Through the Garden Gate: August, Keys to Better Gardening
By Leslie Watkins Anyone can have a garden, but very few people have great gardens. People with nice gardens can easily have better gardens. By observing a few simple practices you can expect to see improvement in a relatively short time. Expect change. Gardens are alive, and all living things will change over time. […]
Youth Softball and Baseball Teams Have a Stellar Year
By Chris Sinclair As summer deepens into August, the cornstalks approach full height, the heat grows bolder and heavier, and only one sport remains on the schedule: America’s own, baseball. While the national pastime may not be the favorite sport of every American, most of us have some fond baseball or softball memories buried […]
Masterclasses Give Audiences a Glimpse Behind the Scenes
By Leila Javitch One of the highlights of this year’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival is the ongoing series of masterclasses that are free and open to the public on Wednesday evenings. These are an addition to the popular recitals by the music fellows, which take place Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. In a masterclass, […]
Historical Society Commemorates Norfolk’s Role in the Great War
Norfolk Natives “Over There” By Michael Kelly While the war was raging for three years on the European continent, the United States was determined to stay out of a conflagration between nations nursing centuries-old antipathies and animosities. But a groundswell of nationalistic support fomented by adventurous, upper-class American scions eager to test their mettle […]
Letters—No Bear Hunting
To the editor: The July 2017 article entitled “Where Are All These Bears Coming From?” demands a response to correct misapprehensions. First, review of the peer-reviewed scientific literature on the subject of bear-human conflict shows that bear hunting does not reduce the incidence of problem bears. Hunters rarely kill bears that have taken to living […]
New Planters Adorn Station Place
This pole planter in front of the Arcanum Building, with its profusion of purple and lavender petunias, is one of several new planters in town, courtesy of the hard work of the members of the Norfolk Community Association. This year the association added 11 pole planters to Station Place and Route 44, in addition to […]
Work Camp Returns to Camden, N.J.
Every year Pastor Erick Olsen of Norfolk’s Church of Christ Congregational (UCC) organizes a week-long work camp for kids aged 12 to 18. This year’s group of 25 youth and adults traveled to Camden, N.J., to help with home improvement projects for those in need. This is the third year in a row that the […]
Real Estate Transactions—June 2017
On June 7, Holly M. Leibrock to Philip M. Carr-Harris, 20 Ashpohtag Rd., for $250,000. On June 15, Jeffrey T. Andrews and Anne C. Granfield to Sandra J. Cullen, 11 North St., for $365,000.
2017 Tour of Litchfield Hills
By Suzanne Hinman Beware of packs of brightly clad cyclists racing through town on Sunday, August 6. They are participating in the annual Tour of Litchfield Hills, which supports the Cancer Care Fund of Litchfield Hills. The Cancer Care Fund is a not-for-profit organization created to assist and support cancer patients residing or receiving care […]
Obituary—Barbara Ann Tracey
Norfolk Bids Farewell to a Leader and Friend By Colleen Gundlach She was the consummate volunteer, a loving and devoted mother and grandmother and a lifelong problem solver. She was a woman whose friendly smile and cheerful demeanor welcomed everyone—stranger or friend. In July, with the passing of Barbara Ann Tracey, Norfolk bid farewell […]
