Norfolk Then…
In 1900, the Collar Brothers store stood adjacent to the Norfolk Library on the corner of Greenwoods Road and Maple Avenue (visible at the far right). The old store had been built in 1843 and was occupied by a series of merchants. The Collar Brothers advertised boots, shoes and groceries, as well as dry goods […]
Selectman’s Corner
Get Ready for Summer By Matt Riiska The budget process is over and received approval at the Annual Town Meeting on May 13. We all worked hard to keep the increase of 2.5 percent as low as we could but with our education spending increasing by $570,000, there was little we could do. With all […]
Real Estate Transactions
On April 1, from Briscoe Road LLC to Geoffrey D. Silverstein & Amy J. Rabinowitz, 38 Grant Street for $389,000. On May 9, from 368 Greenwoods Road West LLC to SGF Properties LLC, 368 Greenwoods Road West for $220,000. On May 15, from James E. Peacock & Carolyn B. Peacock to Brian F. North & […]
Know Your Neighbor
Turi Rostad How did you come to Norfolk? My grandfather moved up here from Winsted. We lived in the house across from Botelle on Beacon Lane. I was the fourth kid and the house got too small, so we moved to Roughland Road. I moved back to Norfolk 25 years ago because I was a single […]
Community News
Norfolk Hosts Dragon Boat Festival The Connecticut-Asia Cultural Center will hold a Dragon boat festival on Saturday, June 1, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its campus at 207A Westside Road. Children will be able to participate in dragon boat racing activities, arts and crafts, and have their photo taken in an actual dragon boat […]
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 […]
Real Estate Transactions
On March 25, from Xcelerated Lending LLC to Matthew Catalano, 257 Bruey Road, for $505,000.
Selectman’s Corner
Volunteers Needed By Matt Riiska I have mentioned this before on a few occasions, but here we go again. We need volunteers to fill positions on many of our boards, commissions and committees, not to mention our ambulance and fire departments. We are currently looking for new members for the Inland Wetlands Agency and the […]
Know Your Neighbor
Christopher Keyes With this piece, Norfolk Now is launching a new series to get to know our neighbors better and to find common ground by talking about our relationship to our exceptional town. How did you come to Norfolk? I came to know Norfolk through friends in the late ’90s. I recall a walk up Dennis […]
Norfolk Remembers: Elizabeth Ann (Poll) Leifert
Elizabeth A Leifert, 80, passed away March 28, 2024. She was the wife of 60 years of Lawrence A. Leifert. Born in Torrington on Feb. 3, 1944, she was the daughter of Armand and Katherine Killiany Poll and a graduate of the Hart School of Music. She worked for the State of Connecticut Department of […]
