For Those With Eyes As Big As Moons, Botelle Adds A Rainbow
Artist and children together make a winning combination By Clinton J. Sosna Botelle School’s littlest academic achievers were often denied the pleasures of artistic appreciation while navigating the halls of the school, simply because the display cases holding the artistic works of the school’s students were set too high for even the most excellently […]
Wide Range of Health Services Available to Norfolk Residents—With or Without Coverage
Flu clinic to be held Oct. 17 By Ruth Melville In addition to the regular items in the town budget—road repair, school funding, the fire department, pensions—the Town of Norfolk also provides funds to outside organizations that provide services to the town. One of these organizations is Foothills Visiting Nurse & Home Care (commonly […]
Sharon Hospital Announces Intention to Close Its Birthing Suites
Local opposition forms “Save Sharon Hospital” group By Stephen Melville In July of 2017 the state of Connecticut officially approved the sale of Sharon Hospital to Health Quest Systems, returning the hospital to nonprofit status after 15 years as part of the for-profit Essent Healthcare of Connecticut. The purchase was supported by a $3 […]
NHCOG Releases Interactive Regional Northwest Connecticut Trail Map
A New Unified 21-Town Resource By Billy Gridley As Robert Frost said, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” A new mapping resource in the Northwest Corner has the potential to make all the difference. It already provides basic information […]
Magnificent Monarch Butterflies Making a Slow Comeback
By Jude Mead A memorable part of my childhood was spotting a monarch butterfly in late summer. The monarch is one of nature’s most spectacular species with its large size and recognizable bright orange and black markings. Though once common in most gardens, today the monarch has become a rare sighting. According to Jane […]
Buddy Program at Regional 7 Helps Incoming Students Feel Welcome
By Charlotte McDevitt Moving can be hard, especially for kids moving to a different school, with new peers and teachers. Last year, Northwestern Regional 7 started a program to make the incoming seventh graders’ transitions a little easier. The program is called WEB, which stands for Where Everybody Belongs. WEB leaders are chosen from […]
Author Caitlin Macy Considers New Novel
Filling the creative well in Norfolk By Colleen Gundlach When a child becomes a voracious reader early on and knows from her formative years that she wants to be a writer, chances are her drive will enable her to achieve that goal. Such is the case with Norfolk resident Caitlin Macy, author of three […]
Authors Gather in Norfolk for October Book Festival
A weekend of public conversations planned By Tom Hodgkin Stephen Melville knows when inspiration hit. He was in Wales, attending the Hay Festival, a 10-day arts and literature gathering, when he thought, “Why not? Why not Norfolk?” Like Norfolk, Hay-on-Wye was just a quiet country town until 1988, when the local literary community sponsored […]
Rails to Trails Rolls Onward with North Brook Trail
By Sue Frisch In just three years, Norfolk’s Rails to Trails committee has gone from being a brand-new group to being custodians of a state-approved rail trail—the North Brook trail—along a state-owned segment of Norfolk’s decommissioned railroad bed, which snakes roughly east-west through town. Now the committee is reapplying for the $187,000 state grant […]
