Maria Horn Discusses Education at Norfolk Forum
A statewide cooperative to stabilize special education costs is being considered By Wiley Wood State Representative Maria Horn recently addressed a group of Norfolk residents about education and education funding. The meeting was held at Botelle School on Aug. 1, with about 45 people in attendance. Horn reported that a task force delegated by the […]
Michele Sloane Retiring as Tax Assessor
By Colleen GundlachPhoto by Bruce Frisch An era will come to an end when Norfolk’s long-term and well-respected tax assessor retires next month. Michele Sloane, who also serves as chairman of the town’s Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z), recently took some time from organizing her move to Florida to reminisce about her years in Norfolk […]
Eliza Little Lays Out Latest Findings About Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
By Susannah WoodPhotos by Bruce Frisch On Saturday, Aug. 10, Eliza Little gave the annual Ted Byers lecture at the Doolittle Club in front of a standing-room-only audience. The lectures are free and open to the public. Little, a postdoctoral researcher at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven for the past two years, […]
The Haystack Book Talks Festival Returns for a Second Year
A new lineup of writers in conversation By Marie-Christine Perry This summer saw Haystack Book Talks bring three stand-alone talks to the Norfolk Library: Byron Kim and Lisa Sigal, the new directors of the Yale Summer School of Art, talked with Nell Painter, the distinguished American historian and author of “Old in Art School: A […]
September, Planting a Seed
Through the Garden Gate By Leslie Watkins Baby boomers will represent nearly 25 percent of the American population in 2020, and that number includes a lot of grandparents. Many grand-boomers love passing on knowledge and skills to their grandchildren. One of the best memories and activities one can share with a child is the cultivation […]
Little Red Barn Brewers Is Part of the Renaissance of Winsted
By Jeremy WithnellPhoto by Bruce Frisch Nils Johnson, co-owner of Little Red Barn Brewers in Winsted, speaks of his brewery in much the same way a parent does of their infant child, with pride and mild exhaustion. “Might be nice to get some more sleep one of these days,” he confides. Still, through the entire […]
Great Mountain Forest Hires New Executive Director
The Board of Trustees of Great Mountain Forest has announced that the trustees have selected Tamara Muruetagoiena as the a new executive director of GMF. Muruetagoiena first became acquainted with GMF as a student in the Yale School of Forestry, where she got a master’s degree in forest science. She also earned a master’s degree […]
Letters to the Editor
Connecticut Coverts Cooperators In the United States, 36 percent of forestland is privately owned by families or individuals. In southern New England this percentage rises to 74 percent—the majority of which is in parcels under 50 acres. Most woodland owners own their land because they value it as forest and aim to be good stewards. […]
New Year, New Beginnings at Botelle
By Virginia Coleman-PriscoPhoto, of some of Botelle School’s new staffers this year (from left: Melissa Asselin, Winter Thorne-Kaunelis, Erin Dubecky, Lauren Montagna, Tyler Yelsits, Mary Krusch, Erica McCleary and Shana Bazelmans), by Virginia Coleman-Prisco As summer winds down, Botelle Elementary School is already buzzing with activity in preparation for the new school year. The Botelle […]
Norfolk Library Presents the First Greenwoods Puppet Festival Weekend
Renowned puppeteers to bring their magic and creativity to town By Eileen FitzgibbonsPhoto, of Alex and Olmsted (Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas) with their puppet Milo the Magnificent, by Sean Dennie This month, by the light of the Harvest Moon, puppets tiny and mighty will find their way to the first Greenwoods Puppet Festival. […]
