Norfolk Fire Department Gets Updated Rescue Equipment
Generous donations enable purchase By Jon BarbagalloPhoto courtesy of Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department has received and already put into service our newest extrication tools, thanks to the Auxiliary for Community Health in Winsted and the largest response to date to our annual appeal. After an extensive research, the NVFD chose to purchase battery-operated spreaders and cutters […]
Mary Lou Cobb Retires as Head of The Cobb School Montessori in Simsbury
By Kay Desai Photo courtesy of the Cobb School Montessori On June 1, over 400 students, alumni, parents, grandparents and friends came together in Simsbury, Conn., to celebrate Mary Lou Cobb on her retirement as head of The Cobb School Montessori, which she founded 45 years ago. A number of guests came from California and […]
Jon Riedeman: The Art of Music
Photo by Bruce Frisch Last month the Infinity Gallery was host to a show by one of its own, Jon Riedeman. Riedeman is Infinity Hall’s box office manager, but he is also an award-winning sculptor who has exhibited frequently throughout the area. For the past 10 years he has been able to combine his love […]
Plenty of Activities to Keep Kids Happy All Summer Long
Loving Summer in Norfolk By Virginia Coleman-Prisco Although Norfolk is known as the Ice Box of Connecticut, there are plenty of events and activities for families during the summer months. There is a wide array of physical, artistic and educational opportunities available, depending on your child’s interests. As always, the Norfolk Library has a jam-packed […]
Anne Frieze Ordained as Chaplain in the United Church of Christ
By Ruth Melville On Sunday, June 2, Anne Frieze was ordained in the United Church of Christ (UCC) as a hospital chaplain and installed at Trinity Health Of New England. For the past three years, Frieze has been providing hospice and spiritual care through Mercy Medical, based in Springfield, Mass., and part of Trinity Health. […]
WIN, WIN for Norfolk
Town festival celebrates its fourth year By Doug McDevitt Most great ideas come when we least expect them. In a dream or a daydream, during a conversation with a better half when we should be listening, or while running simple errands, it sometimes can’t be helped, they just pop in there. Well, one day in […]
Norfolk’s April 2018 Weather
Seventh Wettest April on Record By Russell Russ April is the transition month between winter and spring. It can have traits of both winter and spring, and that is what Norfolk saw this April. It was warm enough early in the month to end the maple syrup season in the Norfolk area, but the remainder […]
Closely Watched Budget Approved at Town Meeting
Botelle parents protest flatfunding of school By Wiley WoodPhotos by Bruce Frisch A large crowd of about 75 Norfolk residents gathered for the annual town meeting on May 13 in the Hall of Flags at Botelle School. Although normally a humdrum gathering at which the budget is passed with little comment, there has been more […]
Joe Hurst: “We Need to Pull Together”
By Gordon AndersonPhoto by Savage Frieze Joe Hurst lives on Mountain Road, in the last house before the road is absorbed into Great Mountain Forest. He says that every day when he turns the corner heading home, he is overcome with gratitude and delight at the miraculous quality of his life, or as he puts […]
Asphalt Plant in Canaan Raises Concerns
Outcome of lawsuit still uncertain By Colleen Gundlach The prospect of a new asphalt production facility in East Canaan has created controversy, pitting Ben Metcalf, whose colorful ads for driveway repair sprinkle the North Canaan landscape, against a group of concerned citizens and neighbors. Metcalf is currently suing the town of Canaan for turning away […]
