Face Plant!
The wing span of 36 inches and the absence of ear tufts suggest that the owl that made this impression in the snow was a barred owl (Strix varia). They feed on rodents, which they take from the air, mostly at night, seizing them with their powerful talons. The photograph was taken with an iPhone […]
Board of Education Struggles to Keep Spending Flat
Botelle Principal Proposes New Technology Initiative By Wiley Wood The word went out strongly from Board of Finance Chairman Michael Sconyers this fall that there would be no budget increase in the coming fiscal year. The message was conveyed to the Board of Selectmen, who prepare the town budget, to the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department, […]
A Long-Winded Affair
Despite challenges, BNE gets approval for a larger wind turbine installation By Veronica Burns Work is slowly proceeding at the Flagg Hill sites of the BNE Energy wind farm. A recent monitoring report on Wind Colebrook South states that “some work has resumed on site, they are clearing and grubbing for the revised road alignment […]
Norfolk a Prime Target in Drug-Related Break-ins
Resident Trooper Greg Naylor warns the rise in crime here has become epidemic By Lloyd Garrison There has been a notable increase in criminal activity in and around Norfolk since the last issue of Norfolk Now featured the arrest of Christopher Goodall. Goodall, who said he was suffering from pain pill withdrawal, confessed to stealing […]
Borden Steps Down from Economic Development Commission
By Colleen Gundlach When Libby Borden took over the chairmanship of Norfolk’s Economic Development Commission (EDC) from Tom McGowan seven years ago, she never anticipated the many changes she and other commission members would be able to initiate in such a short period of time. Most notable among the accomplishments was becoming the umbrella organization […]
Work on Regionalization Study Advances
Botelle Building Judged Big Enough for Both Towns By Wiley Wood As members of the citizens’ group studying regionalization examined the floor plan of the Botelle School during a public meeting in mid-December, they quickly reached the conclusion that there would be enough room in the building for all Norfolk and Colebrook primary-schoolers. The combined […]
Cabinetmaker and Potter Team Up for Exhibit at Norfolk Library
The wood of Chris Peterson’s pieces is buttery, tactile and often marked with the natural features of the growing tree. The hanging shelves in the current show come from a single butternut felled on a neighbor’s land. Peterson has collaborated with potter Joey Sage Jablonski, owner-operator of North Canaan’s Funkware, to make candle stands and […]
You Say Norfork, I Say Norfolk
By Michael Kelly World-weary musicians onstage at Infinity Hall will sometimes express bewilderment as to where on God’s earth their tour buses have deposited them; then ask, parenthetically, just how do we say the name of this remote hamlet bordering the Berkshires? What these musicians don’t know is that Norfolkians are just as confounded by the proper […]
The Norfolk Land Trust will host a presentation at the library by the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) of South Salem, N.Y. immediately following the land trust’s annual meeting at 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 16. The event, which is open to the public, will feature one of WCC’s Arctic gray wolves, Atka. Attendees will learn […]
Winter Birds
By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Most of us, at one point or another, question why we stay in the Icebox of Connecticut throughout the winter months, but do you ever wonder why the birds do? When observing a little black-capped chickadee chipping away at a backyard feeder with four inches of snow on it, do you […]
