Back to Schools
A tour of Norfolk’s one-room schoolhouses By Andra Moss It’s September and that means that school, whatever form it takes, is back in session. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, most American students attended a one-room schoolhouse within walking distance of their homes. In 1919 there were 190,000 one-room schools scattered throughout the American […]
Looking Back at the Primaries and Ahead to the General Election
by Susannah Wood In Norfolk, 261 ballots were submitted for the Aug. 11 primary. Of those, 138 were absentee. Five absentee ballots had to be rejected because the voters failed to sign the inner envelope. Democratic turnout was 46 percent, with 126 people voting absentee and 84 showing up in person. Former Vice-President Biden received […]
Great Mountain Forest Joins Regional and International Groups
by Mattie Vandiver When Tamara Muruetagoiena came to Great Mountain Forest last October as its executive director, there was an expectation that the organization might see some changes. The forest is a large tract of woodlands straddling the Norfolk and Falls Village line. Muruetagoiena, with master’s degrees in business administration and forestry sciences, has held […]
The End of the Beginning: Covid-19 Clinical Trials
By Richard Kessin It takes gall to channel Churchill’s World War II phrase, especially when we could be looking forward to the beginning of the end. But let’s keep our attention on the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. All of the vaccines are designed to present a SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein to the human immune system and […]
“A Small School with a Big Heart” Plans for Reopening
By Virginia Coleman-Prisco Under the direction of Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Department of Education (DOE), school districts have been required to develop plans for three scenarios for fall 2020: a full reopening of school with in-person instruction, a blend of in-person and remote instruction, and full remote instruction. School superintendent Mary Beth Iacobelli says […]
Voting During a Pandemic
Connecticut’s Presidential Primary Is August 11 By Susannah Wood For the first time in Connecticut, voters do not have to be sick, disabled or out of town in order to lawfully vote by absentee ballot. When applying for a ballot, voters can mark Covid-19 as the reason for their request. Governor Lamont’s emergency powers allowed […]
Art Barn Will Be Rebuilt
Ambitious project will benefit Yale Norfolk School of Art By Wiley WoodPhotos by Savage Frieze The undergraduate summer program conducted by the Yale School of Art in Norfolk since 1948 was canceled this year, like so much else. But it’s been a good thing in a way. Not for the 26 rising seniors from around […]
Connecting to the Internet in Norfolk—Part 3
What about fiber? By Dave Beers The first fiber optics were developed in the early 1900s for doctors to see inside the body, which led to the invention of the gastroscope in 1956. Fiber-optic communications were developed in the 1960s, which NASA used for the television cameras sent to the moon. In 1970, Corning Glass […]
Real Estate Sales in Norfolk Are on the Rise
Connecticut is proving attractive to people wanting to leave New York City By Ruth Melville A recent article in The Hartford Courant reported that since the pandemic started in March, thousands of New Yorkers have moved to Connecticut. Postal Service data from March through June of this year shows that 16,000 New Yorkers switched their […]
Videographer Phylis Bernard Provides Online Records of Norfolk Meetings
Keeping the Community Informed By Colleen GundlachPhoto by Savage Frieze Do you have a question about what was discussed at last month’s virtual selectman’s meeting or what happened when the school board got together to discuss reopening the school? If so, Phylis Bernard is the person to ask. For the past couple of decades she […]
