Gregg Currier, 1942-2020
Gregg Currier, age 77, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Nov. 14 from pancreatic cancer. He was born on Dec. 14, 1942, to the late Charles Currier and Eleanore Coullard. He served in the United States Navy from 1961 to 1969. After his service, he earned a […]
Planning for Norfolk’s Future
Selectmen’s Corner By Matt Riiska I think we are all relieved that 2020 is ending and are looking forward to what we hope will truly be happy new year. Our list of maintenance and road improvement projects for 2021 is long. Projects for next summer include the paving of North Colebrook Road, chip sealing of […]
Letters
Poll Workers Make It Happen Thank you! to all the people at Town Hall, especially Linda Perkins, our town clerk, and our registrars of voters, Phylis Bernard and Dee Perron, who worked so hard to make the election work so smoothly and safely, both for those who voted absentee and those who voted in person. […]
Community News
Beaver Management Webinar On Dec. 9 at 1 p.m., Mike Callahan, president of the nonprofit Beaver Institute, will discuss beavers, their value, and how to successfully manage beaver-related problems when they occur. Beaver-dammed road culverts and other flooding problems are common issues. Since 1998, Callahan has personally resolved over 1,700 of these human-beaver conflicts. Callahan […]
Norfolk Then…
The Church of Christ Congregational is the picture of Victorian abundance in this exuberant Christmas evergreen display as photographed by Marie Kendall around 1900. Mary and Isabella Eldridge, daughters of the Rev. Joseph Eldridge, were responsible for many of the decorations in the church at this time. From their elaborate Italian gardens which descended in […]
Norfolk Community Food Pantry in Need
Letter to the Editor The number of requests for food from the Norfolk Community Food Pantry has more than doubled in the last five weeks. Although we can’t be sure, we suspect the increase is due to the end of supplemental unemployment benefits. With such increased demand, we are in need of food and dollar […]
CARES Grants for Small Businesses
Letter to the Editor Norfolk’s small businesses and nonprofits affected by the coronavirus pandemic may be eligible for onetime $5,000 grants from the state’s new $50 million CT CARES Small Business Grant Program. Funds will be disbursed by the end of this year. Information about who is eligible is on the Department of Economic and […]
Road Works, New Firehouse, Increased Parking
Selectman’s Corner by Matt Riiska The water main project on Route 44 is wrapping up, and I don’t think any of us will be sorry to see the construction company driving out of town with their excavators, loaders and giant jack hammer. I apologize to all who live along Route 44 who had to put […]
Community News
A Grave Affair at the Library on All Saints’ Day Celebrate the 200th anniversary of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” on Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. with storyteller Linda Schuyler Ford, featuring the works of Washington Irving and fascinating facts about the beloved author. Find yourself utterly immersed in the world of Ichabod Crane, and […]
Norfolk Then…
One hundred years ago on Nov. 2, 1920, Norfolk women cast their ballots in a presidential election for the first time. This photograph is a timely reminder of the long struggle fought by many dedicated women for basic civil liberties including the right to vote. Pictured at the annual convention of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage […]
