It’s Only Natural
Lessons in a Hemlock Wood by Hans M. Carlson There is a palpable quietness to a grove of very old hemlock, a sense of grandeur that settles on you if you spend a little time beneath them. These stands are special places in Norfolk, and we have several on Great Mountain Forest (GMF). Some […]
Norfolk’s Weather—April 2015
From Deep Snow to Black Flies By Russell Russ Spring finally arrived in April. It’s amazing to think that in just this one month we went from maple syrup season, 16-inches of snow on the ground and all ponds fully iced over to springtime warmth with peepers and black flies. Syrup season was over […]
New Cupola Tops Music Shed
The first phase of restoration of Norfolk’s historic Music Shed is finished. The new cupola, an exact copy of the original copper-domed cupola that has been missing for so long that no one remembers when it fell down, was installed in time for Memorial Day weekend, and restores the natural ventilation system of the original […]
Community News—June 2015
Curriculum Night There will be a curriculum celebration at Botelle School on Tuesday, June 2 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The evening will feature displays throughout the school of student work, and some demonstrations of how students have used technology to advance their learning. Freedom of Information Workshop Tom Hennick, of Connecticut’s Freedom of Information […]
Norfolk Then
A peddler is selling his wares on Greenwoods Road just past the entrance to Westside in this 1896 postcard photograph taken by Marie Kendall. He must have been well-known to townsfolk for on the back of the photograph he is referred to as ìLouie, the Grand Army man.î Look closely and you will see that […]
