Selectmen’s Corner
Here’s Looking at Spring! By Sue Dyer It’s been a challenging winter and I want to pass along our appreciation for your understanding. It’s hard on the public works crew but I know they do a good job and they work hard to make sure the roads are navigable. It’s budget season and the Board […]
Milestones
Arlene Swift Jones, a poet, memoirist and educator, died at home in Bloomfield, Conn. on December 31, surrounded by her three daughters and granddaughter. The cause was sepsis, following complications from peripheral vascular disease. As the wife of a foreign service officer, Jones lived in Germany, Poland, Cyprus, Norway and Switzerland, with spells in Greece, […]
Community News
Nature Collage Workshop Great Mountain Forest will host a Nature Collage Workshop for adults on February 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 200 Canaan Mountain Road in Falls Village. Contact Jean Bronson for more information, jean@greatmountainforest.org. Art Reception A closing reception for the ‘Sky & Sea’ exhibit at Aija will take place on Saturday, […]
Norfolk Then . . .
With the Norfolk Curling Club back in full swing, or sweep, have a look at the earliest days of curling in Norfolk. The sport was introduced here 60 years ago by Elisabeth Childs, whose father John Walcott Calder had been an avid curler in Utica, New York. The first games were held on Tamarack Pond […]
Selectmen’s Corner
By Sue Dyer Our statistical revaluation will soon be completed. By mid-December real-estate owners will receive a notice regarding the change, if any, in assessment. For anyone who has general questions or is interested in how the valuations were compiled there will be an informational meeting Saturday, January 4, at 10 a.m. at the Norfolk […]
Norfolk Then
Holiday greetings from farm country in the early 1890’s. Photographer Marie Kendall set up this enchanting tableau in the back yard of the family home on Greenwoods Road, opposite the entrance to Westside Road. Look carefully in the distance across the town meadow and you can see the houses that lined Laurel Way in a […]
Letters
PTO Is Grateful The PTO of Botelle School would like to express our immense gratitude to the people of Norfolk for their understanding at this difficult time. The donations and moral support we have received, from local foundations, small businesses, families and individuals, have reaffirmed our enthusiasm for the work that we do. We promised […]
Community News
An Early Crop On December 7, the Norfolk Farmers will move indoors to the Battell Chapel for a holiday sale. Artisans and food vendors will sell everything from handmade soaps, local cheese, jewelry, grass-fed meat and a book stall featuring local authors. 10-2 rain or shine. Activities for all ages The Colebrook Senior and Community […]
View From The Green
And Now . . . Norfolk 2033! By Kurt Steele A strong sense of collaborative pride marked Norfolk Now’s second symposium in Infinity Hall, sponsored by the newspaper on its 20th anniversary. John Dankosky, now a major figure with NPR News in Washington, flew up for the day to again moderate the discussion with five […]
Selectmen’s Corner
By Sue Dyer Congratulations to Norfolk Now on its 10th anniversary. Their October 5th event was well attended and Ann Havemeyer’s introduction, “Norfolk Swept Under the Rug,” was quite a learning experience. Revaluation of all real estate as of October 1, 2013 continues and notices of assessment changes will be mailed out in December. For […]
