Art to Assist Ukraine Exhibit Opens at the Norfolk Hub
Local artists rally to raise money to provide support By Patricia Platt A remarkable, comprehensive show of art from the northwest Connecticut area can be found this month at the Norfolk Hub. The event, Art to Assist Ukraine, is a fundraising benefit put together by community members and 35 artists to support Assist-Ukraine, a nonprofit […]
Robert Dance Named Trustee of the Wadsworth Atheneum
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford has announced the recent appointment of Norfolk resident Robert Dance to the museum’s board of trustees. Since joining the board late last year, he has been serving on the Curatorial Committee. Dance has a long history of experience in art museum governance. He was chair of the […]
New Lamps at the Norfolk Library Illuminate a Whimsical Walk Downton
Text By Michael Cummings KellyPhoto By Doug McDevitt To the number of reasons we already have for taking a leisurely walk through Norfolk’s anomalous, historic village can now be added the crooked pathway that courses down a gentle incline on the east side of the Norfolk Library. Where daily for 50 years a dozen New […]
Maria Horn Attends May EDC Meeting
By Ruth Melville On May 12, State Representative Maria Horn joined the Economic Development Commission (EDC) meeting by Zoom to discuss current efforts at the state level to bring high-speed broadband to underserved parts of Connecticut. Horn said she had recently talked with Kevin Pisacich, the new director of the Office of Telecommunications and Broadband, […]
P&Z May Meeting
By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) held a public hearing on May 10 to discuss the two projects being proposed by the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Trust—to renovate a portion of the Music Shed and to convert the Eldridge Barn for use as student housing. Ken Hrica, a civil engineer and owner of […]
Board of Selectman May Meeting
By Ruth Melville Richard Byrne, the town’s emergency management director, came to the May 4 Board of Selectmen (BoS) meeting to present a memorandum of understanding, proposed by the Red Cross, that needed an official signature from the town. Byrne suggested one change to the proposed document: the Red Cross wanted Norfolk to promise to […]
Tips From a Master Gardener
The Norfolk library hosted Michelle Winkler, the Litchfield County Master Gardener coordinator, on May 14 for an open session of “ask the gardener.” Home gardeners came with questions on everything from pruning to deer-resistant plants and the best grass for a low maintenance lawn (hint: fescue to the rescue). Winkler, a firm believer in the […]
April/May Real Estate Sales
On April 20, from John Heins Jr. and Beverly Heins to Andrew Ian Bardot, 183 Greenwoods Rd. West, for $125,000. On April 22, from Thea Rostad to Frederick Hahn, 74 Lovers Lane, for $293,550. On May 12, from Christina J. Hanley and Richard A. Johnston to Meghan Hartley Mead and Noah Long, 15 Terrace View, […]
Solar Field, Recycling, Increased Fees and More
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska Solar In August 2019, the Norfolk Energy Committee started discussing plans to install solar panels at the transfer station, our former landfill site. We then met with Kirt Mayland, a solar consultant and solar developer who is also a lawyer and a faculty member at UCONN Law School teaching renewable […]
Norfolk Boards Consider In-Person vs. Virtual Meetings
Are hybrid meetings the new normal? By Andra Moss Following the May 1 expiration of the pandemic-related law giving emergency permission for remote meetings, the Connecticut legislature passed House Bill 5269 giving local boards and commissions the option to continue meeting remotely. The law does not require remote access to meetings; it allows the decision […]
