Norfolk Library Remembers Margaret O’Malley
Margaret O’Malley died suddenly on Oct. 26, 2022. She was with her family in her home on Burt Lake, in Michigan. Although she left Norfolk several years ago to live full-time at her family compound, she continued to stay fully connected with this town and her beloved library. Margaret served on the Board of Directors […]
Community News
Art Exhibit at the Library: Sergio Villaschi Sergio Villaschi will exhibit his photographs at the Norfolk Library through the month of December. While his work includes landscapes and other conventional subjects, he also likes studio still life, where he can play with light and color to give a new depth, vibrancy and texture to his […]
Norfolk Then…
After the catastrophic gasoline spill on Nov. 5, a longtime firefighter remarked that the disaster was in the top three to have hit Norfolk townwide, the others being the destruction of the Hardware Store on Station Place by fire in 1987 and the flood of 1955. The Hardware Store fire was discovered at 3 o’clock […]
New Town Projects Underway and Others Almost Completed
By Matt Riiska Fall is here and there has been no let-up in projects in Norfolk. Trying to get everything done before the snow flies has been keeping us busy and other than a few rainy days, Mother Nature has more than cooperated. The bridge on Mountain Road is almost complete. Watching the Mountain Road […]
Real Estate Sales
On Sept. 26 from Sisters of St. Joseph Corp to Aaron Aujla and Emily Bode, 0.57 acres on Greenwood Rd. East for $37,329. On Oct. 3 from Donald Cameron Alford Trustee and Janene Russell Alford Trustee of the Donald Cameron Alford Revocable Trust and Janene Russell Alford Revocable Trust to Daniel P. Mayer & Sarah […]
Letters
Volunteers Key to Race Success On behalf of the Norfolk Land Trust’s Trail Race Committee, we would like to thank everyone who made our 9th annual 5K/10K race and our half marathon on Sept. 10 a huge success. We had runners register for the races from throughout the state and they were impressed, not only […]
Community News
The Norfolk Sewer District: Past & Present On Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m., Norfolk Sewer District Superintendent Bill Hester will give a presentation at the Norfolk Hub on the sewer district’s history, provide an update on the two-year relining project and explain how we can all keep the sewer district operating most efficiently. Register […]
Norfolk Then …
In the fall of 1953, Norfolk was grappling with school regionalization. Planning for a regional high school had begun in 1951, after the Gilbert School in Winsted announced that it could no longer educate high school students from neighboring towns. Voters from each of the six towns involved—Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, and Norfolk—had […]
Remembering Anne Garrels
Obituary Photo By Christopher Little Anne Longworth Garrels, 71, died on Sept. 7 at her home in Norfolk following a long battle with lung cancer. An intrepid and accomplished journalist for 45 years, Anne became a familiar and valued presence on National Public Radio as she reported from war zones in Chechnya, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and […]
How to Cure the Need for Speed
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska The downside of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on road repair is that everyone seems to think it’s so that you can increase your speed. You might even think that we repair the roads strictly for your benefit so you can leave your house later than you should and […]
