Road Works, New Firehouse, Increased Parking
Selectman’s Corner by Matt Riiska The water main project on Route 44 is wrapping up, and I don’t think any of us will be sorry to see the construction company driving out of town with their excavators, loaders and giant jack hammer. I apologize to all who live along Route 44 who had to put […]
Norfolk’s September 2020 Weather
Surprisingly About Average by Russell Russ September temperatures were about normal throughout the month. It even felt seasonably chilly by the end of the second week. Autumn was finally arriving. Precipitation for most of the month was well below normal, and Norfolk was under moderate to near severe drought conditions for all of September. Picking […]
Covid-19 Vaccines in Clinical Trials
The Body Scientific by Richard Kessin On January 10, 2020, Chinese scientists published the genome sequence of a novel virus by depositing a file in Genbank, a digital resource for DNA sequences at the National Institutes of Health. People at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease used that sequence to make a vaccine, […]
Community News
A Grave Affair at the Library on All Saints’ Day Celebrate the 200th anniversary of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” on Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. with storyteller Linda Schuyler Ford, featuring the works of Washington Irving and fascinating facts about the beloved author. Find yourself utterly immersed in the world of Ichabod Crane, and […]
Norfolk Then…
One hundred years ago on Nov. 2, 1920, Norfolk women cast their ballots in a presidential election for the first time. This photograph is a timely reminder of the long struggle fought by many dedicated women for basic civil liberties including the right to vote. Pictured at the annual convention of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage […]
Norfolk Library Reopens Its Doors with Precautions
Providing opportunities for education, entertainment and reading Text by Mattie VandiverPhoto by Christopher Little On June 29, the Norfolk Library was able to open up to the public once again after being closed because of Covid-19 for three months. The library began by offering curbside service. It is now fully open, with slightly limited hours, […]
Voting – Just Do It
View from the Green by Colleen Gundlach It’s great to see people outdoors in Norfolk’s village center. Diners are outside of Wood Creek Grill and Berkshire Country Store, enjoying the crisp fall air and the beautiful colors of a New England autumn. It’s interesting as well that several groups have opted for open-air meetings in […]
Keeping the Trick-or-Treating on Halloween in Norfolk
Covid changes the experience but not the fun by Kelly Kandra Hughes Last year on Halloween, Cecily Mermann, who lives on Emerson Street, sat on her front porch with her dog, Dodger, and greeted the multitude of trick-or-treaters making their way through the village of Norfolk. She enjoyed seeing the costumes, giving out handfuls of […]
Children’s Foundation Gives Botelle Students Chromebooks
New computers help with the transition to virtual learning Text by Ann DeCerboPhoto by Jonathan Barbagallo It would be an understatement to say that things were different for the 2019/20 sixth grade class at Botelle School than for previous graduating classes. Concerns over Covid-19 precipitated the start of remote learning in March 2020 and the […]
It’s Not School As We Knew It, But It’s the New Norm
Botelle students join their friends in a new and different environment By Jude Mead Botelle School is back in session full-time, and according to Principal Lauren Valentino, all is going well. “I couldn’t be more pleased. Everything is going very well, and the students have adjusted just fine,” she said. Because of the Covid-19 public […]
