“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 […]
A Field Guide Highlights the History and Beauty of Great Mountain Forest
By Mattie Vandiver Norfolk’s Great Mountain Forest is a natural area full of hiking trails, wildlife, history, forestry and beauty. Those looking to find out more about the riches of GMF will enjoy an informative field guide published in 2016 under the auspices of the Yale Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry. Entitled “A Fieldbook: Great […]
Fifth Weekend in Norfolk Is Going to Be Different
Annual festival moves online By Clinton J. Sosna This year’s summer Weekend in Norfolk (WIN), in its fifth installment, comes amid a global pandemic. A situation ripe with mandates, social distancing requirements, reopening phases, spikes, shifts and updates. Our experience of normal is no longer normal. Neither will be this year’s Weekend in Norfolk. Despite […]
Canaan YMCA to Reopen August 10
New safety procedures in place to safeguard members By Chris Sinclair The Northwestern Connecticut YMCA, comprising branches in Torrington, Winsted and Canaan, has joined other businesses and nonprofits over the last several weeks in beginning their slow and gingerly march toward reopening amid the pandemic. The Canaan branch, to which many Norfolk residents belong, will […]
Early Automobilists Find Their Way to Norfolk
By Andra Moss Just when travel seemed so modern—the Mountain Express train barreled along from Hartford to Canaan at speeds up to 37 miles per hour—something new came clanging, hissing and rattling over the hilltops. It was 1900. American automaking was still in its infancy, but change was coming fast (“fast” being a relative term; […]
