Yale Norfolk School of Art Canceled for this Summer
by Christopher Sinclair As vaccination efforts across the region and across the country continue apace, some events and festivals are beginning to emerge from their Covid-induced slumber, while others will lie dormant for another season. The Yale Norfolk School of Art unfortunately falls into the latter category and has been canceled for this summer. Although […]
The Green-ing of Town Hall
Town Hall is looking better than ever this spring with a brand new (old) sign out front, thanks to the efforts of town staffer Joe Green. “This is an early sign,” said Green. “We believe this is more of an original one. It was down in the basement and Matthew [Riiska] found it. We thought […]
The Village Beautiful
Saturday, April 24, was a beautiful spring day to do a little outdoor tidying. Masked and clutching their trash bags, a team of volunteers met at the Hub to take part in the Community Association’s annual “clean-up day.”
March 2021 Real Estate Transfers
On March 2, from Jeffrey Meade & Stephanie Mazarelli to 134 Meekertown Rd. LLC, 134 Meekertown Rd., for $330,000. On March 11, from Wendy Rodorigo to Vishal P. Grover, 2.13 acres of vacant land on Terrace View, for $90,000. On March 18, from Lawrence & Elizabeth Johnson to Kent J. May & Christopher D. Solimene, […]
May Viewing
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson The planet Mercury is always a challenge to view, but this May will be the best month to see it during the year 2021. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, so it can only be viewed at dusk just after the sun sets or at dawn just […]
Record Least March Snowfall
Norfolk Weather by Russell Russ An accurate description of March’s weather would certainly be “unusual.” March weather was high ranking for temperature and lack of precipitation, and it topped the rankings for least snowfall. If you were looking for sunny skies, warm temperatures and hardly any snow, then March was your month. March is not […]
Celebrity Priest Visited Norfolk on Thanksgiving in 1869
A Look Into Norfolk’s Past By Andra Moss In the Spring 1895 issue of Connecticut Quarterly (“Devoted to the Literature, History and Picturesque Features of Connecticut”), there appears a beautifully written essay on Norfolk by Adele Greene. She notes its natural beauties and praises its residents, including the Rev. Dr. Joseph Eldridge, who “was for […]
Green Spring Trio
Notes From a French Kitchen by Marie-Christine Perry After a long winter, made longer by confinement, to see nature greening around me turns my thoughts to asparagus, peas and artichokes. I already see the first shoots in my asparagus bed, portent of delightful meals, and I regret that the climate here is not propitious to the […]
Community News
Norfolk Artists & Friends The spring exhibit of works by Norfolk Artists & Friends is on display at the Norfolk Library through the month of May. Face masks are required in the library. A video of the exhibit can be found on the library website. Central Park: Past & Present Often called “the lungs of […]
Norfolk Then…
The sundial pictured in the foreground of this photograph was installed behind Battell Fountain on the village green in 1904. An antique bronze plate acquired in London reads, “Our days are as a shadow and there is none abiding.” The sundial was purchased by Mary Eldridge, who had given the Stanford White-designed fountain in 1889 […]
