Growing Shiitakes for Fun and Profit
By Wiley Wood If you’ve come to the Norfolk Farmers Market looking for goat milk soap, French pastries, or zucchini blossoms, Andy Griffin’s stand is not for you. What he has is mushrooms, mostly shiitakes, which he sells by the pint or the half pint. Early on a Saturday morning, he might have a […]
Pooch Palace Offers Luxury Services in New High-Tech Resort for Pets
A place for furry, winged or scaly princes and princesses By C. J. Sosna When your lovebug needs some pampering or has to be left behind while you take an all-important trip, you now have a solution in one nearby “palace.” Charlene Martel has been in the pet industry for eight years and has […]
New Photographs by Marie Kendall Discovered
An Unexpected Look in Norfolk’s Past By Jude Mead It was a typical afternoon at the Norfolk Historical Museum. Executive director Barry Webber was busy adding the final touches for the museum’s 2018 exhibition, An Extraordinary Legacy: The Photography of Marie H. Kendall, featuring Kendall’s images of Norfolk during the mid-1880’s through the turn […]
Summer Rules!
By Matt Riiska Summer is here and, as cold as it was this winter, it is time for payback. The lazy, hazy days of summer are upon us. We can all take refuge at Tobey Pond, but we need to follow the rules. The town is fortunate in being able to lease this beautiful […]
Art, Nature and Fun at Weekend in Norfolk
By Colleen Gundlach This will be the third year of the annual phenomenon known as Weekend in Norfolk (WIN), and a look at this year’s schedule of events reveals several new and exciting activities planned, one of which involves star gazing, moon watching and an all-nighter when local astronomer Matthew Johnson conducts Astronomy Night at […]
Surviving Nazi Occupation of Amsterdam
Norfolk’s Ted Veling to Present Historical Discussion in Colebrook On Friday, July 13, the Colebrook Historical Society will host a talk by Norfolk’s Ted Veling, who will discuss his life during World War II in the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Veling was a nine-year-old boy living happily in a commuter city near Amsterdam when […]
May 2018 Real Estate Transactions
On May 1, 2018, Kevin Haitsch to Daniel P. Paradis, 11 Shepard Rd., for $191,000
Norfolk’s May 2018 Weather
From Prolonged Winter to Second Warmest May on Record By Russell Russ Once again, May was Norfolk’s transition month into summer, although this year it seemingly happened in just the span of a day or two. Temperatures went from a low of 34 degrees on May 1 (with snowfall on April 30) to a […]
Remembering Duncan Denny
Lifetime Norfolk resident Duncan Denny passed away at his home on June 19, 2018. He was born June 20, 1927, in New Rochelle, N.Y., to Dorothy Duncan and Cary Freeman Denny. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Ayreslea Rowland Denny; children Bea Tirrell (Charlie), Deirdre Denny, and Rowland Denny (Robin); and grandchildren […]
River Place Bridge to Be Replaced
First Selectman Matthew Riiska announced that the Town of Norfolk is contemplating a project to replace the River Place Bridge over the Blackberry River. The bridge replacement project would receive federal funds under the Federal Local Bridge Program, which is administered by the Connecticut Department of Transportation. These funds would cover 80 percent of the […]
