Harmony Online
by Janet Gokay Mead During the pandemic, the Norfolk Library stepped up to the plate with a host of online programs: art shows, mindfulness classes, studio tours, book groups. In the dead of winter a group of six intrepid souls signed up for one of the library’s more unusual Zoom classes: Harmonica I. The results […]
Highly Ranked for Rainfall
Norfolk’s May Weather by Russell Russ May started out cooler than normal and through mid-month was very much on the cool, cloudy and rainy side. The raw feel made many people wonder where early summer was. Conditions changed towards the middle of the month with warmer temperatures and sunnier skies. That was right up until […]
Micrometeorites in Norfolk
Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson A meteor is a small body of matter from outer space that becomes incandescent and appears as a streak of light due to friction when it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. A meteorite is a meteor that survives the Earth’s atmosphere and strikes the ground. Most are of rocky matter, however, […]
Real Estate Transactions for May and June
On May 10, from the Estate of Ronald G. Beecher to Christal Preszler, 24 Hillside Rd. for $165,000. On May 17, from Regina & Trent Link to Megan Link, partial sale of 225 North St. for $98,254. On June 9, from Marie Civco to David Bain & Erin Hull, 273 Bruey Rd. for $325,000.
Coleridge-Taylor Had Norfolk Connections
by Andra Moss The glorious days of July usher in the return of the Norfolk Music Festival, albeit still in virtual format. This year, the program for July 23 will feature a special tie to the festival’s historic past, highlighting the work of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Although one of the best-known composers of his era, […]
From Norfolk to Broadway and Back to Norfolk
Ted Sperling’s career has come full circle by Michael Cobb Ted Sperling first became acquainted with Norfolk in 1981, while studying the viola at the Yale Summer School of Music. As a student, he had a front-row seat to the evolution of the Tokyo String Quartet, who were in residence that year, breaking in the […]
Community News
Remembering G. Fox On Friday, July 12 at 7 p.m., join the Colebrook Historical Society in reminiscing about G. Fox & Company department store, an iconic Hartford landmark. The presentation is Remembering G. Fox & Co, the landmark department store in Hartford. The Connecticut Historical Society will lead the presentation of “Remembering G. Fox & […]
Norfolk Then…
With so much underground sewer pipe installation interrupting traffic flow this summer, we can look back to the late 19th century when the Norfolk water system was built. Housed in this building that once stood on the site of the Berkshire Country Store, the Norfolk Water Company was formed in 1894. At that time Norfolk […]