Letters
Grateful For Summer Pleasures As I write this, the sun is setting on what has been another gorgeous summer day. I have just returned home from my afternoon swim at Tobey Pond and my heart is full of gratitude for the great gift of this little piece of paradise. I recall the days when my […]
Selectman’s Corner
Revaluation and Hazardous Waste By Sue Dyer As required by state statute, Norfolk is currently undergoing a statistical revaluation. The Appraisal Resource Group will be traveling our roads making random exterior site inspections. If you are a senior or veteran new to town, please contact the assessor’s office at 860-542-5287 for any tax relief or […]
Community News
Upcoming Aton Forest Workshops Join us at Aton Forest in September to get outside and learn about what’s happening in our natural world. There will be a variety of offerings including programs on Fall Wildflowers (Sept. 7), Wild Mushrooms (Sept. 14) and Grass Identification (Sept. 25). For more information please visit www.atonforest.org or contact us […]
Norfolk Then . . .
The railroad was a visible part of the Norfolk landscape a century ago. Constructed in 1870, it approached the village from the south along Litchfield Road, first passing through the hamlet of Grantville near Winchester Road. After skirting the Village Green to the east, the tracks crossed under Greenwoods Road (Route 44) at the entrance […]
View From The Green
Occupy Norfolk By Colleen Gundlach He told me, “There are 120,000 veterans living on the streets. 38,000 of them are females. There shouldn’t be even one of these people who risked their lives for this country living on the streets.” He went on to say that he had met former Green Berets living in the […]
Letters
Working Toward More Affordable Housing Thank you for the opportunity to provide input into a vision for Norfolk in 10 years. It was 10 years ago that we began searching for a home to buy. We looked at houses in Norfolk, but they were not affordable to us at the time. We purchased a three […]
Community News
Harvest Now The Missions Committee of the Norfolk Church of Christ is participating in Harvest Now, a charity that grows food so that fresh produce can be donated to food banks in Connecticut. Help is needed. Norfolk residents who have a garden or are willing to grow vegetables for donation are asked to contact Tom […]
Norfolk Then . . .
Meet John o’the Woods, perhaps the most well-known homeless man in 19th century Connecticut. In the course of his migrations, which spanned forty years, he regularly tramped through Norfolk in late spring and early fall, taking meals at farms along his route. The Town of Norfolk was expected to care for its destitute, and […]
Norfolk Then
While the shrill whistle and smoke of locomotives arriving at the Norfolk station have been replaced by the downshifting and diesel fumes of trucks on Route 44, the landscape of Norfolk is still marked by the railroad. There are track beds hidden in the woods, now used as nature trails, and bridge abutments can be […]
Community News for July 2013
Vegetables Needed The Mission Committee of the Norfolk Church of Christ Congregational UCC is supporting Harvest Now, a food growing charity that donates fresh produce to Connecticut food banks. If you have a garden, or are willing to grow vegetables to donate, please contact Tom Vergo at 379-3461 or thomasvergo01@earthlink.net. The Missions Committee will coordinate […]
