Local Family Starts Goat Cheese Production
The Guindons of Lost Ruby Farm By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Adair Mali and Antonio Guindon bought their first goat shortly after returning from a year-long trip to Guindon’s homeland of Costa Rica in 2009. Goats were everywhere during Guindon’s youth, and he swore to never own the “loud, stinky animals”, but one of his daughters […]
Colebrook Store Nears Reopening
By Bob Bumcrot “Even if everything isn’t in place, we will open in July,” said Miriam Briggs, the new proprietor of the Colebrook Store. Some refreshments will certainly be available for the Independence Day long weekend. Briggs and her sons, Quentin,14, and Francis,12, frequently drove from their former home in Saint Johnsbury, Vt., to her […]
Morris Dancers
Three Morris dancing clubs came to Norfolk on Saturday, June 8 and performed in the library’s parking lot: Bouwerie Boys Morris Dancers from New York City, Juggler Meadow Morris Men from Amherst, Mass. and Binghamton Morris Men (from New York State). The tradition of Morris dancing is an ancient English custom, dating back to the […]
Colebrook Wind Farm in Legal Limbo
State Supreme Court decision may come in the fall By Veronica Burns BNE Energy, Inc.’s plans to build three 492-ft tall turbines on Flagg Hill Road and another three on nearby Rock Hall Road in Colebrook, Conn., are currently in an appeals holding pattern. Nicholas Harding, attorney for the plaintiffs, says he expects oral argument […]
Fundraising Underway for Restoration of the Music Shed
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival teams up with Norfolk Artists and Friends By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Concert goers at Yale Summer School of Music and Art this summer will have the unique opportunity to purchase a chair in the music shed. A $250 donation ensures your name engraved on a metal plaque affixed to an actual […]
In a Soldier’s Mindlessness, Signs of Hope
Kate Wenner’s play dramatizes the struggle of veterans with acute brain injuries By Lloyd Garrison Norfolk’s Kate Wenner, a novelist and former producer at ABC’s 20/20 who spent a year researching the widely misunderstood effects of brain trauma on veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, just ended a three-week sellout run of her first full length […]
Dig Into Reading’s Kickoff Picnic
Ginny Decerbo and friends (pictured above) celebrate the library’s kickoff event for their summer reading program. A large crowd gathered for a picnic on the library’s grounds on Friday, June 21 and enjoyed music by Al DeCant. “Dig into Reading” is the theme for the 2013 Connecticut Reads program, Governor Dannel Malloy’s annual summer reading […]
Norfolk’s Aspiring Diva Scores Big at Battell Chapel
By Lloyd Garrison Jordan Rose Lee is a name increasingly familiar to lovers of choral music in and around Litchfield County. On May 19, she took to the stage in Battell Chapel with a recital tagged “Music is Silly!” after a line from a tongue-in-cheek composition by Leonard Bernstein called “I Hate Music.” Superbly accompanied […]
New Garden Provides Interactive Learning for Botelle Children
By Ellen Walker-Savoye When an enlightened school administration, enthusiastic parents, imaginative teachers and a supportive community come together, exceptional projects can emerge. Such a project is the Norfolk Community Garden at Botelle School. Located in a sunny spot behind the school, easily accessible to students and teachers, the garden was built by parent volunteers. It […]
Memorial Day Race Marks Third Successive Win for Local Woman Runner
By Kurt Steele Little did eight-year-old Caitlin Alexson know that her mother’s protective jog by her side while she learned to ride a bicycle would lead to her mother becoming a competitive runner. Four short years after that initial jog, Norfolk resident Margaret Alexson progressed from being a non-runner to having the fastest woman’s time […]
