Church of Christ Celebrates Erick Olsen’s Tenth Anniversary as Pastor
By Sally Quale The Church of Christ Congregational in Norfolk held its regular 10 a.m. service on Sunday, September 15 in the Battell Chapel, as opposed to the usual Church chancel, to mark the opening day of Sunday School classes for the year. Unbeknownst to Pastor Erick Olsen, however, this arrangement also facilitated a surprise […]
The Joint Chiefs to Play Ambulance Benefit at Infinity Hall
By Grant Mudge The Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance (NLCA) is pleased to have The Joint Chiefs of Salisbury, CT, play a benefit concert at Infinity Hall on Wednesday October 9 at 8 p.m. Known for their “tight harmonies and loose attitude,” The Joint Chiefs play a delightful mix of homespun music and country folk. The […]
Agricultural Fair a Success
By Sally Quale Norfolk’s first Agricultural Fair, which took place on August 24 at the weekly farmer’s market on Maple Avenue, was “a huge success and will be repeated next year on Saturday, August 14, 2014,” reports market manager Lisa Auclair. It ran an hour longer than the usual market – 4 rather than 3 […]
Plans For New Firehouse Go To Finance Board
Town Would Borrow Money Through a Bond Issue/ By Wiley Wood Plans for a new firehouse were presented to the Board of Finance on August 13. The design, which incorporates and expands the existing building on Shepard Rd., was described by architect Michael Fortuna as “pretty bare bones.” Total costs are budgeted at $2.7 million. […]
Record Number Of Norfolk Homes On Market
Local Realtors Guardedly Optimistic By Sally Quale Reports show that 56 single-family residences in Norfolk are currently on the market, over 6 percent of its housing stock. “It’s by far the largest number of single-family houses for sale that I’ve known in my twenty-two years in Norfolk,” reports Betsy Little of Betsy Little Real Estate. […]
Norfolk’s Pension Fund $1 Million In Debt
By Wiley Wood At a gathering of the Coalition for Sound Growth on August 25 Michael Sconyers, chairman of Norfolk’s board of finance, reported that the town’s pension fund is $1 million in debt. “We had been underfunding the pension plan,” said Sconyers, “and then the market went down and didn’t rebound enough. This is […]
Heavy Rainfall Breaks Beaver Dam
A Road Is Damaged And A Pond Ecosystem Lost: by John Anderson Early on the stormy night of August 10th a catastrophic event occurred: after nearly six inches of rainfall, a beaver dam impounding 20 acres of water in Aton Forest broke. One person living nearby heard what she thought was a falling tree during […]
Norfolk Land Trust Completes Purchase of Camp Iwakta Property
Public Trails Planned For Newly Renamed “Pine Mountain” Parcel The Norfolk Land Trust (NLT) has finalized the purchase of a 311-acre parcel of forestland from the Girl Scouts of Connecticut. The property, located off Grantville and Winchester roads, has long been considered a preservation priority by federal and state officials because of its headwater stream […]
Connecticut Public Radio Host to Moderate Norfolk 2023!
By Rosanna Trestman John Dankosky, host of the NPR morning radio show Where We Live, happens to live just next door in Winsted. From 9 to 10 a.m. each weekday morning he takes his listeners through the ins and outs of Connecticut’s communities, ranging from New Haven to Norfolk and beyond. Dankosky will bring this […]
Lions Club Honors Barbara Tracey
Barbara Tracey recently stepped down as the long-time treasurer of the Norfolk Lions Club. For her many years of service safeguarding the club’s financial health and for her exemplary help with countless other projects, Tracey was presented the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award, a nation-wide award named after the founder of Lions Club International, and one […]
