May Property Transfers

On May 16, 2014, 32 Greenwoods Rd. West, from Nuhi Sadiku to DST Investments LLC, for $0. On May 23, 2014, from Evan G. Hughes to Thomas K. Carley and Alissa Churchill, 36 Roughland Rd., for $420,000.

Community News

Mark Twain on Patriotism The annual July 4 celebration in Colebrook will feature Patti Philippon of the Mark Twain House and Museum, speaking at 11 a.m. at the Colebrook Congregational Church on “Mark Twain and American Patriotism: ‘Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel.’” Patriotic songs and lunch on the village green to follow. […]

Norfolk Then…

When the railroad was constructed in 1870, several crossings had to be built in Norfolk: two over Litchfield Road, one under Greenwoods Road, and this one over Shepard Road near the entrance to Mills Way and Emerson Street. Construction of the railroad in Norfolk took two years and provided jobs for transient workers, most of […]

View from the Green

Should I Stay or Should I Go? By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo A recent op-ed in the Hartford Courant focused on the results of a new Gallup Poll concerning percentages of Americans who would prefer to live in a state other than their own if they could. The poll found that nearly half of Connecticut residents […]

Selectman’s Corner

Hazardous Waste Day, Permits, Dog Licenses and Tax Bills Household Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday, June 7 from 9 a.m. to noon in Falls Village. To register, please contact the Selectmen’s office at 860-542-5829. June is the time to get your stickers for Tobey Pond and the transfer station. The Board of Selectmen voted to […]

Community News

The Library’s Featured Artist Portraits of various artists (including flutist Eugenia Zukerman, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the Shanghai and Emerson String Quartets) captured during their performances will hang at the Norfolk Library in the month of June. A reception for the artist, Dianne Engelke, will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. […]

Norfolk Then

This familiar building with a handsome touring car parked in front was Dodd’s Garage. The son of an Irish immigrant farmer, Martin B. Dodd (1881-1944) was an early and very successful entrepreneur in the automobile industry. He began quite simply in livery, hanging his shingle in an old blacksmith shop with one car available for […]

View from the Green

Jobs For Juniors? Yes! By Rosanna Trestman With summer around the corner, many a parent begins the annual scramble to fill the three-month stretch of unstructured time facing their children. Cobbling together activities for younger kids, such as week-long soccer and art camps, the library Summer Reading program, and long days at Tobey Pond plug […]

Selectmen’s Corner

By Sue Dyer It appears that spring has finally arrived and with that there will be several meetings over the next few weeks. The annual town meeting will be held on Monday, May 12 at 7 p.m. in the Botelle School to pass the budget as presented by the Board of Finance. Public hearings regarding […]

Norfolk Then

Imagine fishing in late 19th century Norfolk. Although we donít know exactly where this photograph was taken, the shallow pond could be Wood Creek. Among those pictured here are three generations of the Wheeler family who lived nearby: grandfather Hiram Wheeler, his daughter Mary, and his grandchildren Bessie and Fred Riggs, the children of Nettie […]