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The Crippens What’s your relationship to the area?Peter’s mom and dad lived in Salisbury and Peter’s dad was sick, so we came to visit a lot from New York City. We loved it around here and decided to buy a place close to them and chose Norfolk because of its beauty and so much undeveloped […]
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Colin Burn What’s your relationship to the area?We moved to Norfolk about three years ago. Before finding our house, we’d actually never heard of the town! It ended up being one of those wonderful discoveries that come from late-night house hunting online. How did you come to Norfolk?I think of Norfolk as my third big […]
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Meg Hill How did you come to Norfolk?I landed in Norfolk somewhat fortuitously. I was living in Westchester County, where l had an active career in music and where I had raised my three kids. In 2018, my partner, Philip Carr-Harris, was nearing the end of a five-year stint teaching abroad and was looking for […]
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Andrew Thomson What is your relationship to Norfolk? How did you come to be here?I have lived most of my life in Norfolk with excursions during my college and military years, graduating from Botelle in 2000 and Northwestern Regional 7 in 2006. In addition to being the unofficial percussionist in residence, I’ve also established myself in […]
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Lisa Mangen By Lorelai DeCerboHow did you come to Norfolk?That’s a long story! My mother grew up in Norfolk and I used to spend my summers up here. But what actually brought us to the area full-time is that my dad opened a bakery in 1985 in Canaan—Christiansen’s Bakery. My parents had a bakery in […]
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Sally Carr and Larry Hannafin What’s your relationship to this Town?We have been lifelong residents of Norfolk nearly all of our lives except when Sally was away at schooland I was serving four years in the U.S. Navy Before we were married I got her to agree that we would always.. Before we were married […]
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Heather Adams What’s your relationship to this town? I grew up in Norfolk and moved back in 2017 with my husband Bryan, and two children, Brown and Henry. My mom, Kathy Tirrell; extended family and friends, still live in town. I often consider my experience growing up here a central part of my identity. How did you […]
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Sandy Evans is an Active Volunteer By Michael Cobb How did you come to Norfolk? My husband Charlie and I were looking to relocate and settle in a small rural community to raise our daughters. What do you do here?I am currently a Norfolk selectman, president of the Norfolk Lions Club and an EMT with Norfolk […]
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Lynn Deasy Comes Home By Michael Cobb How did you come to Norfolk?I was born in Norfolk. Over the years I have lived in a variety of places including Davidson, N.C., Boston, Kenya and numerous towns in Connecticut. In 2005, my husband Tim and I returned to Norfolk and bought the property where I grew […]
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Bill, Jill and Monty By Michael Cobb How did you come to Norfolk? We decided to flee Los Angeles in 1994. We were tired of fires, mudslides, earthquakes and crime. We wanted to be near a major city but not living in it. After six years of searching, we settled on Ridgefield, Conn., close to […]
