Caring for the Northwest Corner in Perpetuity
Text by Nicole Carlson EasleyPhoto by Katherine Griswold Working with the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, Norfolk resident Sally Vaun has recently endowed a scholarship fund to support local students studying medicine and healthcare. Vaun spent much of her childhood playing in the rolling farmland of Pennsylvania. She worked on her family’s farm, tending to chickens, […]
Forty Years of Snow Sculpting for the Best Possible Ski
By David Beers It is an exciting February for winter sports, as many enjoyed watching the Olympics. Norfolk Curling Club is sending a curler to the Paralympics this year and has sent other Norfolk-based winter athletes to the Olympics in the past. While impressive for such a small town, this should come as no surprise […]
Bringing Irish Cheer and “Trad” to the Norfolk Library
Text by Michael CobbPhoto by Anna Colliton On Sunday, March 13, at 5 p.m., the Norfolk Library will present an entertaining evening of traditional Irish music with the help of Irish duo The Murphy Beds—plus a few fabulous “Friends.” The group features guitarists and singer-songwriters Eamon O’Leary and Jefferson Hamer, both internationally recognized Irish musicians. […]
Making Maple Syrup: A Sweet Process Revealed
By Jude Mead Maple syrup is a wholesome and natural sweetener that is produced by boiling the sap that flows out of the sugar maple tree in early spring. Many people look forward to the annual winter tradition of standing in the middle of a steam-filled room, inhaling that sweet maple scent and tasting fresh, […]
A Cold Start to the New Year
Norfolk’s January 2022 Weather By Russell Russ The year 2021 was Norfolk’s eighth warmest ever, and December 2021 was its seventh warmest December on record. Winter season snowfall was considerably below normal through December. Would we simply skip winter this year? Or was it just a little slow to appear? Based on January’s weather, it […]
Oh My, Lentil Pie
Cook! For Goodness Sake By Linda Garrettson It’s March—the month that supposedly comes in like a lion and leaves with a lamb’s fresh breath of spring. By March we have grown tired of eating all those yummy, warming root vegetables that sustained us all winter; our taste buds yearn for fresh asparagus, peas and fresh […]
Trustees Aim to Take Stoeckel Estate Into the Next Century
Eldridge Barn and Music Shed annex up next for renovation by Andra Moss In an unprecedented public meeting, the Trustees of the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Trust (EBST), deans of the Yale University schools of music and art and the directors of the Yale Summer School of Music and Art came together at the Hub (some […]
Infinity Owners Thank Senator for Covid Relief Lifeline
by Andra Moss U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) came to Norfolk on Feb. 11 to tour Infinity Music Hall, a recipient of a Shuttered Venue Operator Grant (SVOG), and gather feedback to take back to Washington. The American Rescue Plan provided $16 billion nationally for the program, which is helping theaters, clubs and other arts […]
Howard Gordon Estock 1943-2022
Howard Gordon Estock of Colebrook, Conn. passed away peacefully at age 78 on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, after a brief illness. Howard received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He was a Partner with the New York City law firm of Clifton Budd & De Maria, where he practiced labor law for 43 […]
March Viewing
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson With temperatures hovering between zero and 15 degrees for most of our Norfolk winter days and nights, the warmer weather that springtime brings will be a welcome event. The transition from winter to spring begins on March 20 at 11:33 a.m. with the long-awaited vernal equinox. On the equinox […]
