Milestones
Dennis Gawtry Collins, 79, died unexpectedly on March 15, 2014. Born April 3, 1934, in New York City, he was raised in Millbrook, N.Y., where he attended Millbrook School, followed by Cornell University. A lifelong outdoorsman, birder and conservationist, Collins helped organize the Norfolk Land Trust in his home basement. Following a career […]
Community News
Workshops and a Walk at Aton Forest Embrace the winter before it’s gone and join us for a Winter Walk in the Woods, Saturday, March 1 from 10 a.m. to noon. We are also offering two workshops: Winter Tree and Shrub Identification with John Anderson, Thursday, March 13 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.; and Winter […]
Norfolk Then . . .
From Mother Goose to Ogden Nash, March winds have been the poet’s muse. In the familiar nursery rhyme, they bring April showers and May flowers. In 1888, however, March winds brought in the biggest blizzard to hit the Northeast in recorded history. Beginning on March 12, the storm lasted three days and crippled the region […]
Real Estate Transactions—January 2014
The following property transfers were recorded at town hall in January: 114 Colebrook Road, from 114 Colebrook Rd. LLC to Thomas Fahsbender & Jennifer Almquest, $300,000, on Jan. 27, 2014. 310-312 Litchfield Road, from Arden Mason to Jennie K. Brown, $925,000, on January 30, 2014.
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 […]
