Design of Replacement Bridge on Mountain Road Raises Controversy
Text and Photo by Wiley Wood When the stone bridge on Mountain Road was declared in poor condition by the state’s Department of Transportation (DOT), First Selectman Matt Riiska resolved that the replacement bridge would be exactly the same, down to the stone parapets and the embedded planters at either end. No stretch of road […]
Maple Syrup Makers Experience Unusually Early Sap Season
Text by Jude MeadPhoto by Winter Mead The Farmer’s Almanac, a periodical that has provided long-range weather predictions since 1818, was right again. It predicted above normal temperatures in our area this winter, and most maple syrup producers agree that it was spot on. Many producers took advantage of the warm weather. I was one […]
On the Bright Side of Interplanetary Dust
by Matthew Johnson One little-known celestial phenomenon is zodiacal light. Seen as a glowing wedge of diffuse light tilted in the direction of the sun’s path, zodiacal light is created as the sun backlights particles of interplanetary dust between itself and Earth. These illuminated remnants from the passage of comets, the collision of asteroids, and […]
Addressing Norfolk’s Diverse Housing Needs
Creating a mix of rental units to grow the community by Allysia Ruggiero On Monday Feb. 3 at 6 p.m., over 30 people weathered the cold evening air so that they could be in attendance at the Norfolk Hub to hear Jocelyn Ayer, community and economic development director of the Northwest Hills Council of Governments […]
Inn Owner Withdraws Zoning Request for Bakery and Cafe
Bows to neighbors’ objections Text and Photo by Colleen Gundlach The Gilded Age home located just south of the Norfolk’s Village Green has been a local landmark, where patrons have been served food for more than 60 years. When Felix and Clara Klauer purchased it from Erastus Johnson in 1951, the Mountain View Inn welcomed […]
March, Nature Appreciation
Text and Illustration by Leslie Watkins Nature gives freely. She provides us with fruits, nuts, grains and leafy greens both directly and indirectly through the animal products we use for food, warmth, protection and a myriad of other things. But do we truly appreciate and respect Nature’s gifts, or are we taking her for granted? […]
Tree Cutting at Haystack Mountain State Park
Text and Photo by David Beers A century ago, the Stoeckel family’s generosity provided to the state both the land and the tower that now make Haystack Mountain State Park the icon of Norfolk. Back then, most of the forest on the lower slopes of the mountain was young saplings. That fledgling forest is now […]
Allen Trousdale (1940-2020)
Allen Trousdale, an architect and world traveler, died at his home in Norfolk on Feb. 21. He was 79 years old and divided his time between Norfolk and Brooklyn. Born in Monroe, Louisiana on Dec. 2, 1940, to parents Briscoe and Frances (Miller) Trousdale, Allen attended Tulane University, graduating in 1963 with a degree in […]
Eve V. Thew (1927-2020)
Eve Thew died on Feb. 3 at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington. She was 92 and had been married to her husband, John Thew, for nearly 69 years. The daughter of Edward Van de Water and Eve Jacoby, Eve was born in New York City on March 14, 1927, but moved with her parents to […]
Making a Safe Space for Lakota Children in South Dakota
Text by Tina OlsenPhoto by Erick Olsen In the summer of 2021, a group from Norfolk’s Church of Christ UCC will travel to the Cheyenne River Reservation to spend a week with the Lakota Sioux tribe in South Dakota. From June 20 to 26, participants will work with the organization Simply Smiles to serve the […]
