Norfolk Then . . .
For the Kendall family of Norfolk, Christmas meant gathering to decorate an evergreen tree in their home. If this sounds traditional, it wasn’t always so. Claude Kendall, the son of Norfolk’s skilled photographer Marie Hartig Kendall, recalled in a written reminiscence that his family was the first in Norfolk to have a Christmas tree. Each […]
Sue Dyer Wins Re-Election in Close Race
Voter Turn-Out Is 58 Percent By Wiley Wood In an off-year election that drew 58 percent of the electorate to the polls, Sue Dyer, Norfolk’s incumbent first selectman, defeated first-time challenger Matt Riiska with 53 percent of the votes, winning 317 to 286. The other positions on the Board of Selectmen were uncontested. The […]
Community News—November 2015
Yoga, Fitness, Dance Fitness, Zumba and Kundalini Yoga at Church of Christ Church of Christ hosts yoga on Mondays from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., a fitness class on Tuesday nights from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and a dance fitness class every Wednesday night from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Zumba is held on Saturday mornings from […]
Letters—November 2015
Heartfelt Thanks Only in Norfolk can you feel the arms of a whole town around you in a time of sorrow. Only in Norfolk can you make one call to the Selectman’s Office and say, “We need that burial plot,” and not have to think about it again. And later, when there is a […]
The Norfolk Real Estate Market—Good News and Bad
Lower priced houses selling, but luxury houses a drug on the market By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo The Norfolk real estate market has been hot in 2015, but only at the bottom half of the market. A total of 23 homes have sold in town since January, all for under $600,000. There have been zero sales […]
Norfolk’s Pension Plan Judged ‘Actuarily Solvent’
By Susan MacEachron Only a few years ago, it was widely circulated that Norfolk’s pension plan for town employees was underfunded by $1 million and that the town would have to borrow to cover the shortfall. The market crash in 2008 had put the town’s plan in serious straits, according to Michael Sconyers, chairman […]
Onward and Upward With Botelle School
A Conversation With Superintendent Mary Beth Iacobelli With the effort to consolidate the Norfolk and Colebrook primary schools defeated, Norfolk Now’s Wiley Wood visited Superintendent Mary Beth Iacobelli for a discussion of the present and future of Botelle School. The following interview has been edited and condensed. NN: So Botelle School continues on. […]
Norfolk Resident Bob Gilchrest Guides Redesign of Falls Village
New Paving and Lights Make Main Street Safer for Pedestrians By Ruth Melville Thanks in large part to the efforts of Norfolk resident Bob Gilchrest, the town of Falls Village has a newly redone town center, designed to be both safer and more attractive. The Falls Village project was instigated by safety concerns. […]
Photographing a Long and Winding Road
Route 22 North By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Part-time Norfolk resident Rick Schatzberg was interested in photography as a collector for decades, but didn’t start taking photos himself until five years ago. He spends a lot of time on a bicycle, in Brooklyn, where he and his wife, Marilyn, also have a home, and in […]
United Coalition of Northwest Connecticut Combats Drug Abuse
By Colleen Gundlach Drug addiction is a problem that knows no class. It affects the rich as well as the poor; the educated and the illiterate; the mentally ill and the healthy. It is a growing problem in Connecticut, where 306 citizens died from heroin overdose in 2014—that’s triple the rate from 2012. Several […]
