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 […]
Real Estate Sales
On Aug. 23, from Rhoda L. Brooks to Hook Mill Resorts, 4.27 acres on Route 272/Litchfield Rd., for $225,000. On Sept. 7, from Wendy Roberts and Michael Dillon to Robert and Sarah Dreyer, 67 and 69 Litchfield Rd., for $760,000. On Sept. 14, from Connecticut State Dept. of Transportation to Northwestern Connecticut Sportsmen’s Association Inc., […]
Community News
Community News Haystack Book Festival Returns The Haystack Book Festival returns to Norfolk as an in-person event Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 at the Norfolk Library’s Great Hall and will also be shown live online. The festival is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required at norfolkfoundation.net/book-talks. Coffee with Shakespeare Melissa […]
Norfolk Then…
While the shrill whistle and belching smoke of locomotives arriving at the Norfolk station have been replaced by the downshifting and diesel fumes of trucks on Route 44, the landscape of Norfolk is still marked by the railroad. There are track beds hidden in the woods, now used as nature trails, and bridge abutments can […]
