Farmers Market Organizes Townwide Activities on Norfolk Day
Two bands will serenade the crowds on Saturday, August 15, vendors will spill over from the farmers market site into the downtown area, there will be face painting for children, a scavenger hunt and an ice cream truck. It is even rumored that Norfolk’s first selectman will take a turn in the pitchburst booth. Organizers […]
Norfolk’s June 2015 Weather
A Cool and Wet Month By Russell Russ June was a wet and relatively cool month. May was record-setting for warmth and much drier than normal. The two months were on opposite sides of the spectrum. In May we were looking for some rain, any rain, and in June for even a couple of days […]
A Dark Night and a Bright Lamp: Calling All Moths
Brigette Zacharszenko, an entomologist at the University of Connecticut, examined the moths drawn to a spotlighted sheet on the Norfolk village green on July 22, while two young residents of Norfolk looked on. Zacharszenko began across the street in the library with a discussion of the major types of moths, their behaviors and distinguishing characteristics. […]
Norfolk Land Trust Sponsors 2nd Annual 5K Trail Race
Barbour Woods will be alive with trail runners on Sunday, Sept. 27 at noon, when the Norfolk Land Trust hosts its second annual 5K Trail Race, a USATF-sanctioned event. The Barbour Woods trails feature a mixture of single and double track with an ascent up Beech Hill for a view of Haystack Mountain and a […]
Local Foundation Rewards Students
Six graduating high school seniors from Norfolk received $1,000 scholarship awards from the Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation at a ceremony on the village green on June 28. On the left, with checks in hand, is Don Tobias, president of the foundation. The students are, from left to right, Winter Thorne-Kaunelis, Dylan Johnson, Xavier Rodriguez, Shane Cyr, […]
It’s Only Natural
Reading the New England Jungle By Hans M. Carlson Jean’s Trail, on the western edge of Great Mountain Forest, makes a loop out through the “Raggy Lot,” on what was once the Dean Farm. The Deans were from the Mount Riga area, probably explaining the name. Although the local term “raggy” means “charcoal maker” (and […]
Berkshires Author Will Sign Books at Aija
The Tanglewood picnic has a long and notorious tradition. It can be sumptuous, with silver candelabra and linen place settings, or take simpler forms, but it always represents the height of taste and elegance. A new book, “The Tanglewood Picnic,” documents that tradition, using a profusion of illustrations, a sprinkling of recipes and a lively […]
Community News—August 2015
Summertime Story Hours in August Throughout the month, Miss Eileen will hold a story hour for all ages at Tobey Pond on Wednesday afternoons at 3:15 p.m. Come sit at the water’s edge and listen to stories about heroes. And for our littlest listeners (ages 6 months to 3 years), there will be a story […]
Norfolk Then…
The unusual pattern of weather events that culminated in the disastrous flood of 1955 began with one of the hottest and driest summers Norfolk had ever seen. An observer at the Norfolk 2SW weather station wrote during the first week of August: All local streams have ceased to flow. Foliage is browning, wilting and falling […]
View From the Green
It’s Time We Thanked our Viet Vets By Colleen Gundlach Last month I had the distinct honor of interviewing four of Norfolk’s Vietnam veterans for the June issue of Norfolk Now. It was an experience that brought back memories of a time when our country was even more divided than it is now. It was […]
