Board of Selectmen: It’s Budget Time
By Ruth Melville What would the town want with a 1.4-acre parcel of land on Greenwoods Road East across from the transfer station? The parcel was offered to the town by the State of Connecticut for $12,000, and the offer was the first item on the agenda at the March 2 Board of Selectmen (BoS) […]
The Wilcox Tavern House
This Old Norfolk House Text By Michael SelleckPhoto Courtesy of the Norfolk Historical Society It’s probably not a good idea to fall in love with a house, but that’s exactly what I did when I first visited the Wilcox Tavern in 2016. I was searching for an 18th-century house because I was looking for a […]
Norfolk Child Care Celebrates a Decade of Learning and Fun
Caring for Our Most Precious Assets By Colleen Gundlach A lot has changed since Donna Adams opened her Norfolk Child Care (NCC) nine years ago, but the basic tenets on which the center was built have remained consistent. Adams says the main focus of guiding each child toward independence and preparing them for preschool will […]
A Wet Month With Below-Normal Snowfall
By Russell Russ February was a wet month. There was some snowfall, but it was mostly rain and freezing rain for precipitation this month. It was not ideal for wintertime weather in Norfolk. Last February was a snow lover’s paradise with 35 inches of snowfall. That was not the case this February, with not even […]
Real Estate Sales
On March 1, from Bruce J. Benedetto and Diane E. Benedetto to Heather M. MacShane, 508 Litchfield Rd., for $1,130,000. On March 2, from Elizabeth Ann Vandeventer to Hoagie Hero Grinder Sub LLC, 943 Route 183, for $525,000. On March 7, from Susan Lundebjerg, Patrician G. Hubbard and David N. Hubbard to Elizabeth B. Borden, […]
WIN’s YouTube Channel Brings the World to Norfolk
By Ruth Melville When the Covid pandemic hit in 2020, Sue Frisch and the rest of the Weekend in Norfolk (WIN) team were, like so many other art and cultural organizers, faced with a tough question: How can we keep going without an audience? Since its inaugural session in 2016, WIN, a weekend-long festival designed […]
Thank You to NN
Letter to the Editor I’m writing in appreciation for all you do to help those of us who grew up in Norfolk see how wonderfully the town is growing for and for keeping us in touch with our beloved town. I am the third generation of the John Woods family that lived on Litchfield Road […]
Remembering a Ukrainian in Norfolk
Letter to the Editor As the war rages in Ukraine, I think of him more frequently. It’s impossible not to. I knew him and his Ukrainian family and considered them examples of everything that’s good about America. His name was Arky Zhovkily. He was introduced to me and many others in Norfolk by Anita Mathewson […]
Program to Support Ukraine
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, many have been searching for ways to express solidarity with the Ukrainian people, donating to aid organizations and keeping up with the news. One way to honor the extraordinary spirit of the Ukrainians is by honoring its rich literary culture. Ilya Kaminsky, a Ukrainian American […]
Craters and Rays Mark the Battered Surface of the Moon
The Celestial Sphere By Matthew Johnson Looking up at the moon, one will notice that it has a battered surface, created both by lava flows and quakes and by colliding asteroids and comets. Impacts from asteroids and comets shattered the young moon’s crust, forming deep circular craters surrounded by high-rising crater rims with long ejected […]
