Property Transfers, September 2014
On September 15, Salisbury Bank & Trust to Babak LLC, 9.44 acres on Greenwoods Rd. West, $45,000. On September 15, Joel Pensley to Gregory J. Dunn, 211 Schoolhouse Rd., $750,000. On September 18, Colin and Deborah Tait to Susan N. Wagner, 41 Litchfield Rd., $250,000. On September 29, Leanne Walcott to Great Mountain Forest Corp., […]
Milestones
—Enrico Ferorelli (b. Aug. 29, 1941) died October 6 at home, surrounded by his loving wife, Martha, their children, Josephine and Francesco, and a cousin from Rome. Ferorelli loved Doolittle Lake and immortalized it in his photographs. A memorial service is being planned for late November or early December in New York City to recall […]
Selectmen’s Corner
Testing of the Notification System November 6 We will be testing the “Alert Norfolk” notification system on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. If you asked to be notified by telephone, there will be a slight delay before the automated message begins. Once it begins, please follow the voice commands so that we know […]
Letters November 2014
Attitudes and Platitudes I fondly remember the feeling I had when I first visited Norfolk eleven years ago. Having lived in big cities, suburban neighborhoods and small rural towns, my perspective then was based on seeing what Norfolk is—a lovely small town with amazing cultural offerings, overwhelming natural beauty and a tight-knit community where people […]
Community News, November 2014
Learn to Curl The Curling Club will be offering clinics at 10:30 on Saturday mornings throughout December. Sometimes a special event will preempt the clinic, so to check the schedule, and to sign up, go to the club’s website, www.norfolkcurlingclub.org. American Canopy Book Talk at Library Eric Rutkow will give a presentation at the Norfolk […]
Norfolk Then . . .
Can you find the leg of mutton in this scene? The turkey doesn’t seem quite big enough to feed the clan gathered on the porch for Thanksgiving. Perhaps it is just the carcass that’s proudly displayed on the platter. Father didn’t take off his apron after carving the bird but quickly donned a coat to […]
View from the Green
Thanks for the Memories By Bob Bumcrot It is most generous of issue editor Shelley Harms to give me her View from the Green for this, the first month of Francesca’s and my relocation from Norfolk to Back Bay Boston. Like Dorothy and Bob Pam, now in Amherst, we hope to return for short stays […]
Letters
Consolidation Considerations Colleen Gundlach’s View from the Green hopefully alerts residents of both Colebrook and Norfolk alike to further examine regionalization before committing to a path that is nearly impossible to change. If the only issue were having our friends and neighbors from Colebrook share in our school community, I would wholeheartedly support that! Unfortunately, […]
Community News
Norfolk Land Trust Trail Race and Trail Work Day October 4, 9:30 a.m., 5K Trail Race. Come run or walk through beautiful Barbour Woods, meet at Loversí Lane Trailhead, prizes to the top three male and female runners. October 18, Trail Work Day, meet at 10 Station Place at 9 a.m. for coffee, sign-in. Volunteers […]
Norfolk Then . . .
The year is 1945, and young Augustus Curtiss, known as Gus, is getting a haircut. It is close quarters in Harold Colwell’s barber shop tucked away in a small room in the Royal Arcanum building (now the Wood Creek Bar & Grill). Next to Harold’s fedora, a bottle of 7-up sits on a bench in […]
