Norfolk Fourth Graders Get Up Close With Nature
Fourth-grade students at Botelle School were invited to touch a boa constrictor as part of a live demonstration of the food pyramid presented on December 14 by Margery Winters of the Roaring Brook Nature Center. In a related experiment, Winters set a toad on the floor of the classroom and sprinkled worms in front of […]
Botelle School Hosts Japanese Drum Players
Principal and Students Take to the Stage to Beat Their Own Drums Taiko means “drum” in Japanese but in this country generally refers to a traditional style of Japanese drumming on a variety of percussion instruments. In a lively session in Botelle’s auditorium on December 9, the One World Taiko ensemble demonstrated the heart-pounding beats, dynamic movement and rhythmic grooves of the ancient […]
What Ever Happened to Affordable Housing?
By Leila Javitch Earlier this year, the Foundation for Norfolk Living (FNL) received a grant of three million dollars from the Connecticut Department of Housing to renovate 12 rental units located in five houses near the center of Norfolk. This award was announced on March 30 by Governor Malloy. Outwardly, it appears that not […]
Downtown to Celebrate Norfolk Night on December 10
Shopping, caroling, trees and wreaths will ring in the season By Ruth Melville On the night of December 10, downtown Norfolk will usher in the holiday season with an evening of late-night shopping and special activities. Bella Erder, who owns the shop Aija at 6 Station Place, initiated and organized the idea. “I wanted […]
Norfolk’s October 2015 Weather
A Beautiful Fall Foliage Season By Russell Russ This year was a near-typical October for Norfolk. Temperatures were about right for this time of year. Many locations had early morning frost on at least ten days. Even the weather station in its higher elevation saw frost on six mornings. Rainfall continues to be below […]
Plantin’ Seeds in North Canaan Celebrates Farming
By Ruth Melville Plantin’ Seeds Farm Kitchen, a new café and gathering place in North Canaan, is not your traditional restaurant. For one thing, it doesn’t charge money for its meals. Instead, it is a community resource, a mission and a project still taking shape. Plantin’ Seeds is the brainchild of Dale McDonald, a […]
It’s Only Natural—December 2015
Hunting and History on Canaan Mountain By Hans M. Carlson It’s the opening of deer season and a beautiful late fall day. The leaves are off the trees and the sun is casting long shadows out into the woods. Early this morning about a dozen hunters made their way into Great Mountain Forest, and […]
Letters—December 2015
Congratulations to All It was good to see the number of individuals who came out to vote on November 3. I would like to congratulate Sue Dyer and all of the other candidates who were successful. To those of us who were not, all I can say is we all need to continue to participate […]
Gearheads Working on New Robot
Northwestern robotics team receives grants from The Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut By Julie Scharnberg FIRST Robotics Team NRG4055 – better known as The Gearheads – from Northwestern Regional High School will build their robot this year with a new set of tools, thanks to a grant from the Ruth and Robert Cron Endowment […]
