Norfolk Farmers Market
A Proud History and a Bright Future By Jude MeadPhoto by Bruce Frisch When the farmers market began to make a slow comeback about 13 years ago on the West Coast and in urban areas, Norfolk’s Economic Development Commission took notice of the trend. They also paid attention to the clean food movement and saw […]
View From The Green
Steering Toward Slower Traffic By Colleen Gundlach I recently rode in the car with a friend who never exceeded the speed limit during the whole trip. She drove very carefully, calmly and in complete control. I wondered if I could do the same, with the same sense of calm and control. I am not a […]
Curtain Rises on a New Act at Infinity Hall
Dan Hincks sells business to GoodWorks Entertainment By Ruth MelvillePhoto by Bruce Frisch After months of uncertainty and rumors in town, it was announced in early April that owner Dan Hincks had sold Infinity Music Hall and Bistro in Norfolk and Hartford to Goodworks Entertainment, a concert promotion company based in Fairfield, Conn. After extensive […]
Town Sets Lean Budget for Coming Year
Tax rates will rise By Wiley Wood Spring is when the bean counters at Town Hall reveal the budget for the coming year—and its consequences for taxpayers. This year the news is mixed. Town spending will go down in 2019-20, and the overall taxes the town will collect will drop by almost 3 percent. But […]
What Birds Can Be Found in Norfolk?
Volunteers in Connecticut Bird Atlas Project Collect Evidence By Shelley HarmsPhoto by Bruce Frisch: great blue herons nesting It is spring, and birds are raising their families, but which birds are bringing up babies here in Norfolk? The bird atlas project currently underway will reveal which birds are enjoying Norfolk alongside us. Connecticut’s first atlas […]
May, Spring Remedies
By Leslie Watkins Root beer anyone? Not the sweet, syrupy concoction found on the grocery shelf, but the real deal a tonic made from the roots and bark of wild-sourced medicinals designed to kick start your engine in the spring. The herbal drink was traditionally made with sassafras by indigenous peoples of the Americas. Europeans […]
Spring Cleaning for a Summer Garden
Small Seeds Need Volunteers to Help Them Grow By Virginia Coleman-PriscoPhoto by Hilary VanWright On the afternoons of April 10and 11, The Norfolk After School Program (NASP) hosted a Community Garden Clean Up at the Botelle School Community Garden located in the southwest corner of the building. Led by Botelle’s school nurse and healthy eating advocate, […]
Remembering Lois McKee
Lois Alice Patnoe McKee, age 71, of Norfolk, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. She is survived by sons Robert Boibeaux and Douglas Boibeaux and was predeceased by her son Colin Boibeaux. A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m., at South Norfolk Cemetery.
Norfolk’s March 2019 Weather
Third Driest March on Record By Russell Russ March can be a month that sees some strong nor’easters that can bring heavy snow or rain or both. March of 2018 was a prime example, with three storms that helped push last March’s snowfall total to 43.5 inches. That was not the case this March. While […]
Zinke’s Homegrown Knows a Thing or Two About Food Trends
Keeping the Family Farm Sustainable By Jeremy Withnell Photo by Bruce Frisch Bruce Zinke, owner of Zinke’s Homegrown, a farm and business just next door in Canaan, puts down his gardening shears and states, “You know, I’ve never had a full-time job in my whole life.” It quickly becomes clear that this doesn’t mean he hasn’t worked […]
