Being Careful and Considerate During Winter Snows
By Matt Riiska We are in the middle of another typical winter in Norfolk, multiple weeks of snow and below-freezing temperatures and then a week of spring and then back to winter. This cycle will continue until the end of March. I wanted to remind everyone that we need to stay safe. So while […]
State Harvests Ash Trees at Dennis Hill State Park
Emerald ash borer expected in Norfolk this year By David Beers Eighty-three years ago, Dr. Frederick Dennis gave his 240-acre Norfolk property to the state to become Dennis Hill State Park. Dennis was a New York City surgeon and an amateur horticulturist. A stipulation of this gift is that the property be kept “in […]
February, Cats in the Garden
By Leslie Watkins During the long winter evenings, sitting on the sofa with the cozy company of our favorite cats, it is pleasant to think of the variety of felines we may soon get a chance to see in the garden. It won’t be long, for instance, before we start to notice the swelling buds […]
City Meadow Project Looks Forward to Next Phase
The new park in the center of town, City Meadow, is shut down—for its annual closure from November to May. The looping boardwalks lie under a treacherous layer of ice and snow. A sign warns visitors away. An official ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Dec. 9 to celebrate the on-time completion of […]
Ice on Town Rink an On and Off Proposition
There is black ice on Wood Creek Pond, as these words are being written. There is black ice on Tobey Pond and Doolittle and Seldom Seen. But there is no skatable ice on the town rink by the ball field. This is due to a combination of factors, according to Schuyler Thomson, who agreed to […]
Norfolk’s Nov. and Dec. Weather and a Yearly Summary for 2017
A Chilly End to the Tenth Warmest Year on Record By Russell Russ The surplus of rainfall in October nearly wiped out the yearly deficit that had been slowly growing all year long. The months of November and December were drier than normal, which increased the deficit to close out the year. The year […]
Community News—Feb. 2018
Tax Relief Programs Beginning February 1, the assessor’s office will be accepting applications for the State of Connecticut’s Elderly or Totally Disabled Homeowners Program and Additional Veteran’s Exemptions. Applications and information on all tax relief programs are available from the assessor’s office at 860-542-5287 or from the Town of Norfolk’s website at www.norfolkct.org. Please contact […]
Norfolk Then . . .
One of the earliest photographs of Norfolk was taken on Nov. 2, 1877. Folks coming from Winsted would have travelled by horse and carriage along this road to the center of town. There were no sidewalks to speak of, just dirt paths and occasional boardwalks, as seen on the right. The railroad had just been […]
