Interns See Their Jobs As a Passport to Success
Life Beyond the Norfolk Library By Peter Vosburgh In 1997 librarian Louise Schimmel and the staff of the Norfolk Library were looking for ways to involve Norfolk’s teenagers in their library. To that end, they decided to offer employment by having one or two students help out with peripheral tasks. Ads placed in the Owl […]
First-Ever Farm Day at Norfolk Library
Saturday, March 15, was Farm Day at the Norfolk Library. This inaugural event was a collaboration between the Norfolk Farmers Market and the library. The day started off with a showing of the film “The Greenhorns,” a charming and informative hour-long documentary about how young farmers get started in their careers. After a delicious–and […]
Letters to the Editor
Curb Your Dog I just read the article in the March issue about “close encounters with moose,” and I am very disappointed that neither the author nor Jody Bronson said anything about keeping your dogs on leash. Under CT statute 22-358, any dog found pursuing a deer (and (I would hope moose) can be killed […]
Community News
Annual Budget Hearing On April 28, Michael Sconyers, chairman of the Board of Finance, will present the town budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. The hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Hall of Flags at Botelle School. College Scholarships Available The Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation offers college scholarships to high […]
Milestones
Dennis Gawtry Collins, 79, died unexpectedly on March 15, 2014. Born April 3, 1934, in New York City, he was raised in Millbrook, N.Y., where he attended Millbrook School, followed by Cornell University. A lifelong outdoorsman, birder and conservationist, Collins helped organize the Norfolk Land Trust in his home basement. Following a career […]
CCC Helped Relieve Depression in NW CT
Roosevelt’s Tree Army By Veronica Burns The familiar expression “Another day, another dollar” has its origins in a public work relief program from the 1930s. Paul Barten, executive director of Great Mountain Forest, recently gave a presentation at the Norfolk Library on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the first component of Democratic president Franklin Delano […]
Vintage Car Show Returns
Get your motors running The sound of vintage automobiles will be heard again in Station Place, this time to benefit the Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance Fund. The second annual Classic Community Car Show will be held on July 13 from noon to 4 p.m. Organized by the Norfolk Economic Development Commission, the event will feature […]
Board of Finance Mostly Holds the Line on Budget Increases
Regional 7 Board Proposes to Up Spending by Four Percent By Wiley Wood On Wednesday, March 19, the Region 7 Board of Education presented its working budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year to a sparse audience in the cafeteria of Botelle School. The proposed total of $19.7 million represents a 4.59 percent increase over the […]
