Corrections
Scrapbooks Concerning our story in the March issue about the volunteers who maintain the Norfolk scrapbooks at the library, we need to clarify that the older volumes dating from the 19th century to the 1930s were compiled by unknown persons many years ago. These volumes were rebound in 1991 in honor of longtime librarian Barbara […]
Book and Exhibition to Showcase Work of Norfolk Photographers
By Ruth Melville Residents of Norfolk are well aware, thanks to the Norfolk Artists & Friends annual exhibition and shows at the Norfolk Library, Infinity Bistro and Aija, that their town is home to many excellent photographers. A new book featuring the work of 10 local photographers will be published later this year, and this […]
February Real Estate Transactions
February 1 – Carla Lachler and Paula Washington to William Eben Davidson, 62 Greenwoods Rd. West, $80,000 February 23 – Howard and Sharon Menard to Foundation for Norfolk Living LLC, 46 Greenwoods Rd. West, $200,000
It’s Only Natural
The Legacy of Glacial Lake Norfolk By Hans M. Carlson A couple of months ago I wrote about the low water in Tobey Pond, and how it revealed interesting aspects of the pond’s human history. Today I’m thinking about high water at the pond, and that’s an entirely different story, one which unfolded even before […]
How many long-ago students of Norfolk’s Center School recognize this image of Snoopy? In the 1960’s, our wonderful school janitor, Mr. Ted Bourque, would make Snoopy characters out of particle board on his band saw for any child who asked for one. How many have survived the test of time or, rather, the test of […]
Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program Begins April 1
Your library card opens the world to you through books, audio books, music CDs and DVDs. Now let your library card open the doors of Connecticut libraries by participating in the Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program! To celebrate National Library Week during April, the Connecticut Library Association’s Passport to Connecticut Libraries Program invites you to […]
Norfolk Lions Club Offers Scholarships
The Norfolk Lions Club is accepting scholarship applications from graduating high school seniors and also, new this year, one scholarship is available for a returning college student. Applications are available at the National Iron Bank and at Northwestern Regional. For additional information, please call Jan Graham-Jones at 860-542-6977.
And The Rest is History
It was September 2006 when Libby Borden and Sue Frisch received a two-year grant to test a Farmers Market in Norfolk, and the rest is history. In this photo, First Selectman Sue Dyer and Agriculture Commissioner Phil Prelli cut the ribbon on the very first Norfolk Farmers Market, which was located on the corner […]
Religious Compound on West Side Road Changes Hands
Loss of tax-exempt status to be appealed By Wiley Wood The Hutterian Brethren used to be seen along West Side Road, the women in head scarves and long skirts, the children in straw hats, taking their Sunday walk or going to look for berries in the neighboring woods. Then, in the fall of 1999, the Hutterites sold […]
Botelle Seeks a New Principal for Next Year
O’Connell oversaw upgrades to school’s security By Wiley Wood Matthew O’Connell, who became principal of Norfolk’s Botelle School in the summer of 2014, formally presented his letter of resignation to the Board of Education on March 9, and the board accepted it. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mary Beth Iacobelli, speaking in a recent interview, praised […]
