Ukes Rule In Sheffield
By Bob Bumcrot For a delightful short summer break, take a spin up Route 7 to The Magic Fluke Company at 292 South Main Street in Sheffield, the largest maker of ukuleles in America. Walk through the museum-like displays showing the history of the instrument. Try strumming a few notes on the beautiful soprano, tenor, […]
Botelle Beat
New School Year At Botelle Begins August 27 By Ann DeCerbo Although students are out on break, it’s been anything but a quiet summer at Botelle. Over the past two months, the Norfolk Board of Education conducted searches and interviewed prospective candidates for both principal and superintendent. Newly-hired Principal Matthew O’Connell and Superintendent Mary Beth […]
June 2014 Property Transfers
On June 9, 2014: 57 Blackberry St., from Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to Julie Prue and Earl Thitchener, $80,000. On June 9, 2014: 106 Laurel Way, from Thomas K. Carley and Alissa Churchill to John Wills Martin and Barbara Schock, $560,000.
Republican Primary Scheduled for August 12
The Republican primary will be held on August 12 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone wishing to vote in this primary must be a registered Republican by August 7. There will be no same-day voter registration allowed. Absentee ballots are available now from the town clerk’s office and must be returned by 8 p.m. […]
New Principal named for Botelle
Matthew O’Connell has been named the new principal of Botelle School, replacing Peter Michelsen, who resigned to take a position in the Farmington school system. O’Connell served as an administrator in the Winsted schools for the past seven years, and prior to that he taught for 14 years in Plainville and Simsbury. A public meet-and-greet […]
Scavenger Hunt in Barbour Woods
Seven teams participated in the Norfolk Land Trust’s first-ever scavenger hunt on July 12 in Barbour Woods. Each team was given a map of the property and several items to find along the way to four checkpoints, where they were greeted by land trust volunteers and board members. Included in the tasks to complete was […]
Norfolk Artists and Friends Exhibit at Battell Art Barn
Event to benefit Music Shed Restoration Fund By Karen Linden Norfolk Artists & Friends will host an opening reception on August 8 for their Sixth Annual Art Show in the Gallery of the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate. The public is invited to come from 5 until 7:30 p.m. to enjoy food and wine and view […]
Community News
Democrats To Host Community Picnic The Norfolk Democratic Town Committee will host a community summer picnic from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Norfolk Curling Club. Democratic candidates for state offices will be available to meet with constituents at the event. Tickets, which are $15 for adults and $8 for children, […]
Norfolk Then…
Tennis at Town Hall? The building we know as Town Hall was originally the Eldridge Gymnasium, built in 1892. Located within easy walking distance of hotels and boarding houses in Norfolk at the turn of the last century, the Gymnasium was a popular gathering place for both residents and visitors. People played croquet on the […]
Inside the Music Factory
Visiting With the Fellows at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival By Wiley Wood The campus of the Yale Summer School of Music in Norfolk is almost deserted on a sunny day in July, but fragments of music float in the air from all sides. A brass ensemble is rehearsing in a stone structure near Mountain […]
