Videographer Phylis Bernard Provides Online Records of Norfolk Meetings
Keeping the Community Informed By Colleen GundlachPhoto by Savage Frieze Do you have a question about what was discussed at last month’s virtual selectman’s meeting or what happened when the school board got together to discuss reopening the school? If so, Phylis Bernard is the person to ask. For the past couple of decades she […]
A Field Guide Highlights the History and Beauty of Great Mountain Forest
By Mattie Vandiver Norfolk’s Great Mountain Forest is a natural area full of hiking trails, wildlife, history, forestry and beauty. Those looking to find out more about the riches of GMF will enjoy an informative field guide published in 2016 under the auspices of the Yale Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry. Entitled “A Fieldbook: Great […]
Masks, Mistakes and Progress on Covid-19
By Richard Kessin We are currently arguing about masks and disease prevention. Virologists and others (including me) thought that because the Covid-19 virus is so small, it would pass through a normal surgical mask. But masks are useful because viruses come packaged in large respiratory droplets that are blocked by the mask, and they also […]
Fifth Weekend in Norfolk Is Going to Be Different
Annual festival moves online By Clinton J. Sosna This year’s summer Weekend in Norfolk (WIN), in its fifth installment, comes amid a global pandemic. A situation ripe with mandates, social distancing requirements, reopening phases, spikes, shifts and updates. Our experience of normal is no longer normal. Neither will be this year’s Weekend in Norfolk. Despite […]
Yoga on the Grass
For many years, there has been a free yoga class for seniors, sponsored by the town, in Battell Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday morning. The class had to go on hiatus in March when the Covid-19 lockdown went into effect, but in late May teacher Wendy Larson decided to try holding the class outdoors. Yogis […]
Canaan YMCA to Reopen August 10
New safety procedures in place to safeguard members By Chris Sinclair The Northwestern Connecticut YMCA, comprising branches in Torrington, Winsted and Canaan, has joined other businesses and nonprofits over the last several weeks in beginning their slow and gingerly march toward reopening amid the pandemic. The Canaan branch, to which many Norfolk residents belong, will […]
Hatsy Robinson Taylor, 1932-2020
Harriet “Hatsy” Robinson Taylor, 87, of East Canaan, a gardening author and columnist who chronicled the trials and triumphs of life on a hilltop farm in northwest Connecticut, died July 5 at Geer Village in Canaan. Hatsy began writing about gardening in 1982 with the debut of her column “Hilltop Harvest,” which was published for […]
Early Automobilists Find Their Way to Norfolk
By Andra Moss Just when travel seemed so modern—the Mountain Express train barreled along from Hartford to Canaan at speeds up to 37 miles per hour—something new came clanging, hissing and rattling over the hilltops. It was 1900. American automaking was still in its infancy, but change was coming fast (“fast” being a relative term; […]
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
This month sees the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote. The amendment was adopted after Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify it on August 18, 1920. One month later, on September 18, 1920, two hundred Norfolk women went to Town Hall and […]
National Iron Bank Rated a Top Community Bank Lender
The Independent Community Bankers of America have named National Iron Bank has one of the top 20 community bank lenders of its size (under $500 million) for 2020. National Iron Bank, with assets of $180 million, has four branches in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut: Cornwall Bridge, Norfolk, Salisbury and Washington Depot, with a loan […]
