Community News—December 2015
A Tradition of Wreath Making at GMF Come join your Great Mountain Forest friends for their annual wreath-making workshops. Saturday, December 5, from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, December 6, from 9 a.m. to noon are family sessions. Sunday, December 6, from 1 to 4 p.m. is an adults-only session. Fees: $35 per person, $50 […]
Norfolk Then . . .
For the Kendall family of Norfolk, Christmas meant gathering to decorate an evergreen tree in their home. If this sounds traditional, it wasn’t always so. Claude Kendall, the son of Norfolk’s skilled photographer Marie Hartig Kendall, recalled in a written reminiscence that his family was the first in Norfolk to have a Christmas tree. Each […]
Community News—November 2015
Yoga, Fitness, Dance Fitness, Zumba and Kundalini Yoga at Church of Christ Church of Christ hosts yoga on Mondays from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., a fitness class on Tuesday nights from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and a dance fitness class every Wednesday night from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Zumba is held on Saturday mornings from […]
Letters—November 2015
Heartfelt Thanks Only in Norfolk can you feel the arms of a whole town around you in a time of sorrow. Only in Norfolk can you make one call to the Selectman’s Office and say, “We need that burial plot,” and not have to think about it again. And later, when there is a […]
Selectmen’s Corner—November 2015
Public informational meeting and new town website By Sue Dyer The State of Connecticut Department of Transportation is holding a public informational hearing at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 5 at the Botelle Elementary School’s Hall of Flags to present information regarding the replacement of the retaining walls on Route 44 from approximately the […]
Obituary–Bruce Hanke
Surrounded by family and close friends, Bruce Hanke left this world on Monday, October 12 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born at Plunkett Memorial Hospital in Adams, Mass. on November 3, 1958 to William and Mildred (Kryston) Hanke. Growing up on East Road in Adams, next to his grandmother’s farm, Hanke spent summers and […]
Norfolk Then…
The names of candidates who lose elections often fade into obscurity, or perhaps become questions on “Jeopardy.” In 1940, however, dark-horse candidate Wendell Willkie’s effective criticism of Roosevelt’s New Deal administration spawned hundreds of grassroots “Willkie for President” clubs throughout the country which many people still remember. The banner in this photograph hangs from the […]
Obituary
Carl Gundlach Carl Gundlach passed away on August 25, 2015 after a long illness. Born on July 20, 1952, in Torrington, he was the son of Heinz, Sr. and Helen Gundlach. He attended local schools and was a graduate of Northwestern Regional #7. In 1974, he married Colleen Sullivan and began a dance that would last […]
Letters—October 2015
Thank you I’m proud to have been employed by the Town of Norfolk for over 12 years as Transfer Station Attendant/Highway Maintainer. I made so many good friends. My job was more social than work. Being able to answer your questions about recycling, and doing our part to do it properly—thank you for all you […]
Norfolk Then…
John Jay, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1789-1795), dined at this house in Norfolk. The John Jay Papers are housed at Columbia University, and in Jay’s diary for October 12, 1790, he wrote “went to Norfolk – dined at the widow Wilcox’s […]
