Community News—March 2016
Tax Relief Available Applications for Elderly and Totally Disabled Homeowners and Additional Veterans Tax Relief Programs are now available through the assessor’s office. Please visit the Town Hall or contact Assessor Michele Sloane at 860-542-5287 for more information. St. Patrick’s Day Concert at the Norfolk Library: Goitse Forged in the white-hot crucible of Limerick […]
Norfolk Then . . .
It was a busy afternoon at the General Electric plant in 1952. On the banks of the Blackberry River, in a building that had been a 19th-century stone mill, GE opened a branch in 1946 to make starters for fluorescent lights. Twelve Norfolk women were employed at first, but the number soon grew to 145 […]
Real Estate Transfers—Oct.–Dec. 2015
October 1, Estate of Catherine P. Fields to Alison Smela, 101 Shepard Rd., $233,000. October 5, Peter R. Pouncey to David G. & Amy Troyansky, 25 North St., $515,000. October 5, Michael & Cynthia Creamer to DST Investments LLC, 82 Greenwoods Rd. E., $45,000. October 6, Kevin Morse & Karen Petokas Hunt to Sandra Anasoulis, […]
View From the Green—Feb. 2016
Winter Views By Ruth Melville My second favorite part of winter is that the absence of foliage lets you see things you can’t see in greener, leafier parts of the year. Previously hidden places and connections become newly visible, sometimes in unexpected ways. Looking out from the top of our hill we can see […]
Selectman’s Corner—February 2016
Assessment Appeals and Problems With the DMV By Sue Dyer The deadline for Board of Assessment appeals is March 20, 2016. Contact the assessor, 860-542-5287, for applications and further information. The state Department of Motor Vehicles continues to experience technical difficulties resulting from its computer conversion of last August. Residents current on their motor vehicle […]
Milestones—Barbara Mulville
Barbara Mulville Barbara Ann Mulville, an active and devoted member of the Norfolk community, died in early December at age 84. She was born on August 24, 1931, in Greenwich, Conn., where she graduated from high school as the “most athletic girl.” She played softball for the Raybestos Girl All-Stars, a team known today […]
Bringing There to Here (or Building Norfolk’s Center)
Guest View By Pete Anderson Where is Norfolk’s center? The Village Green? The library? Town Hall? Infinity Hall? The fire station? The EMT building? Station Place? Each of these is a center for some of the people, some of the time. But where is our commercial center? Consider how the cluster of Norfolk’s oldest […]
Norfolk Then . . . (Feb. 2016)
Here’s a dilemma those born in a leap year might relate to: what do you do when your 21st birthday is not on the calendar? George Washington faced just this conundrum in 1752. He had been born on February 11, 1731. When England and its colonies switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in […]
Obituary—Marion Ann Donovan
Marion Ann Donovan, a career foreign service officer and world traveler, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. She was 95 years old. Marion Donovan was born on October 13, 1920, and grew up in Brooklyn, where she played the violin and piano and read voraciously. Her love of travel began early, […]
Letters—December 2015
Congratulations to All It was good to see the number of individuals who came out to vote on November 3. I would like to congratulate Sue Dyer and all of the other candidates who were successful. To those of us who were not, all I can say is we all need to continue to participate […]
