Norfolk’s December Weather and a Yearly Summary for 2013
Fairly average December closes out fairly average year By Russell Russ Up to the third week of the month it looked like we would have a colder than average December. A few warm days just before Christmas, including two back to back record warm days, changed all that. The high of 59 degrees on December […]
Grants Awarded to Two Norfolk Organizations
The Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance (NLCA) received a generous anonymous donation of $5,000 via the Local Area Fund held at the Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut, Inc. One of the few emergency medical services organizations in Connecticut that remains 100 percent volunteer and does not charge for its services, the NLCA depends on the generosity […]
Holiday Farmers Market a Success
The holiday farmers market in early December featured a first-ever Bernadette’s Bookshelf where local authors offered patrons an opportunity for a meet and greet. Participating local authors included John Funchion, Tony Thomson, Gail Blanke, Jim Cusick and cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough (pictured above). The market also featured holiday bereads and panettone from […]
Milestones
Arlene Swift Jones, a poet, memoirist and educator, died at home in Bloomfield, Conn. on December 31, surrounded by her three daughters and granddaughter. The cause was sepsis, following complications from peripheral vascular disease. As the wife of a foreign service officer, Jones lived in Germany, Poland, Cyprus, Norway and Switzerland, with spells in Greece, […]
African Dance at the Norfolk Library
The day after Christmas, Diata Diata International Folkloric Theater of Hudson, New York performed at the Norfolk Library. Founded in 1985 by Pamela and Andre Badilia to preserve ancestral heritage through performance, Diata has had a tremendous influence on the cultural life of Columbia County and beyond. Photos by Bruce Frisch.
Crossword: Cold Calls
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Crossword Solutions: Cold Calls
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Christmas Angels
In South Norfolk, the spirit of Christmas was alive and well this year with the children of the Norfolk Child Care Center. Under the guidance of the center’s director, Donna Adams, each of the youngsters chose to buy a gift for a less fortunate child from a list supplied by Rev. Erick Olsen. After doing […]
Community News
Nature Collage Workshop Great Mountain Forest will host a Nature Collage Workshop for adults on February 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 200 Canaan Mountain Road in Falls Village. Contact Jean Bronson for more information, jean@greatmountainforest.org. Art Reception A closing reception for the ‘Sky & Sea’ exhibit at Aija will take place on Saturday, […]
