Community News
Library Resumes Lending On June 1, the Norfolk Library will begin offering curbside pickup of books, audiobooks, and DVDs by appointment. Please call the library at 860-542-5075 for details and to make an appointment. Library materials should be returned in the book drop. Lions Club Scholarships This year the Norfolk Lions Club is once again […]
Norfolk Then…
This edition of Norfolk Then is the first in a series to feature Norfolk houses. Look for them as you walk or drive through town. Pictured here is the house built in 1898 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spofford as their summer home. The son of Ainsworth Spofford, librarian of Congress, Charles Spofford was an […]
Follow the Rules of the Road
Lots more people are out and about on Norfolk roads, and it’s become apparent that many don’t know the rules of the road. People walk on the wrong side, split up parties when cars approach so that people are on both sides of the road, and so on. This can be dangerous and reflects many […]
Thank you!
I want to send a big coronavirus pot-banging, bell-ringing shout-out to all the people who are keeping things going in Norfolk during these scary times. Here’s to the Road Crew and the Sewer District team and the Town Hall brigade; here’s to our great first responders of the ambulance and the fire department; here’s to […]
Open to Change
I read with some dismay the “No NIMBYism Here” letter in the April Issue of Norfolk Now. I had planned to send in my thoughts after seeing the March article about the Mountain Inn’s zoning request for a bakery cafe, but never got around to it. I grew up in Norfolk in the 1950s and […]
Budget Schedule, Taxes, and Water Main Replacement
By Matt Riiska In these extraordinary times it is sometimes difficult to remember that the show has to go on. We are currently in the middle of developing the 2020/21 budget, there are infrastructure projects that are in process and we are dealing with the ever-changing Covid-19 situation. Understanding this unique situation, the Board of […]
Julius (Jay) Jesse Pilbin, 1923-2020
Julius (Jay) Jesse Pilbin, 96, of Norfolk passed away on April 1, 2020. He was the loving husband of the late Dorothy S. Pilbin. He was born on July 18, 1923 to the William and Lillian Pilbin. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Jan. 3, 1942, as an apprentice seaman, and upon his honorable […]
Russell J. O’Connor Jr., 1946-2020
Russell J. O’Connor Jr., of Vero Beach, Fla. died Jan. 6, 2020, at home, after a long and courageous battle with neuroendocrine cancer. He was the husband of Margo (Schmitt) O’Connor for 43 years. Born in Winsted on Feb. 2, 1946, he was the son of Russell J. O’Connor Sr. and Elaine (Nardi) O’Connor. He […]
Community News
New Date for Purse Bingo Because of the social distancing directives initiated in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the designer purse bingo sponsored by the ICC Catholic Women’s Club to benefit the St. Martin of Tours Parish, which was originally scheduled for May 16, 2020, has been canceled. The new date for the event is […]
Norfolk Then
With most of us sheltering in place this spring, let’s look back at the Norfolk “Shelter.” Designed by architect Alfredo Taylor and still standing at the end of Golf Drive, the pavilion was built on the nine-hole Norfolk Downs as a gathering place for golfers. The large central room with cobblestone walls and a massive […]
