Puppets Take Norfolk Village Green
By Andra Moss The magic was swirling as the Greenwoods Puppet Festival returned to Norfolk Library on Oct. 13-14 with local and international puppet artists, live music and the Big Puppet Parade, led by Mark Alexander’s 10-foot-tall “Flock of Doves.” Sponsored by the Norfolk Library and the Battell Arts Foundation, festival events featured hand-crafted marionettes […]
From the Bookshelf
Joan Crawford’s Lifetime of Reinvention Explored in New Book by Robert Dance By Leila Javitch Longtime Norfolk resident Robert Dance has written a new book which, even before its publication release, has sold out its first printing. “Ferocious Ambition: Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom” provides not only a biography of the professional life of the […]
In Memoriam
Timothy Walter King (1966-2023) Timothy Walter King, 57, entered into eternal life on Oct. 21, 2023, with family by his side. Born Sept. 11, 1966, in Winsted, he was the son of the late Paul and Rita (Lachat) King. Timothy graduated from the special needs program at Conard High School in West Hartford, where he […]
Aija is Back for the Holidays
Bella Erder’s shop, Aija, once a must-browse space in Station Place, is back as a pop-up in Royal Arcanum Building starting Friday, Nov. 24, from 12 to 5 p.m. Erder will offer a stylish and affordable collection of jewelry, scarves, gifts, and tabletop accessories- “perfect,” she says, “for gift giving as well as a little […]
Proposed Firehouse Advances to Planning and Zoning Commission
Public hearing set for Nov. 14 By Joe Kelly Plans for a new Norfolk firehouse have received financial backing from the State of Connecticut and approval from the town’s Inland Wetlands Agency—two milestones for a project that could reshape Norfolk’s emergency response capabilities for years to come. Attention now shifts to Norfolk’s Planning and Zoning […]
Letters
Thank You On behalf of Great Mountain Forest, Norfolk Curling Club and the Town of Norfolk, the Norfolk Rails to Trails Committee would like to thank all our generous sponsors and volunteers who worked so hard at making this year’s 2023 Tour de Forest Bike Ride a huge success. We were fortunate that the weather […]
Norfolk Salutes Its Volunteers
Libby Borden Libby Borden has been volunteering in Norfolk since the early 2000s when she moved here full time and knew nobody. “It was a great way to get to know people without having to go to cocktail parties,” she remembers. She says that volunteering has many rewards. “You feel that spending your time is […]
Around the Green
Gather Ye Poets at the Norfolk Library By Bina Thomson “That time of year thou mayst in me behold/ When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang/ Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,/ Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.” The words of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 rang out through the […]
Canaan Regroups for Economic Revival
By Daryl Wilson Downtown North Canaan, slightly edgier and perhaps more of a bargain than Great Barrington, 15 minutes to its north, is not generally included in the cultural sphere of the Berkshires, but that may be changing. An expanding economy in the Southern Berkshires based on recreational, cultural and food experiences brings with it […]
P&Z Sets Public Hearings for Firehouse, Sunset Ridge Land
By Susan MacEachron At the Planning & Zoning (P&Z) meeting on Oct. 10, Lisa Reed was approved to become an alternate member of the commission, replacing Wiley Wood, who became a regular member of P&Z. Applications for the proposed new firehouse and a subdivision on Sunset Ridge Road were accepted. Public hearings on the two […]
