Norfolk’s March Weather
Another Cold Month, but Springtime Is Near By Russell Russ This winter and early spring continued to be cold, very much like last year. The big weather related news this March was the unprecedented water line and sewer line freeze-ups that occurred all over Norfolk and in surrounding towns. The depth of the frost was […]
The Cafe at the Top of Connecticut
By Richard Kessin Photographs by Bruce Frisch I take visitors from the city on walks through Barbour Woods or up Haystack until they are proud of their wilderness adventures and very hungry. “Can you get lunch around here?” they ask skeptically. “Trust me,” I say as I walk with them to Station Place Café and […]
Glass Is Full for Cookbook Award Winners
Local cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough have a lot to celebrate, as their 2014 book “Vegetarian Dinner Parties” was nominated for three major awards in the two main U.S. cookbook competitions. The book won the People’s Choice Award and was a finalist in the Health and Special Diet category at the International Association […]
Botelle Beat
By Principal Matt O’Connell On April 10, Botelle was jumping to the beat of great music for a great cause. Our PE teacher Mr. Anderson organized a Jump Rope-A-Thon to benefit the American Heart Association. Our staff and parent volunteers helped run the jump rope stations—and and parent volunteers provided healthy snacks of cut-up fruit. […]
Selectmen’s Corner
To qualify for the Elderly and Disabled Homeowners Tax Relief Program, please contact the Assessor’s Office at 860-542-5287. Deadline is May 15. For individuals over the age of 60, the Community Health & Wellness Center at 496 Migeon Avenue in Torrington has been awarded funding to provide free dental services from now until the end […]
Through the Garden Gate
May, Hoo-ray! by Leslie Watkins Well, things are looking up! Warmer days and sunshine beckon us outside to poke about the garden, picking up litter and rearranging frost-heaved plants and stones. Spring peepers are welcoming warmer temperatures and the honeybees are flying. Time to get busy. Cold-hardy transplants can go into the vegetable garden in […]
Disaster Aid in the Age of Facebook
Norfolk Connects with the South Pacific By Susannah Wood On March 13, a category five typhoon with winds of 165 mph landed right on top of Vanuatu, a South Pacific republic about 8,600 miles from Norfolk, Conn. The typhoon flattened most of the structures on this archipelago of 86 islands, killing 11, injuring more than […]
Sports Powerhouses Win Berkshire League
Long summer days at Tobey Pond and Doolittle Lake have paid off for six young Norfolk swimmers, as they helped propel their high school swim team to its third straight Berkshire League championship and a third-place finish at the Class S state finals. Prospects for next year are also bright, as none of these students graduated […]
Free “Camperships” Offered for Camp Jewell
The Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation (NCCF) is pleased to offer free summer camperships at YMCA’s Camp Jewell in Colebrook, CT. Norfolk families are invited to pick up an application form and Camp Jewell brochure at the Norfolk Library, National Iron Bank and Norfolk Town Hall. Forms and brochures will also be sent home from Botelle […]
Joel Webster, Norfolk’s Olympic Wrestling Hopeful
By Christopher Sinclair Since Norfolk’s earliest days, the people who live here have possessed both mental and physical fortitude, and are not quick to shy away from hard work. Joel Webster, native Norfolkian, has displayed an exceptional degree of grit and determination that would make any Norfolk resident proud, in the pursuit of his lifelong […]
