Selectman’s Corner
Hazardous Waste Day, Permits, Dog Licenses and Tax Bills Household Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday, June 7 from 9 a.m. to noon in Falls Village. To register, please contact the Selectmen’s office at 860-542-5829. June is the time to get your stickers for Tobey Pond and the transfer station. The Board of Selectmen voted to […]
Accolades
The following Norfolk seniors at Northwestern Region 7 High School will be graduating on June 18: Holly Alexson, Olivia Ayers, Colin Bazzano, Dianna Bestick, Molly Bresson, Samantha Byrne, Thalyia Byrne*, Christin Craighill, Seth Dayton, Amelia Denny, Isaac Halterman, Barrett Langendoerfer, Richard Mirando, Gabriell Nelson*, Westley Nelson, Jordan Scherling, Stefan Sebach*, Alanna Sinclair*, Nathan Starr*, Carter […]
Briefly . . .
Botelle Principal Moves On Peter Michelson, the principal of Botelle School for the past six years, is leaving his position at the end of this school year. In a recent letter to the Botelle community, he stated, “I have accepted a principalship closer to home in Farmington. Although I have been very happy working in […]
A “Treasured” Walk in the Forest
Geocaching Gains Popularity By Christina Vanderlip Fourteen years ago, in May of 2000, a new outdoor recreational activity called geocaching germinated when the government announced that it would discontinue scrambling Global Positioning System (GPS) signals. GPS, a satellite navigation system, was initially developed by the United States Department of Defense for military use and thus […]
Botelle Beat
Cape Cod Field Trip By Ann Decerbo In May, the Botelle sixth graders, teachers and the principal spent five days in Cape Cod at the Nature’s Classroom in Yarmouth Port. A tradition spanning over two decades, this sixth grade trip is a rite of passage for Norfolk students. Principal Peter Michelson says, “This shared experience […]
“A Visual Exploration of Vast” at Aija
Babs Perkins Exhibits Photos Texture and color are the dominant themes of Perkins’ latest photography exhibit, “A Visual Exploration of Vast: The Open Landscape.” The show will hang at Bella Erder’s store at 6 Station Place throughout the month of June. Perkins describes the photos as “a collection of images that explores the fundamental intersection […]
Chamber Music Festival Commemorates Ellen Battell Stoeckel
The upcoming Norfolk Chamber Music Festival season celebrates the memory of their patroness, Ellen Battell Stoeckel, who passed away 75 years ago. Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) has recognized the significance of her contribution to the arts by including the Music Shed on its list of “Connecticut’s Cultural Treasures”. David Bibbey produced a video for the […]
Community News
The Library’s Featured Artist Portraits of various artists (including flutist Eugenia Zukerman, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the Shanghai and Emerson String Quartets) captured during their performances will hang at the Norfolk Library in the month of June. A reception for the artist, Dianne Engelke, will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. […]
Norfolk Then
This familiar building with a handsome touring car parked in front was Dodd’s Garage. The son of an Irish immigrant farmer, Martin B. Dodd (1881-1944) was an early and very successful entrepreneur in the automobile industry. He began quite simply in livery, hanging his shingle in an old blacksmith shop with one car available for […]
And They’re Off!
The Starting Line of the 2014 Edition of Norfolk’s Memorial Day Road Race On the right, wearing bib 47, is the winner, Brandon LeClair of Goshen. The second-place finisher, Scott Shaw of Norfolk, is at left wearing bib 32. Other notable finishers are Tyler Schunaker, age 8, to the right in front of Shaw, and […]
