The Norfolk Safety Net
Confidential financial hardship support By Virginia Coleman-Prisco As autumn approaches and household budgets face increasing pressure from rising housing, utility and energy costs, Norfolk residents experiencing financial hardship have access to a network of local assistance programs designed to help before temporary setbacks become crises. At the center of these efforts is Tara Yard, director […]
Berkshire Store to Close, Another to Open
By Avice Meehan Ryan Craig, who has operated the Berkshire Country Store for a decade, has announced that he will shutter the business on Oct. 31. The news was shared in a Facebook post on Sept. 23, prompting hundreds of comments and many mournful visits to the eatery and convenience store on Station Place. Craig, […]
Norfolk Scholar Marinates on Medieval Cookbook
By Avice Meehan Anyone with a tattered copy of the “Moosewood Cookbook,” the bible of vegetarian cooking published some 50 years ago, understands that cookbooks are about more than recipes. They can signal political and cultural beliefs, social aspirations and more. So consider the significance of a cookbook published more than 600 years ago. It […]
Laptop ConneCT Comes to Norfolk
Free laptops for eligible residents By Ann Havemeyer More Connecticut—and Norfolk—residents will soon have greater access to technology thanks to an innovative new program from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). In August, DEEP announced the launch of Laptop ConneCT. This program, in partnership with the Connecticut State Library, aims to put […]
Digital Navigators Set a Course for Norfolk Library
Help offered for range of tech needs By Ann Havemeyer On Mondays, beginning in October, there will be a new face at the Norfolk Library. Jennifer Lutris is the new part-time “digital navigator,” one of two navigators shared among the seven Northwest Corner libraries (Norfolk, Canaan, Falls Village, Salisbury, Sharon, Cornwall and Kent). A digital […]
Norfolk’s WWII Combat Cameraman
Daughter’s film on Walter Rosenblum shows the faces of war By Patricia Platt Longtime Norfolk resident Nina Rosenblum presented her award-winning documentary “They Fight With Cameras” to a full house at the Norfolk Library on Saturday, Sept. 26. The film tells the story of her father, decorated U.S. Army Signal Corps combat cameraman Walter Rosenblum. […]
Aging in Place
Historic Church Ceiling Needs a Refresh By Avice Meehan After more than 200 years of good and faithful service to the congregation of Norfolk’s United Church of Christ, the soaring barrel vault ceiling of the Meeting House requires a major overhaul. The wood lathe and plaster ceiling, likely installed in 1813, has developed serious fault […]
A Wall That’s Also a Bridge to the Past
By Andra Moss The rustic stone wall is a Connecticut icon. Historians estimate that most of the roughly 100,000 miles of stone walls that criss-cross the state were built between 1750 and 1850 by settlers clearing their fields. One Norfolk resident has recently added 65 feet of historic stone wall to the tally, but its […]
Engineer Gives Tobey Dam “Poor” Rating
Owners will assess the 115-year-old structure By Avice Meehan Time and nature have taken their toll on a 1911 dam and spillway located at the western edge of Tobey Pond. The structures, which have withstood many significant weather events, received a “poor” rating in a recent inspection report required by the state Department of Energy […]
