Selectman’s Corner
Fun This Summer and a Slight Disruption The flag on the green flew proudly this Memorial Day thanks to John Hutchins and Chris Toomey, along with his crew from Toomey Tree Care. Over the winter, the wind took its toll on the flag and flagpole, snapping the flag raising mechanism and making it inoperable. Our […]
Grant-Funded Mental Health Professional to Join Botelle Staff
By Virginia Coleman-Prisco An $8.7 million U.S. Department of Education grant has been awarded to EdAdvance with thepurpose of increasing school-based mental health services over the next five years to 30 K-12schools in northwestern Connecticut. EdAdvance is one of Connecticut’s six RegionalEducational Service Centers (RESCs), and its mission is to promote the success of school […]
EDC Plans for Summer
Eye on Town Government By Ruth Melville The first order of business at the May 11 meeting of the Economic DevelopmentCommission was to welcome two new members, Trish Deans and the new specialprojects and grants manager at the Hub, Christal Preszler. Preszler reported that planning for this summer Friday Nights on the Green was wellunderway. […]
Cook! For Goodness Sake
By Linda GarrettsonBon Appetite, Fido There’s big excitement in Norfolk for dog owners these days with the prospect of a dog park – our very own outdoor play space for both dogs and their owners. Now that the dogs will have a place to work on their manners, social skills, and hygiene habits with other […]
Norfolk Salutes its Volunteers
Spotlight on Norfolk Volunteer Ambulance Bill Brodnitzki We moved to Norfolk in 1971, and about a year after moving into town, my neighbor called over to me. “Bill can you go on an ambulance call?” I went! Things were different then. We referred to those days as “load and go.” No training was required, and […]
An Illustrated Talk at the Norfolk Library with Jenny Byers
Scion of the Pittsburgh oil and banking family, William Larimer Mellon, Jr., was married, thefather of three, and a successful rancher in Arizona when, at thirty-seven, he read a Lifemagazine article about Albert Schweitzer’s philosophy of “reverence for life” which guided hismission hospital in a remote area of Gabon, Africa. A correspondence between Mellon andSchweitzer […]
Coming Soon: The Great Barrington Triplex II
Community has come together to purchase a piece of history By Patricia PlattEarly in 1995, Richard Stanley bought a lumber yard in Great Barrington and built the Triplex Theater on its site. It quickly became a beloved community gathering place where, for 28 years, locals of all ages remember eating popcorn and watching Hollywood, independent […]
Beautifying Norfolk for Spring
West Lowe and Nash Pradhan prep the flower baskets for the spring Norfolk Village beautification project. Marie Lowe, the organizer of the project, will be planting the flowers. The Norfolk Community Association, a non-profit group dedicated to maintaining the charm of Norfolk for the benefit of residents and visitors, sponsored the project. Photo by Jude […]
Ronald J. Sloan
Norfolk Remembers Ronald J. Sloan, 91, died peacefully on May 19, 2023, at home with his family by his side. He was thehusband and high school sweetheart of Susan (Sawitzke) Sloan for 50 years. He was born on Jan. 8,1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of the late James and Mildred (Miller) Sloan. He was a Veteran […]
Benefit Concert for Humanitarian Aid
Teryn Kuzma, an accomplished vocalist and instrumentalist, held a benefit concert for humanitarian aid at Norfolk’s Botelle Chapel. She performed contemporary works, and uncommon Eastern European opera and art song. Kuzma accompanied herself on the 55-stringed Ukrainian bandura, a large harp-zither whose origins can be traced back to the 1600s in Ukraine.
