New Salvage Shed at Transfer Station
Shed will offer opportunity for sharing By Kelly Kandra Hughes As a town of only 1,600 people, Norfolk has become a throw-away society. In 2018, Norfolk residents generated over 1,000 tons of waste. Included in this number is municipal solid waste (i.e., our garbage) from residential, commercial, and industrial sources, as well as bulky waste […]
Chamber Music Festival Opens Volunteer Program
By Tom Hodgkin For over 75 years, Norfolk has been the site of the Yale Summer School of Music Chamber Music Festival, following up on Ellen Battell Stoeckel’s wishes that, upon her death, her property be used for “the benefit and development of the School of Music of Yale University and for extending said University’s courses […]
Selectman’s Corner May 2019
By Matt Riiska Baseball season is coming up and I wanted to remind everyone that there will be a lot of activity on Mountain Road. We will be placing No Parking signs across from the ball field. Please let everyone know that they are there for a good reason – to keep our kids safe. […]
Yale Norfolk School of Art to Present Summer Lecture Series
The Ethics of Color This summer, Yale Norfolk School of Art will offer a thematic program, made possible by Norfolk Foundation. Called “The Ethics of Color,” this program will be a series of public lectures covering divergent topics such as the language of color theory coupled with human rights legislation, color as a material witness […]
New Artisans’ Shop Opens in Canaan
Woodworking, iron works, yard art and more By David BeersPhoto by Bruce Frisch Jesse Morey wanted to experiment in the world of retail after 20 years of self-employment in construction. He opened a pop-up shop across the street from Stop & Shop in Canaan this past December to sell a variety of items made locally […]
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day Is June 1
Once-a-Year Opportunity to Dispose of Hazardous Waste Safely. As you work on your spring cleaning, remember to set aside any household hazardous waste that you may have for the upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, scheduled for Saturday, June 1 at the Falls Village highway garage on Railroad Street from 9 a.m. to noon. Each […]
Community News, May 2019
Talk and Walk with Conservation CommissionOn Saturday, May 11 from 2 to 4 p.m., the Norfolk Conservation Commission will host their annual “Talk and Walk” to learn about native and invasive plants in downtown Norfolk. The program will start at the Hub with a lecture by Conservation Commission members and naturalists John Anderson and Elizabeth […]