Norfolk Then . . .
Buttonholes, eyelets, and featherstitching were never so finely wrought as in late 19th century Norfolk. One of the most popular schools in town at that time was Mrs. Kendall’s Sewing School. Although Marie Kendall is best remembered as a photographer, among her other interests was teaching Norfolk children to sew, girls and boys alike. Classes […]
September 2017 Real Estate Transfers
On Sept. 28, Lora Jean Bresson to Brian Vigliotti, 319 Greenwoods Rd. W., $142,000. On Sept. 29, Frank and Caryn Trager to Christopher K. and James P. Davidson IV, 95 Maple Ave., $165,000.
Selectman’s Corner
Thank You By Sue Dyer Since this will be my last Selectman’s Corner, I wanted to express my appreciation to everyone for allowing me to be your first selectman. It’s been an honor to serve and represent the Town of Norfolk for the last 18 years.
Obituary: Laura Breckrinridge Ten Eyck Byers
January 10, 1928-September 22, 2017 Laura Breckinridge Ten Eyck Byers, 89, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 22. She was a recent resident of Noble Horizons. Born in Rye, N.Y., Laura was a bright and thoughtful soul from the start. After her father and mother divorced when she was seven, she lived with her mother […]
Community News
Exhibition of Leslie Watkins’s Prints The National Iron Bank in Norfolk will be presenting an exhibition of Leslie Watkins’s nature prints from Oct. 30 through Dec. 30. The illustrations are from Watkins’s gardening column “Through the Garden Gate,” published in Norfolk Now. The prints are hand painted and signed by the artist, and orders […]
Norfolk Then . . .
With plans for City Meadow moving forward, it’s time to look back to the 1890s when this photograph was taken. Battell Meadow, as it was then called, was a pastoral scene with stone walls, split-rail fencing and grazing cattle. The property belonged to Robbins Battell, who lived in Whitehouse, now part of the Stoeckel Estate. […]
View From the Green
To the Strains of “The Blue Danube” Waltz By Wiley Wood A winter carnival is in the works for Norfolk this year, on February 24 and 25, organized by the Weekend In Norfolk crew. And a winter carnival, inevitably, brings thoughts of skating parties. So it was not surprising that attention should turn again to the […]
August 2017 Real Estate Transactions
On Aug. 7, 2017, 7.5 acres on Grantville Rd., from Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc. to Dale A. and Gail G. Savage, for $37,500. On Aug. 28, 2017, 45 Sunset Ridge Rd., from Fred and Phyllis M. Diggle to Paul Lussier and David Brizzolara, for $377,000. On Aug. 30, 2017, 67-69 Litchfield Rd., from Dean […]
Selectman’s Corner
By Sue Dyer A special town meeting will be held on Monday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. at the Hall of Flags in Botelle School to vote on a proposed zoning enforcement ordinance. Copies will be available in the town clerk’s office by Oct. 11. Household Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday, October 14, 2017 at […]
Joseph Carrere Fox, 1916-2017
Joseph Carrere Fox, originally of New York City, died on August 10 in Hamden, Conn. at the age of 101. A graduate of Andover and Yale (’38), Joe served with the Office of Naval Intelligence during WW II, monitoring the Panama Canal and the Straits of Gibraltar. He then returned to New York City, where […]
