Through the Garden Gate—March 2016
March, Who Are You Calling Chicken? By Leslie Watkins Permaculture is the conscious design of agricultural systems that behave like natural ecosystems. According to Graham Bell, “It is the harmonious integration of the landscape with people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way.” One principle of […]
A Playful Presence in the Woods
The North American River Otter By Wiley Wood The tracks look dog-like, big pugmarks in the snow coming up from the lake, crossing the ski trail and climbing the bank on the far side. But the coyote, if it is one, is dragging something heavy in its mouth, making a long, shallow dent in […]
Community News—March 2016
Tax Relief Available Applications for Elderly and Totally Disabled Homeowners and Additional Veterans Tax Relief Programs are now available through the assessor’s office. Please visit the Town Hall or contact Assessor Michele Sloane at 860-542-5287 for more information. St. Patrick’s Day Concert at the Norfolk Library: Goitse Forged in the white-hot crucible of Limerick […]
Norfolk Then . . .
It was a busy afternoon at the General Electric plant in 1952. On the banks of the Blackberry River, in a building that had been a 19th-century stone mill, GE opened a branch in 1946 to make starters for fluorescent lights. Twelve Norfolk women were employed at first, but the number soon grew to 145 […]
