Getting Outdoors is Good for Your Brain
Scientific evidence that living in Norfolk is good for health and happiness by Kathy Robb The summer solstice on June 21 means that summer is officially here, and with it the pleasure of being outdoors in the beautiful weather Norfolk offers. Humans know intuitively that being outside makes them feel good. This intuition has […]
View From The Green
Getting Together at the Norfolk Hub By Colleen Gundlach I admit it. I was one of those people who had trouble envisioning what the Hub would be like. When I was told that it would be a place where nonprofit organizations would have desks where they could work, enabling them to have inexpensive office […]
Botelle’s Graduates: Onwards and Upwards
The 16 students in Botelle School’s graduating class of sixth graders stood on the auditorium stage for their promotion ceremony.
National Iron Bank Holds Grand Reopening
By Ruth Melville As part of a strategic plan to renovate all their branches, the National Iron Bank in Norfolk has spent the past six months refurbishing its building on Station Place. With the internal demolition and reconstruction mostly completed, attention has now shifted to exterior work, and the grand reopening is scheduled for […]
Paul Madore Named to Board of Selectmen
Selectman Sue Dyer resigned from her position on the Board of Selectmen on June 1, according to First Selectman Matt Riiska. She has moved to Missouri to be with family. The remaining selectmen, Riiska and Alexandra (Sandy) Evans, held a special meeting of the Board of Selectmen on June 27 to name Dyer’s replacement. They […]
Firearms, Monoculars and Norfolk History
Antique arms and vintage posters on display at Icebox Armory By Karen Linden Jack, a cute and friendly canine, is the first greeter you’ll meet at Ice Box Armory. Next is Hal Cannon, who has opened his cozy, well-provisioned arms shop right on Route 44 near the west end of Norfolk. Cannon was employed […]
Dead Deer in Woods Raises Fears of Mountain Lions
By Wiley Wood Are there cougars in Connecticut? Whenever the question comes up, one local authority on wildlife, a skeptic, always says, “Well, I’m not seeing any deer carcasses stashed in trees.” Then last month, a deer carcass was found stashed in a tree. June Peterson was walking in Barbour Woods along the carriage road […]
Norfolk Artists & Friends Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Ten Guest Artists Invited to Take Part By Ruth Melville Every year on the first weekend in August, the Norfolk Artists & Friends (NAF) holds an art exhibition in the Battell Stoeckel Gallery (known as the Art Barn). This year is the group’s 10th anniversary exhibition, and to celebrate, the members have decided to […]
July, King of Flowers
By Leslie Watkins The botanical family Paeoniaceae contains just one genus; paeony or peonies, with over thirty species and more than a thousand named cultivars. These glorious blooms are large, extravagant, fragrant, long-lived and make wonderful cut flowers, if you can bear to cut them. They symbolize good fortune, a happy life and happy […]
Letters—July 2018
Town Plan Survey A hearty thanks to all of you who took the time to participate in the 2019 Planning and Zoning (POCD) Town Plan Survey. Your input will assist us in addressing those issues or concerns you may have for Norfolk’s future. Results of the survey will be posted on our Town website at […]
