Crêpes for Mardi Gras
Notes From a French Kitchen by Marie-Christine Perry The holidays are behind us, and after Epiphany and its traditional cake, galette des rois (cake of the kings), the next festive celebration on the French calendar is Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. This is an important day for the French, who make crêpes and beignets that […]
Norfolk’s 2021 November and December Weather
A slow start for wintertime weather by Russell Russ The final two months of 2021 brought Norfolk closer to wintertime. There were glimpses of winter weather in November and December, but for the most part winter held off until after the ball dropped on the new year. What was very notable was the drop in […]
NW CT Area Grants Support Canaan Food Panty
The Fishes & Loaves food pantry in North Canaan has received grants totaling $7,500 for general operational support in 2022. The Khurshed Bhumgara Fund and Northwest Connecticut Philanthropy Fund, both of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, provided a grant of $5,000; an additional $2,500 was awarded by the Northwest Corner Fund of the Berkshire Taconic […]
Real Estate Transfers
On Aug. 30, from the Pamela Kinsey Trust to Douglas Paul Purver II and Joy Elizabeth Purver, 57 Colebrook Rd., for $525,000. On Sept. 16, from Briscoe A. Trousdale Estate to Everette Bragg Anderson II and Monica Olore Anderson, 15 Emerson Ave., for $370,000. On Sept. 21, from Catherine Giansiracusa to Daryl O. Byrne, 17 […]
Taking to the Ice on the Town Rink
Photo by Ruth Melville The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department has been doing its best this winter to create skating ice at the town rink on Mountain Road, next to the ball field. Weather permitting, both the fire department and the Norfolk Curling Club are planning to hold events at the rink for Winter WIN in […]
Welcome to Norfolk!
Photo by Andra Moss The Economic and Development Commission has prepared a welcome folder for new home buyers in Norfolk. Folders have been sent to everyone who bought property here in the past two years and to all local real estate agents. There will also be copies available in the Hub and the Norfolk Library. […]
Now in His 90s, John Thew Keeps Making Art
A Long and Fulfilling Life by Kelly Kandra Hughes John Garret Thew may have retired from making his renowned copper weathervanes in 2017, but that doesn’t mean interest in them has waned. When eight of his weathervanes were exhibited at the Norfolk Library during January, the circulation desk received so many sales inquiries the first […]
The Sky’s No Limit in 2022
The Celestial Sphere by Matthew Johnson With space missions planned for launch by Russia, Japan, South Korea, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, and the James Webb Space Telescope functioning properly after achieving its distant orbit away from the thermal interference of the earth, moon and sun, 2022 may prove to be a spectacular […]
Haystack Woods Project Awarded State Grant
On Dec. 21, 2021, the Connecticut State Bond Commission approved a $1.8 million grant for the Foundation for Norfolk Living’s Haystack Woods affordable housing project on Old Colony Road. A week before, the project had received its final approval from the Norfolk Planning and Zoning Commission. The Foundation for Norfolk Living has also applied for […]
$10K Grant Awarded to Help Extend Norfolk Rails to Trails
The Norfolk Rails to Trails Committee announced that it has been selected as an Athletic Brewing Two for the Trails grantee winner. Athletic, a nonalcoholic craft brewer, allocates 2 percent of its sales to support active and healthy lifestyles. Their outdoors program is one of the largest of its kind, and Norfolk Rails to Trails […]
