Norfolk Then…
Harry “Doc” Cook was in the drugstore business in Norfolk for almost 50 years. His store was located in the northwest corner of the Royal Arcanum building, where the Wood Creek Bar & Grill is now housed. The genial Doc Cook dispensed medicinal cures of all sorts, along with a variety of goods including lamps, […]
Reducing Our Municipal Solid Waste
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska I was recently on a conference call with the president of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) and representatives from the towns it serves. MIRA is the organization that handles our municipal solid waste (MSW), as well as our recyclables. Located in Hartford, it is one of five trash-to-energy […]
Barbour Woods
Letter to the Editor I was just reading the October issue of Norfolk Now (I am visiting in Norfolk), and there were some mistakes in the article (by Jane Peterson) about my mom’s donation of land to the Norfolk Land Trust. My mom, Alison Fox, is not the daughter of Frederick Shephard. She is the […]
Tour de Forest
Letter to the Editor On behalf of Great Mountain Forest and Norfolk Curling Club, the Norfolk Rails to Trails Committee would like to thank all our generous sponsors and volunteers who worked so hard at making this year’s 2021 Tour de Forest Bike Ride a huge success. We were fortunate to be blessed with great […]
Milestone
Taylor Allyn, child of Lisa and John Allyn of Norfolk, graduated from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., this past May. She earned a juris doctor degree with honors, and after more than 400 hours of studying, passed the Florida bar exam. She will be the first in her family to practice law […]
Community News
Picture Book Celebration November is National Picture Book Month. To celebrate, the Norfolk Library welcomes author Jessica Kulekjian, illustrator Madeline Kloepper, and Roaring Brook Nature Center director Jay Kaplan at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14, via Zoom for a behind-the-scenes look at how they collaborated to create the nonfiction picture book “Before We Stood Tall: From Small […]
Norfolk Then…
Two Norfolk landmarks, currently under repair, are pictured here in the early 20th century. Battell Fountain was the gift of Mary Eldridge to the town in 1889. A Stanford White design with decorative bronze lamps and globe by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the fountain provides streams of water from several imaginative spouts. At the top of the […]
Assessments, Roads, and Yammering
Selectman’s Corner By Matt Riiska For those who operate businesses in Norfolk or have received notices of personal property, you must fill in the Declaration of Personal Property you will be receiving in the mail. It is your responsibility to complete the form and return it to the assessor’s office. If you feel that you […]
Elizabeth Barlow (1937-2021)
Elizabeth “Betty” Ann (Olsen) Barlow passed from those who loved her to those who were waiting for her on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. She was born in East Hartford, Conn. in 1937, daughter of the late Florence Bertha (Whitehead) Olsen and Oscar Leroy Olsen. Betty is survived by two sons, David (Michelle) […]
Community News
Intuitive Painting Workshop Explore, express and elevate the world within with Viktoria Seavey, healing life coach. Intuitive artmaking is a gentle and effortless approach to partner with the artist and the healer within us to utilize our life-fulfilling gifts. Join one or all classes. Dates and times: Saturdays, Oct. 16, Nov. 13 and Dec. 11, from […]
