Community News
Holiday Magic in Colebrook Center Join us on in Colebrook on Saturday, Dec. 9 starting at 8:30 a.m. with Breakfast with Santa at the Congregational Church, followed by a traditional Holiday Fair until 2 p.m. at the Town Hall and Community & Senior Center. Unique vendors, Cookie Land, live trees and wreaths for sale, special […]
Norfolk Then . . .
Buttonholes, eyelets, and featherstitching were never so finely wrought as in late 19th century Norfolk. One of the most popular schools in town at that time was Mrs. Kendall’s Sewing School. Although Marie Kendall is best remembered as a photographer, among her other interests was teaching Norfolk children to sew, girls and boys alike. Classes […]
City Meadow Park Completed on Schedule
The project of turning the sunken wetland below Station Place into a pedestrian park has often been stalled during the past three years. There were obstacles along the way, unforeseen expenses and goofs galore. But at a meeting of the City Meadow Park Committee on Nov. 20, Chairman Molly Ackerly announced that the park was […]
Norfolk Elects Riiska in a Landslide
By Wiley Wood In a municipal election that drew 53 percent of Norfolk’s voters to the polls, Matthew Riiska (D) was elected first selectman over William Reudgen (R) by a commanding lead. At the polling station, where the results were announced shortly after the polls closed at 8 p.m., Reudgen congratulated Riiska in front of […]
Northwest Connect Hopes to Build Regional Fiber-Optic Network by 2021
Dropped cell phone calls and slow downloads would be distant memories By Ruth Melville If the efforts of a local advocacy group called Northwest Connect are successful, we may see a fiber-optic network installed in the Northwest Corner by 2021. Northwest Connect was formed by a group of citizens and elected officials, most notably […]
Great Mountain Forest Makes Long-Term Deal to Sell Carbon Credits
Planning for the Future By Tom Vorenberg Early one morning last month a young man and his girlfriend, visiting Norfolk from a western state, hiked up the logging road from the Great Mountain Forest (GMF) east gate. They wanted to get to the pond known as Old Man Mac to watch the sunrise. It […]
First Selectman Candidates Square Off at Infinity Hall
By Wiley Wood In a conversation that touched on a familiar range of topics—taxes, education, infrastructure—the two candidates for Norfolk first selectman spoke in front of a crowd off about 85 townspeople on a recent Saturday morning at Infinity Hall. Both candidates are longtime residents of Norfolk, and both have run for first selectman […]
September 2017 Real Estate Transfers
On Sept. 28, Lora Jean Bresson to Brian Vigliotti, 319 Greenwoods Rd. W., $142,000. On Sept. 29, Frank and Caryn Trager to Christopher K. and James P. Davidson IV, 95 Maple Ave., $165,000.
Steeple of Congregational Church Needs Urgent Repair
Congregation will look to community for help in restoration By Wiley Wood From the vantage of one of the wooded ridgetops around town, there is often no indication of where Norfolk lies other than the spire of the Congregational Church, a white shaft rising out of the trees to mark the village green. But […]
Through the Garden Gate: November, Revelations
By Leslie Watkins After autumn’s chilly winds and drenching rains have knocked down the asters and goldenrods and the last leaves have fallen from the trees, hidden things are revealed. Stone walls, lost tools, vole holes and abandoned bird nests are evident. If you look very closely you may find a cocoon of Hyalophora […]
