Letters December 2014
Blue-sky Thinking Norfolk’s topography is topsy-turvy. Unlike neighboring towns on Route 44, the heart of Norfolk is situated on a steep hill that begins and ends with dangerous boomerang-shaped curves that run past our two memorial greens. Most drivers are in a hurry to get through this roller coaster ride, vigilant for their safety and […]
Community News—December 2014
Breakfast With Santa! Take the kids out and enjoy the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department’s twentieth annual Breakfast with Santa, a buffet-style breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, juice and coffee. Bring your camera—great photo opportunity for the family! Proceeds will benefit the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department. Saturday, December 6 from 7 to 10 a.m. at Battel Chapel […]
Norfolk Then . . .
December brings the Calder Trophy Men’s Bonspiel to Norfolk. Established about 1960, the trophy is named after John Walcott Calder of Utica, NY, a veteran curler who curled in the first-ever Olympic demonstration at the 1936 Winter Games in Lake Placid. Calder’s daughter, Elisabeth, introduced the sport to Norfolk when she married Ted Childs, and […]
View From the Green
Fix It, Don’t Toss It By Ruth Melville It’s a long winter in Norfolk, and the sun goes down early. The lengthy evenings indoors can be tedious, even for the avid reader or TV watcher. The library does a lot to offer indoor activities for someone who wants to get out of the house, with […]
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 […]
