Norfolk’s July 2015 Weather
Pleasant Summer Weather By Russell Russ The month of July can sometimes be a weather record setter for warmth and rainfall. July 2013 was our warmest month on record, and July 2014 was our ninth wettest month on record. This past July was no record setter. In fact, it was considerably below normal for rainfall […]
Husky Meadows Farm Grows a Cornucopia of Vegetables
By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo The former Curtiss Farm is once again a full working enterprise. The property, just past the three-way intersection of Ashpohtag Road, Lovers Lane and Loon Meadow Drive, is doing its heritage proud. An acre and a half of land is now dedicated to growing vegetables. The rather impressive garden sits at […]
Milestones
Hugh deManbey July 13, 1959 – July 28, 2015 The deManbey family regretfully announces the passing of Hugh deManbey on July 28. He was born on July 13, 1959, and grew up with his parents, Lyndsay and Claire, and six siblings on Litchfield Road. He attended Botelle Elementary School, Indian Mountain School, Cranwell School, in […]
Wind Turbines Loom over Route 44
The Flagg Hill wind turbines—the first to be erected in the State of Connecticut—seemed to rise up into the sky overnight. This picture was taken on Route 44 coming up the hill toward Norfolk from Winsted, on August 20. A small American flag on the turbine is just visible in the picture. Photos by Bruce […]
Letters—September 2015
Clarification on Rails to Trails I would like to to address concerns over the content of the August Norfolk Now article about the formation of the Rails to Trails committee, and more specifically, the map in the article. At my suggestion, this map was acquired from the Norfolk Historical Society by the author, Ruth Melville. […]
It’s Only Natural—September 2015
Tree Regeneration in the Working Forest By Hans M. Carlson Recently I asked Jody Bronson, forest manager at Great Mountain Forest, to take me down to the log job we put on last summer. It was a well-planned and well-executed cut, and last year was a good acorn year, so we had hopes that […]
Family Donates Sign to Historical Society
Cathy Sacer and Howard Fields have donated this sign, which originally hung by the Norfolk Downs Golf Links, to the Norfolk Historical Society, in memory of their parents, Harold and Cay Fields. As a young boy in the 1920’s, Harold Fields worked as a caddy on the Downs. When the Downs closed in the 1940’s, […]
Community News—September 2015
Norfolk Fire Department to Receive Governor’s Proclamation In honor of its years of service, the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department has been chosen to receive the Governor’s Proclamation on Firefighter Recognition Day. On Friday, September 4, at 6:30 p.m., all members of the department will gather at the firehouse in full dress uniform for a group […]
Norfolk Then…
While the sign Martini Hotel may have raised eyebrows during Prohibition, it was actually the name of the hotel’s proprietor, Albert Martini. Built in 1913, the four-story steel-framed brick structure brought modern construction to downtown Norfolk and opened as the Wangum Hotel, named after nearby Wangum Lake. When Martini bought the hotel and the property […]
