Letters—October 2016
Cost Is Not the Whole Story Who isn’t glad to hear that a new general store is coming to Station Place? The news reminded me of a time, many years ago, when I was living in Tokyo and a man named Edward Luttwak published an essay about gasoline. He had just traveled from Japan to […]
Community News—October 2016
Farmers Market Continues Into October The Norfolk Farmers Market continues its outdoor season through October 8. Local meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, artisan wares, knife sharpening. Town Hall lawn, 19 Maple Ave., Norfolk. “Norfolk Through a Lens” at the Norfolk Library The library’s October exhibition presents the work of ten Norfolk photographers, coinciding with the publication […]
Norfolk Then . . .
Planning a road trip to take in the fall foliage? In the early 1900’s, renting a touring car from A. P. Curtiss may have been an attractive option. When automobiles appeared on the streets of Norfolk, Augustus P. Curtiss converted the stable housing his horse and carriage livery business to a garage stocked with cars […]
Norfolk Throws a Party
By Ruth Melville Norfolk decided to throw a party—and people came! By all measures, last month’s Weekend in Norfolk was a resounding success. When the Weekend in Norfolk (WIN) coordinating committee, Sue Frisch, Holly Gill and I, set up the welcome tent on the green on Friday, our expectations were high but a bit […]
Selectman’s Corner—September 2016
Town Website, Assessments, Animal Control Officer By Sue Dyer If you haven’t seen the town’s new website it’s worth a visit; go to norfolkct.org. It is extremely well done and innovative. The assessor will be doing inspections during the month of September on improved real estate, either as a drive-by inspection or by making […]
July 2016 Real Estate Transfers
On July 1, Celena Lalli to Brandy R. and Shannon J. Sharack, 916 Litchfield Road, $140,000. On July 1, Sheila Ball and Carl A. Bouplon III to Salisbury Bank & Trust Co., 965 Litchfield Road, $39,417. On July 1, Great Mountain Forest Corp. to Richard S. Childs and John M. Funt, 17 acres […]
Letters
Thank You The Norfolk Rails to Trails Committee thanks Chris Little, National Iron Bank, Norfolk Land Trust, Great Mountain Forest, Norfolk Historical Society, M.I. Integrated Media and the many other friends who helped make our booth and video such a success over the WIN weekend. We also send another special thank-you to Chris Little for […]
Community News—September 2016
Pie Sale Homemade pies will be on sale at the farmers market on Saturday, September 3. The sweet and savory whole pies will cost $15 each, and proceeds will benefit the Church of Christ Congregational on the village green. Award-winning storyteller Bill Torrey at Norfolk Library Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 4,, at […]
Norfolk Then . . .
In 1900, the Collar Brothers store stood west of the intersection of Greenwoods Road and Maple Avenue adjacent to the Norfolk Library. The old store had been built in 1843 and occupied by a series of merchants. The Collar Brothers advertised boots, shoes and groceries, as well as dry goods and notions (sewing accessories such […]
Property Transfers—July 2016
7/01/2016 Celena Lalli to Brandy R. & Shannon J. Sharack 916 Litchfield Rd. MBL: 7-04/12 $140,000 7/01/2016 Sheila Ball & Carl A. Bouplon III to Salisbury Bank & Trust Co. 965 Litchfield Rd. MBL: 6-04/14 $39,417 7/01/2016 Great Mountain Forest Corp. to Richard S. Childs & John M. Funt 17 acres on Golf Dr. MBL: 7-10/7-2 $275,000 7/18/2016 PAL Investors LLC to […]
