Norfolk Library Awarded $15,000 in ARPA Funds
Buying hotspots, laptops, and iPads for patron use By Kelly Kandra Hughes Thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, the Norfolk Library is now the recipient of over $15,000 in grant money. ARPA is the $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package designed to facilitate the United States’ recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Libraries […]
Infinity Hall Is Building Back With a New Menu and Improved Sound
By Michael Cobb After more than a year of being shut down, Infinity Hall reopened its doors to the public last summer. But managing lost revenue and surviving with the help of governmental assistance were only part of the equation. Infinity Hall had plenty of behind-the-scenes work to do in preparation for reopening, including maintenance […]
Family Fall Festival
Photo by Jude Mead Face and pumpkin painting, hay rides (courtesy of John Auclair), spooky stories and apple cider—the annual after-school fall festival at the Norfolk Library on Friday, Oct. 22, had everything you could ask for on a autumn afternoon in New England.
Eileen Fielding of the Sharon Audubon Society: A Lifetime of Watching Birds
It’s Only Natural Text By Jude MeadPhoto by Michael Moschen If anyone knows about birds, it is Eileen Fielding. She started volunteering at an Audubon sanctuary in Massachusetts when she was 13. Today, with a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Connecticut, she’s the center director for the Sharon Audubon Center. […]
October EDC Meeting
Eye on Town Government By Ruth Melville Economic Development Commission co-chairs Libby Borden and Michael Selleck reported on suggestions from small business outreach consultant Betsy Paynter at the Oct. 14 meeting of the commission. Paynter, a consultant for the Northwest Connecticut Economic Development Corporation, had several suggestions for the Norfolk EDC, including renaming it the […]
Oct. 12 P&Z Meeting
Eye on Town Government By Susan MacEachron The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) continued deliberations at its Oct. 12 meeting on the application for a new town road to access the proposed Haystack Woods development. The commissioners discussed and agreed upon a number of changes to the text amendment for the Haystack Woods development and […]
Board of Selectmen Meeting
Eye on Town Government In their only official business at their Oct. 6 meeting, the Board of Selectmen voted to appoint Sandy Evans to the Norfolk Cemetery Committee. The other members of the committee are the first selectman, Matt Riiska, Phylis Bernard, Stan Civco and JoAnn Gundlach. The Cemetery Committee oversees the town’s three municipal […]
Winsted’s Railway Café Serves Up Mouthwatering Breakfast and Lunch Dishes
By Colleen Gundlach The Covid pandemic inflicted devastation on many business owners, particularly those of small businesses. From the lockdown last year to unemployment issues this year, these companies have been hard hit. One local entrepreneur is an exception, though. Winsted resident Carrie Stetson took the Covid lemons and turned them into lemonade. Stetson had […]
Reducing Our Municipal Solid Waste
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska I was recently on a conference call with the president of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) and representatives from the towns it serves. MIRA is the organization that handles our municipal solid waste (MSW), as well as our recyclables. Located in Hartford, it is one of five trash-to-energy […]
Artificial Intelligence Takes to the Ice
The Body Scientific By Richard Kessin My wife does not like clutter. When she sees 50 issues of Nature, the British science magazine piled on my desk, she gets a little peremptory. “Out!” she said. I decided on the dignity of an orderly retreat. I had been looking for subjects to write about in what […]
