From Bar Harbor to Marine Corps Memorial in Washington
Ultra Marathoner runs to raise funds for veterans injured in line of duty Norfolk was the overnight stop of Justin Rowe, an ultra marathoner from Great Britain. Rowe, a British Army veteran and retired firefighter, is running from Bar Harbor, Maine to the Marine Corps Memorial in Washington, DC to raise funds for his fellow […]
Identifying Invasive Plants in Norfolk’s Village Center
Conservation Commission to lead inventory walk By Martha KleinPhoto by Bruce Frisch November is a perfect time of year to identify and remove invasive plants in Norfolk, because the fall color changes make some of these plants very visible. For example, the plant Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) is an invasive shrub seen along roadsides near woods, and […]
Breathing New Life into an Historical Landmark
Crissey Place has a new owner By Doug McDevitt Sometimes a good thing just can’t be kept down, even in the form of a house. A very old house. It’s located just inside the village green as you travel north towards Maple Street. It’s the first house you see on your right and it is […]
Remembering Larkin Hasbrouck
Larkin Mead Hasbrouck died at age 86 on Oct. 22, 2019. He was the first-born child of Richard and Katherine Hasbrouck of Bronxville, N.Y. He had two younger sisters, Tryntje and Jane. Larkin’s youth was spent between Philadelphia, Penn., where he graduated from Friends Central High School and Norfolk, Conn., where his family had their summer home. In 1955, […]
September 2019 Weather
The Arrival of Autumn By Russell Russ The first half of September was about normal for temperatures, September temperatures that is. It was a mostly cloudy first half of the month with normal amounts of rainfall. It was a noticeable change from the near non-stop warm and beautiful weather Norfolk had experienced since June. The […]
Norfolk Then…
Still standing today at the south end of the Green (but without the front porch), Crissey Place was one of several early 20th century hostelries in Norfolk. It was owned and operated by Miss Cora Brown and named after the Crissey family, who had lived there for almost 100 years. Opening in the 1920s, it […]
Fidlar, Charles Lenhart: 1940 – 2019
Charles L. Fidlar died on Dec. 14 at his home in Norfolk, Conn. with family by his side. Charles was born in Terre Haute, Ind. and then moved to Hartford and Windsor, Conn. as a youth. He lived 17 years in the San Francisco Bay area before settling in Norfolk. He was born into a […]