EDC Discusses Fiber Optics, Economic Vitality, and the Future of Infinity Hall
Eye on Town Government By Ruth Melville At their Oct. 13 meeting, the Economic Development Commission (EDC) voted to give $100 in support of this year’s Tour de Forest bike ride, an annual fundraising event to support Norfolk Rails to Trails and Great Mountain Forest. Commission co-chair Libby Borden also took the opportunity to remind […]
Board of Education Addresses Exit Surveys
At the Oct. 25 Board of Education meeting, several residents expressed dissatisfaction with recent changes at the school, including the multigrade teaching model and perceived low test scores. The board was asked again to respond to concerns about communication and the school’s administration addressed in exit surveys written by Botelle staff who left at the […]
Letters
Volunteers Key to Race Success On behalf of the Norfolk Land Trust’s Trail Race Committee, we would like to thank everyone who made our 9th annual 5K/10K race and our half marathon on Sept. 10 a huge success. We had runners register for the races from throughout the state and they were impressed, not only […]
The Future of Healthcare in the Northwest Corner
Rural providers struggle with staffing and competition By Avice Meehan Healthcare in Connecticut continues to evolve – too quickly for some, too slowly for others – as providers consolidate or programs are eliminated. Statewide, the story is about the ongoing consolidation of hospitals and medical practices into three big networks: Hartford Healthcare, Yale-New Haven Health, […]
Rural Poverty Is Alive and Well in the Northwest Corner
In Our Own Back Yard By Elizabeth Bailey “The number of people who are clearly in distress as the result of the pandemic, and now rising inflation, is the most I have seen in my nineteen years in Norfolk,” says Erick Olsen, pastor of the Church of Christ Congregational. “It is easy for those of […]
Battell Arts Foundation Publishes First Journal
It happened to me when I was in first grade. I was 6 years old. Now I’m 8. It has been two terrible years. – Lexi LaForge, grade 3 As we all know, in 2020 the coronavirus Covid-19 made its appearance on the world stage. Within weeks, it had profoundly changed the course of human […]
Were You the Subject of a Peter J. Ketchum Portrait?
Artist is offering paintings for a good cause “Peter J. Ketchum knows how to get the viewer’s attention. Shown widely around the country, his pictures commingle colors, people, situations, commentary and mediums in a manner that is provocative, funny and to the point. Attempts to pigeonhole the work as Pop, folk, cartoon, mixed media, collage, […]
Mountain Spirits Package Store Is Up For Sale
The End of an Era By Michael Cobb Located at 20 John J. Curtiss Road, Mountain Spirits Package store in downtown Norfolk is currently listed for sale by realtor Mary Reeves for $400,000. The 1,744 square foot building has ample basement storage, an adjacent wing to the right of Mountain Spirits, and sits on 0.14 […]
Community News
The Norfolk Sewer District: Past & Present On Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m., Norfolk Sewer District Superintendent Bill Hester will give a presentation at the Norfolk Hub on the sewer district’s history, provide an update on the two-year relining project and explain how we can all keep the sewer district operating most efficiently. Register […]
Norfolk Then …
In the fall of 1953, Norfolk was grappling with school regionalization. Planning for a regional high school had begun in 1951, after the Gilbert School in Winsted announced that it could no longer educate high school students from neighboring towns. Voters from each of the six towns involved—Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, and Norfolk—had […]
