View from the Green
Distracted Driving By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo We’re all guilty of it. You’re in the car, bored as hell on your fourth trip to Torrington in three days, and your phone pings, or chirps, or whistles at you, and you simply must know what information is coming in . . . immediately. So you check […]
Selectmen’s Corner—May 2017
There will be a referendum on the Northwestern Regional No. 7 budget on Tuesday, May 2 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Norfolk Town Hall. Please come out and vote. The Annual Town Meeting will be held on Monday, May 8 at 7 p.m. at Botelle School in the Hall of Flags.
March Real Estate Transactions
On March 2, US Bank Trust NA, Trustee, sold 988 Litchfield Road to Brad Bousquet for $100,000. On March 28, Pamela Kinsey sold 25 acres of land on Loon Meadow Drive to Michael J. Halloran for $50,000.
Letters—May 2017
Keep Norfolk Safe and Clean In the April 2017 edition of Norfolk Now, a letter appeared explaining that the Economic Development Commission was considering the development of a neighborhood cleanup and watch program. I am pleased to announce that many residents have already responded in a positive way. Some of you have already been picking […]
Community News—May 2017
Regional 7 Budget Referendum Voting on the Northwestern Regional School District No. 7 2017-2018 Budget Referendum will take place on Tuesday, May 2 from noon to 8 p.m. at Town Hall. Birding by Ear at Aton Forest Learn to distinguish a variety of both breeding and migrant bird species by song and call at […]
Norfolk Then . . .
When the railroad was constructed in Norfolk, it was necessary to build several crossings, such as the bridge over Litchfield Road seen in the background of this photograph. The house in the foreground, still standing opposite the entrance to Mountain Road, was the home of postmaster Leo Curtiss and called Twin Willows. The railroad route […]
Norfolk Then…
Freight trains lumbered through Norfolk on a daily basis in the early 20th century, transporting anthracite coal from Pennsylvania. The trains could be more than 20 cars long and usually required a second engine or pusher to get the heavy load up the hills to Norfolk. The freight station, pictured on the right, was […]
Community News
Winter Farmers Markets There are two more indoor winter farmers markets: April 1 and 15. The markets are in Town Hall, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The first outdoor market of the year will be on May 13. Appalachian Trail Slide Presentation On Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Norfolk Library, Sam […]
Norfolk Speaks
Letters Consumption Encouraged Let’s eat! Let’s drink! And buy stuff. We are now blessed with a quintessential general store we hardly deserve in our quintessential little town. We need to put on a few pounds and spend a few dollars. Jettison that Kindle for a moment and buy an actual newspaper before they join the […]
Obituary
Marc Nied Marc Alexander Ball Nied died unexpectedly in Aiken, S.C., on February 20. He was born in 1960 in Summit, N.J. He attended Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and graduated from Hunter College in New York City. More recently, he was awarded his Master Gardner certification. Marc lived in Norfolk and in Aiken. He […]
