Michelle Gibson
Michelle Renee (Denis) Gibson, 43, of Winsted, passed away Friday, March 13, at home. She was the wife of Paul D. Gibson. Michelle was born in Winsted, Conn. on April 18, 1976, a daughter of Beth (Deming) Podhajecki and Robert Denis. She was a graduate of Regional 7 High School and Northwestern Connecticut Community College. […]
Mary O’Dwyer Welz (1924-2020)
Mary O’Dwyer Welz died Saturday, February 22, 2020 at her home, surrounded by family. She was born Mary J. O’Dwyer on Sept. 21, 1924, the daughter of the late Margaret (Bowe) O’Dwyer and Henry Patrick O’Dwyer and lived in Norfolk, CT until her retirement, after which she moved to Winsted. Mary graduated from The Gilbert […]
Theodore H. J. Veling (1930-2019)
Theodore “Ted” Veling, founder and president of Veling, Inc., and longtime Norfolk resident, died Dec. 26, 2019, at his home in Beverly, Mass., surrounded by his family. He was able to celebrate a final joy-filled Christmas with his wife of 47 years, Kathleen (Kathy), son David and his wife Amy, son Matthew and his wife […]
Community News
Norfolk Land Trust Sponsors Bird-Watching Walk at Haystack State Park Join the Norfolk Land Trust on an early morning excursion at Haystack State Park to look for Spring birds at 7 a.m. on Sat., April 25. Experienced birder Susannah Wood will lead the group on a walk through the park. Meet at the entrance to […]
Norfolk Then
Now on the grounds of the Norfolk Library, the Welch Memorial Fountain once stood on Greenwoods Road at the entrance to West Side Road. It was erected in 1895 in honor of Dr. William Wickham Welch, Norfolk’s town doctor for 53 years. Dr. Welch’s son, William Henry, pursued a career in medicine as well, but […]
Community News
Michael Lampro Photographs on Display at the LibraryBerkshire County native Michael Lampro’s photographs will be on display at the Norfolk Library during the month of March. With a background in landscape design, Lampro endeavors to capture the unique flora and landscapes of New England and beyond in new and unusual ways. Weather and lighting inspire […]
Allen Trousdale (1940-2020)
Allen Trousdale, an architect and world traveler, died at his home in Norfolk on Feb. 21. He was 79 years old and divided his time between Norfolk and Brooklyn. Born in Monroe, Louisiana on Dec. 2, 1940, to parents Briscoe and Frances (Miller) Trousdale, Allen attended Tulane University, graduating in 1963 with a degree in […]
Eve V. Thew (1927-2020)
Eve Thew died on Feb. 3 at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington. She was 92 and had been married to her husband, John Thew, for nearly 69 years. The daughter of Edward Van de Water and Eve Jacoby, Eve was born in New York City on March 14, 1927, but moved with her parents to […]
Selectman’s Corner
The Budget, Our Trash, Bridge Building and a New Employee by Matt Riiska Like spring, budget season is upon us again. As usual we will make every effort to keep the 2020/21 budget as low as we can. This will not be easy this year with the State keeping their funds to the towns to […]
Norfolk Then…
Meet the Bishop family outside their home near the Norfolk-North Goshen town line. There’s Ernest and Sadie to the left of their father, George; Jennie in the center behind Elsie; Martha and Mabel in front of their mother, Rose, who holds the baby. Although the children aren’t particularly bundled up, it must be cold: a […]
