Budget, Road Projects, School Topics for Selectmen
By Ruth Melville The 2025/26 budget season is here, and at the Feb. 5 meeting of the Board of Selectmen First Selectman Matt Riiska reported that about half the departmental budgets have been received, along with several requests from outside organizations that the town supports. The next meeting of the Board of Selectmen,March 5, will […]
The Sky’s the Limit on WIN Weekend
Astronomer Matthew Johnson brought his solar telescope to let WIN visitors observe sunspots and other phenomena. He also showed how he uses a portable photon meter to measure how dark the sky is in Norfolk and Colebrook.
Summer Favorites Return for Winter WIN Weekend
Last summer’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Wind Quintet was warmly welcomed back to town by a full house at the Norfolk Library for WIN weekend. The players—Michael Huerta, flute; Annie Winkelman, oboe; Nicole Martin, clarinet; Darius Farhoumand, bassoon; and Gretchen Berendt, horn—presented a lively program enjoyed by all ages.
An Alfredo Taylor Where You Least Expect It
The Curtis Insurance building at 49 Main St. in North Canaan is one of the only surviving gas station buildings originally designed for owner Martin B. Dodd (1881-1944) by eclectic Norfolk architect Alfredo Taylor. According to “Alfredo Taylor in Norfolk” by Ann Havemeyer and Robert Dance, Taylor delivered this English cottage-style building, complete with “slate […]
Design Changes Bring Firehouses Budget to $8.3 Million
Federal support no longer assured By Joe Kelly Instead of a metal roof, Norfolk’s new firehouse will likely be topped by asphalt shingles. The hose-drying tower won’t be so towering. Stone veneer siding along the base will disappear. Firetrucks will enter and exit through traditional (and less expensive) over-head doors. Carpeting? Furniture? It will be […]
Connecticut Still Counting on Federal Funds for Norfolk Projects
The long game of infrastructure funding By Avice Meehan The nuts and bolts of how the federal government reimburses the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CT-DOT) for road and bridge projects around Litchfield might seem an arcane topic. It might interest a first selectman or the Northwest Hills Council of Governments, but that’s usually all. Yet […]
Norfolk Now Thanks All Those Who Supported Us Last Year
Norfolk Now truly is a community newspaper. The support of neighbors, local businesses and even those who have moved away means so much, and the board, editors and staff of Norfolk Now extend our gratitude to you all. Molly Ackerly and Michael SconyersJune and Michael AdamsWill and Martha Agate Jr.AKC Fund, Inc.Graham and Elizabeth AllynAlice […]
Norfolk Library is Celebrated in Print
Norfolk Library Director Ann Havemeyer, also an architectural historian, signs copies of her just-released book, “The Norfolk Library: History, Culture, Community” during a reception over WIN Weekend. It it, Havemeyer examines the library’s position at the center of Norfolk town life since its founding in 1888, including the vital support of the Library Associates. New […]
Real Estate Sales
On Dec. 10, from Carleton T. Goodnow and Olivia T. Goodnow, co-trustees of Edward B. Goodnow Revocable Trust to Peter and Amy Bernstein Family LLC, 366 Doolittle Drive, for $539,000. On Dec. 16, from George Sumner Case Jr. to Jane H. Humpstone and Lee Courtney Ward, 179 Sandisfield Road, for $200,000. On Dec. 17, from […]
Around the World: Wayfaring Book Brings Two Norfolk Libraries Together
By Bina Thomson It’s not uncommon for the Norfolk Library to receive calls and emails intended for the Norfolk Public Library of Virginia. Or for the Norfolk Library in Massachusetts, or the library in Norfolk, Nebraska. It was the first time, however, that there was confusion regarding a library in Norfolk, England. A children’s book […]
