View from the Green
Can Infinity Bistro Return? By Andra Moss Neighbors: if Norfolk is to have an evening restaurant, now is the time for action. GoodWorks Entertainment Group, owners since 2019 of Infinity Music Hall and Bistro, is inviting the town’s input on whether and how to reopen a restaurant at their property. GoodWorks will throw wide the […]
Letters to the Editor
Seeking Pupin To the community of Norfolk, My name is Jelena Prodanović, and I am a mechatronics engineer from Serbia. Since my early childhood, Nikola Tesla and Michael Pupin have been more than scientists to me; they have been a lifelong inspiration. What started as a hobby—researching the history of science—has grown into a mission […]
Community News
Norfolk Land Trust Trail Work PartyThe NLT will have a work party on the Borden Trail on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to noon. Meet at Borden Woods on Lovers Lane. Boots, gloves and bug/tick repellent are recommended. All tools will be provided. Contact BillCouch1@icloud.com or 860-480-4981 with questions. Ian Desai Exhibition at the […]
Norfolk Then
Although there was no organized baseball for Norfolk youth until Little League arrived in 1952, town team baseball flourished during the first half of the 20th century. The first Norfolk town team dates back to the early 1900s and was comprised of adults who competed against teams from nearby towns. At that time the baseball […]
VIEW FROM THE GREEN
Building a Budget By Avice Meehan For the past month, Norfolk’s three selectmen have been meeting for two hours at time to hash out the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The special meetings—officially posted and open to the public—offer a window into the decisions large and small that shape the town’s spending priorities. The meetings […]
SELECTMAN’S CORNER
A Busy Norfolk Spring Has Arrived By Henry Tirrell Spring is officially here and so are the construction crews. The wall project along Route 44 has resumed activities, with temperatures providing better conditions for concrete. Excavation has begun at the site of the new firehouse to prepare for concrete foundation construction. In addition to those […]
Linda Anne Soltis Perkins
Linda Anne Soltis Perkins, devoted educator, public servant and deeply-rooted member of the Norfolk community, passed away on Feb. 28, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on Dec. 17, 1946, in Philadelphia, Linda’s bond with Norfolk began in her earliest years. As a young child she spent treasured summers here visiting her aunt and […]
William Stewart Patrick
William Stewart Patrick, 83, of Norfolk, peacefully left this earth on Sunday, March 15. The only “wonderful” child of Hugh Stewart Patrick and Caroline Edith Walke Patrick, “Bill” was born in Salem, Mass., on Oct. 6, 1942. He grew up in nearby Lynnfield and moved to Connecticut as a teenager. Bill graduated from North Haven […]
Community News
Send submissions for Community News to next month’s issue editor at editor@nornow.org. Deadline is the 15th of the month. Battell Arts Scholarships The Battell Arts Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications to support local students’ interest in the arts. Applicants must be residents of Norfolk or Colebrook, in grades 4-12, and studying an artistic endeavor such as dance, […]
Norfolk Then…
Travel by railroad was still the best way to get from one place to another in the early 20th century, so a washout on the line was serious business. But paired with a photograph of laundry hanging out to dry, this play on words made for a popular postcard message. The postcard dates from the […]
