Real Estate Transfers—Oct.–Dec. 2015
October 1, Estate of Catherine P. Fields to Alison Smela, 101 Shepard Rd., $233,000. October 5, Peter R. Pouncey to David G. & Amy Troyansky, 25 North St., $515,000. October 5, Michael & Cynthia Creamer to DST Investments LLC, 82 Greenwoods Rd. E., $45,000. October 6, Kevin Morse & Karen Petokas Hunt to Sandra Anasoulis, […]
View From the Green—Feb. 2016
Winter Views By Ruth Melville My second favorite part of winter is that the absence of foliage lets you see things you can’t see in greener, leafier parts of the year. Previously hidden places and connections become newly visible, sometimes in unexpected ways. Looking out from the top of our hill we can see […]
EDC Works Behind the Scenes to Restart Corner Store
Operator backs out at the eleventh hour By Wiley Wood It seemed like a natural. The Corner Store in Norfolk had stood empty for years. Cornwall, a few towns over, had a thriving country store with a genial and energetic owner, but after operating for two years at the intersection of Route 7 and […]
Norfolk Festival Director Will Step Down After 2016 Season
Melvin Chen named new director By Wiley Wood Paul Hawkshaw, the Yale School of Music professor who has served as director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Yale Summer School of Music for more than a decade, has confirmed that he will step down after the festival’s 2016 season. Familiar to concertgoers […]
Up on the Roof
The tiling of the library roof is proceeding apace. The crew from Alden Bailey Restoration Corp. began with the roof of the children’s wing in early December and continued with the north and east sides of the library roof. Installation of the tiles begins at the eaves and continues up to the ridge tiles, which are […]
Norfolk’s Year-End Weather and a 2015 Summary
Unusual Weather to Finish the Year By Russell Russ The closing months of 2015 brought warm weather and below-average amounts of rain and snow. While unusual for Norfolk, but it seemed a fitting end to a strange weather year. Numerous months throughout the year ranked high in several categories. Warm temperatures, rainfall deficits […]
Julie Scharnberg Is Grants and Program Director of the Community Foundation
Assisting Nonprofits and People in Need By Colleen Gundlach The Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut (CFNC) was founded in 1969 by a small group of citizens in Torrington with $15,000 and plans to promote public giving. Today it has assets in excess of $87 million and endows 101 scholarships and more than 350 grants […]
It’s Only Natural—February 2016
A Legacy of Conservation By Hans M. Carlson The end of 2015 was dry, and before all the recent rain and snow the swamps and ponds were very low. It was nice to walk dry-shod into new places, but ecologically the low water in the wetlands was worrisome. So many amphibians rely on being […]
Republicans and Democrats Caucus to Select Town Committees
By Ruth Melville In an election year, most Americans are familiar with state and presidential caucuses, which are heavily publicized, much anticipated and often divisive national events. But on January 9 a similar democratic process—if on a much smaller scale—took place in Norfolk’s Town Hall. On that night the town’s Republicans and Democrats met […]
A New Foundation Aims at Downtown Hub
By Janet G. Mead “Our dream is to make Norfolk the vibrant place we all would like it to be,” said Samuel (Pete) Anderson, president of the newly established Norfolk Foundation. “We want to make Norfolk a center for art and natural recreation.” To work toward this goal, Anderson and three other founding board […]
