Community News
Art Exhibit: Jane Bevans Paintings by Jane Bevans will be on display at the Norfolk Library for the month of October. Bevans uses experimental juxtapositions of color to explore space, form and composition. The show includes her still lifes, portraiture and recent abstract paintings. A reception will be held on Sunday, Oct. 1, from 4 […]
Norfolk Then…
Photo courtesy of the Norfolk Historical Society Emerson Street is pictured about 1903 when it was known as Emerson Place. The house partly visible on the far right belonged to Isabella Beecher Hooker, who summered in Norfolk. Hooker worked for over 30 years for the cause of women’s suffrage. Next door was the home of […]
View From The Green
Do We Need A Land Ethic? By Kathy Robb The people of Norfolk have long known the importance of good land stewardship, as evidenced by the environmental work of Great Mountain Forest, Aton Forest, the Conservation Commission, the Norfolk Land Trust and many other organizations in town. The demands of global human justice—and humanity’s health—require […]
Real Estate Sales
On June 1, from Melissa S. Renkert & Christopher S. Renkert to State of Connecticut, 59 Old Colony Road for $455,000. House will be demolished due to work on Route 44 retaining wall. On June 28, from Anne Dooley Hall & Edward Childs Hall to Mary M. Ackerly, 229 Litchfield Road for $655,000. On July […]
Selectman’s Corner
A Summer of Fun and Distruptions By Matt Riiska It is hard to believe that summer in Norfolk is coming to a close. It has been eventful to say the least, in so many ways. Weekend in Norfolk was another great success, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival provided another year of outstanding performances, Friday Nights […]
Letters
They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot Joni Mitchell’s voice is reverberating through the years and rattling in my brain. “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone? They paved paradise and put up a” racetrack! Sorry, Joni, for the revision. My grandparents, parents, and […]
Norfolk Remembers
Mary Kathryn Torrey Mary Kathryn Torrey, 79, of Manhattan and Norfolk, died at home in NYC on Aug. 10, 2023 after a long struggle with achalasia, COPD and heart issues. She is survived by William, her husband of 58 years; and by two married sons, Michael (Patricia) and Matthew (Kristin) and Matthew’s two children, Madeline […]
Community News
Battell Arts Foundation Scholarship for Children and Young Adults The Battell Arts Foundation is actively soliciting applications for scholarships in the arts. The scholarships may be used to fund education or experience in any of the performing, literary or visual arts. Applicants must be residents of Norfolk or Colebrook and be in the third through […]
Norfolk Then…
Photo courtesy of the Norfolk Historical Society The North Middle School on Ashpohtag Road was one of eleven district schools that served children across Norfolk’s widely scattered settlement in the 19th century. Most were one-room schoolhouses equipped with a pot-bellied stove, and teachers boarded in homes nearby. One notable student who began her education at […]
View From the Green
Norfolk Ambulance Is on Life Support By Bevan Ramsey There have been a number of great articles in recent years about Norfolk’s ambulance service, about what we do and how we do it. These articles have always shared an invitation for much-needed volunteers. Sadly, the time has come to put a finer point on that […]
