Anniversary as Pastor
By Sally Quale The Church of Christ Congregational in Norfolk held its regular 10 a.m. service on Sunday, September 15 in the Battell Chapel, as opposed to the usual Church chancel, to mark the opening day of Sunday School classes for the year. Unbeknownst to Pastor Erick Olsen, however, this arrangement also facilitated a surprise […]
Milestones
Died: Catherine “Cay” P. Fields, at her daughter’s home in Carmel, NY, on July 11. She was a long-time resident of Norfolk, where her husband Harold Fields was born and raised. She was at various times a school board member, active in Boy and Girl Scouting, a realtor with her own Norfolk agency, President of […]
A Proud Tradition of Work Camp Trips at the Church of Christ
Next Stop: Kenya By Tina Olsen At first glance, there’s nothing terribly remarkable about this scene: eight people are gathered for lunch around a table in a church hall in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. They pour water for each other from a pitcher, pass salad dressing, and chat and share stories and some laughs […]
Community News
Learn CPR and First Aid The Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance is offering CPR and First Aid training, free for Norfolk residents, at the ambulance building, 7 Shepard Road. October 2, 6-9 p.m.: Adult, Child, Infant CPR/AED October 3, 6-9:30 p.m.: Basic First Aid. Questions or to register: Sandy Evans, 860-542-5200 or ase6@att.net. NORFOLK 2023! October […]
The Joint Chiefs to Play Ambulance Benefit at Infinity Hall
By Grant Mudge The Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance (NLCA) is pleased to have The Joint Chiefs of Salisbury, CT, play a benefit concert at Infinity Hall on Wednesday October 9 at 8 p.m. Known for their “tight harmonies and loose attitude,” The Joint Chiefs play a delightful mix of homespun music and country folk. The […]
Agricultural Fair a Success
By Sally Quale Norfolk’s first Agricultural Fair, which took place on August 24 at the weekly farmer’s market on Maple Avenue, was “a huge success and will be repeated next year on Saturday, August 14, 2014,” reports market manager Lisa Auclair. It ran an hour longer than the usual market – 4 rather than 3 […]
Norfolk’s August Weather
Summer Ends On The Cool Side By Russell Russ The summer season came to a close with August’s exit. It was not the greatest summer month on record by far and not as nice as August 2012, but all in all you could not call it too bad. It was cooler than normal and nearly […]
