Help Wanted for Tree Commission
Letter to the Editor Volunteers are needed to fill openings for the Norfolk Tree Commission. We’re seeking residents who would be interested in forming an organization that would promote and manage the stewardship of Norfolk’s urban tree landscape. Areas of interest would include: Management of Norfolk’s urban forest Tree planting, especially in the village area—short […]
Dog Park
Letter to the Editor I am not opposed to a dog park because of noise, traffic, parking or environmental concerns. It barely seems to be a P&Z issue. I am opposed to it because I think it’s a moral and ethical issue, and questionable appropriateness for a rural town like Norfolk. Dogs have had a […]
Connecticut-Asia Cultural Center Reopens for 2023 Season
Text By Patricia PlattPhoto Courtesy of the CT-Asia Cultural Center Norfolk residents and visitors will want to add the Connecticut-Asia Cultural Center to their list of local places to visit this spring and summer. On April 1, the center, at 207A Westside Road, reopens for a new season. The museum will be open to the […]
Another Warm Winter Month
Norfolk’s February Weather By Russell Russ After a warm November and December and the warmest January on record, it was a shock to have February start out so cold. February’s first week was considerably colder than normal. Many were thinking that winter might finally have arrived, but those thoughts were dashed as the month progressed. […]
Local Inn Reopens as Luxury Bed and Breakfast
Welcome to the Wildwood1880 By Andra Moss It was, virtually, love at first sight. From her kitchen table in Northern California last July, Sarah Dreyer followed intently as her realtor used a mobile phone camera to walk her room by room through the Mountain View Green Retreat in Norfolk. Dreyer definitely liked what she saw. […]
Children’s Foundation Works to Enrich Lives of Local Students
By Avice Meehan Thirty-five years after its founding, the Norfolk Connecticut Children’s Foundation is now led by Babs Perkins, whose father, Roderick J. Perkins, helped create the foundation following the closure of the Laurel School. The foundation’s mission is straightforward: to enrich the lives of Norfolk’s children by supporting cultural and educational experiences, camps and […]
Cook! For Goodness Sake
Time for Spring By Linda Garrettson So much for March coming in like a lion and leaving like a lamb. A few weeks ago, as two feet of snow blanketed my woods, I was writing these poetic descriptions of the storm: After three days the snowflakes finally exhausted themselves. Skies are seamless, translucent gray. Still […]
Yarn for Good (and Food)
By Janet G. Mead When the Norfolk Knitters were asked to participate in WIN weekend at the end of February, several came up with a brilliant idea: let’s sell all that yarn that’s been sitting in a closet, reserved for projects that never inched beyond the concept stage, and donate the funds to the Norfolk […]
Canaan Couple Is Passionate About Coffee
Colombian growers of Ilse Coffee’s beans are carefully chosen By Colleen Gundlach When a person has a cup of coffee that actually “tastes like something,” they will never go back to drinking ordinary coffee again—the belief on which Rebecca Grossman and Lucas Smith have built their gourmet coffee-roasting business, Ilse Coffee. The couple, who have […]
P&Z Approves Building Applications
By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) held a public hearing at its meeting on March 21 regarding the establishment of a two-family dwelling at 105 Greenwoods Road East. The continuation of the public hearing on the proposed dog park was deferred until the April 11 meeting. Brenda Lilly described the plan for […]
