Budget, Projects, a Concert and More
Selectman’s Corner by Matt Riiska To say there’s a lot going on in Norfolk is an understatement. The Board of Finance has approved a budget that by the time you read this will have been reviewed at the budget hearing. The budget presented to the board had a 3.5 percent increase from the previous year, […]
Letters
Dr. Seuss I’m writing to correct a misleading piece of information in the April article “Exiling Dr. Seuss.” The writer states that “the company that publishes Dr. Seuss’s books decided to pull six of the late author’s titles from its publication list.” This is inaccurate. The decision was not made by the publisher, Random House […]
March 2021 Real Estate Transfers
On March 2, from Jeffrey Meade & Stephanie Mazarelli to 134 Meekertown Rd. LLC, 134 Meekertown Rd., for $330,000. On March 11, from Wendy Rodorigo to Vishal P. Grover, 2.13 acres of vacant land on Terrace View, for $90,000. On March 18, from Lawrence & Elizabeth Johnson to Kent J. May & Christopher D. Solimene, […]
Community News
Norfolk Artists & Friends The spring exhibit of works by Norfolk Artists & Friends is on display at the Norfolk Library through the month of May. Face masks are required in the library. A video of the exhibit can be found on the library website. Central Park: Past & Present Often called “the lungs of […]
Norfolk Then…
The sundial pictured in the foreground of this photograph was installed behind Battell Fountain on the village green in 1904. An antique bronze plate acquired in London reads, “Our days are as a shadow and there is none abiding.” The sundial was purchased by Mary Eldridge, who had given the Stanford White-designed fountain in 1889 […]
Rules for Town Meetings, Upcoming Public Hearings
Selectman’s Corner by Matt Riiska It has been a year since we started dealing with the effects of the Covid pandemic. Everything about our lives has been disrupted in many ways, including the process of governing and managing a town. We have come to grips with dealing with Zoom, Webex and Google Workspace meetings, with […]
Naomi Rosenblum, 1925-2021
Longtime Norfolk summer resident Naomi Rosenblum, the author of seminal works on the history of photography, died peacefully at home in New York City at the age of 96, on Feb. 19, 2021. Her work over the course of 30 years shaped the understanding of the significance of photography as a fine art form. Rosenblum’s […]
Real Estate Transfers
On Feb. 1, from Dawson Kingsland Burke to Susan B. Pratt, 3/2B Greenwoods Rd. East, for $115,000. On Feb. 2, from the Estate of Elizabeth R. Bazzano to John Anthony Schemmer 2004 Trust, John Anthony Schemmer & Ann Marie Bajart Schemmer, Trustees, 362 North St., for $190,000. On Feb. 8, from Dale Bosworth Jr. to […]
Community News
Aesthetics and the Environment On April 19, from 6 to 7 p.m., Norfolk Hub Talks will present The Arts of Noticing: Aesthetics and the Environment. Norfolk residents Fox Hysen and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung will present an introduction to an emerging Artist Collective and Residency in Norfolk, exploring questions such as, how can art connect us with […]
Norfolk Then…
The Dudley Tannery and bark shed, pictured here in an early 20th century photograph by Frank DeMars, stood at the corner of Ashpohtag Road and Route 44 in West Norfolk. Tanning was once a thriving industry in Norfolk, the second largest after the woolen industry in the mid-19th century. The State of Connecticut Report of […]
