View From the Green
Norfolk Ambulance Is on Life Support By Bevan Ramsey There have been a number of great articles in recent years about Norfolk’s ambulance service, about what we do and how we do it. These articles have always shared an invitation for much-needed volunteers. Sadly, the time has come to put a finer point on that […]
Choral Union Prepares Musical Tribute to Its History in Norfolk
Continuing the tradition to honor the composer By Patricia Platt The Litchfield County Choral Union (LCCU) and Yale’s Norfolk Summer School of Music will celebrate the chorus’ first concert at the Music Shed since 2019 with a tribute to its role in Norfolk’s musical history. The concert will present the pieces that were sung at […]
A Haystack Book Festival Discussion of One Poet’s Insights into Music and Poetry
By Leila Javitch In early July, the Haystack Book Festival hosted a talk on the musical interests of the distinguished American poet John Ashbery. Karin Roffman, author of “The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery’s Early Life” and currently completing a full biography of Ashbery, was accompanied by Melvin Chen, director of the Norfolk Chamber […]
Discovering Plastic-Free Options For Every Part of the Home
By Bina Thomson The Norfolk Library’s Leslie Battis began her plastic-free journey during the pandemic. Finally having time to clear her kitchen cupboards, she decided it was time to radically reduce her household’s plastic consumption. She has been successful in drastically reducing plastic in her kitchen and continues to look for innovative plastic alternatives. On […]
Will Speed Cameras Come to Norfolk?
New bill allows towns to auto-ticket speeders By Joe Kelly Driving around Norfolk, one is likely to encounter a speed bump, a roadside “your speed” monitoring device or even a new stop sign. All are attempts to get people to drive more slowly. While speed limits on town streets and parts of Route 44 can […]
Selectman’s Corner
Norfolk Shows What Community Resilience Really Is The expression “when it rains it pours” is quite apropos for what has been happening in Norfolk over the past nine months. Who could have scripted a scenario where our little town of Norfolk could be hit with not one, not two, not three but four major events […]
It’s Only Natural
David Torrey installs a bluebird nest box at the Norfolk Transfer Station. Photo by Shelley Harms Build It and the Bluebirds Will Come By Shelley Harms The Connecticut Breeding Bird Atlas aims to map all bird species found in the state. When volunteers helping to update the atlas surveyed the birds nesting in Norfolk, they noticed a lack of suitable nest […]
Training Shelter Dogs to Become Stage Stars
By Patricia Platt If your idea of a celebrity sighting is petting Toto (The Wiz), Sandy (Annie) or Bruiser (Legally Blonde)—or if you’re simply interested in how dogs are trained to act in Broadway shows—head to the Norfolk Music Festival’s open house at the Art Barn on Sunday, Aug. 6, at 3 p.m., for “Broadway […]
Bakery Pop-Up a Sweet New Addition to Downtown
By Andra MossNorfolk will soon have a new destination for those in search of homemade cookies, pastries and other fresh baked goods. Dawn Muzzulin is the baker behind Dawnie’s Delights, soon to open as a pop-up bakery in downtown Norfolk’s Royal Arcanum Building, in the former space of the Healing Nest. “I’ve been baking basically […]
Norfolk Remembers Martha Saxton (1945-2023)
Martha Saxton, age 77, died at her camp on Doolittle on July 18, 2023, lovingly surrounded by family and friends after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Her daughter, Josephine, and son, Francesco, survive her. Born in Manhattan in 1945, she grew up in Newton, Mass. After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1967 with a […]
