A Child’s Summer in Norfolk
By Rosanna Trestman As one can see by this issue’s lead story, grown-ups can expect a summer chock a block with summer entertainment in Norfolk. The Arts Wave! weekend, an impressive effort by any standards, comes on top of our annual program of student and professional concerts at the Music Shed, drawing classes and art […]
Letters
Now, About My Newspaper There has been much talk swirling around town about the anticipated sale of Norfolk’s Corner Store, and I want to give everyone a brief update on the progression. Nearly two month’s ago, I accepted an offer on the store from a group of men that own a similar, successful, business in […]
Coming Home
View from the Green By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo While waiting to board a plane at Bradley Airport last month, I watched a couple of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq. I smiled as they greeted their families who were at the gate to meet them. Then I noticed one family who was standing just a few […]
Norfolk Lost & Found
Any idea what rock in Norfolk has “Once upon a time” beautifully etched in it? You may have walked past it a thousand times and nevr noticed. Keep your eyes peeled and you may discover it this summer… Photo By Linda Pizzica
Letters
P&Z’s TOOTHLESS REGULATIONS At the May 10 annual town meeting, Norfolk’s citizens, by an almost two-to-one margin, defeated a proposed ordinance granting the Planning and Zoning Commission authority to impose fines (“up to $100 a day”) for violations of its regulations. State law allows towns to impose sanctions of this sort, so long as they have […]
Specialty Recycling days, Permits and Dog Licenses
Household Hazardous Waste Day will be held Saturday, June 5 at the Public Works Garage in Falls Village from 9:00 a.m. to noon. You must sign up for this event by contacting the Selectmen’s Office at 860-542-5829. Electronic Collection and Paper Shredding will take place Saturday, June 12 at the Water Treatment Plant on Bogue […]
Milestones
Died – Ruth Philpotts Kopp, age 85, of Norfolk, died on February 11 in Salisbury, Conn. She was the mother of Bradford, Jeffrey and Alexander, the mother-in-Law of Jean, Susan and Kim and the grandmother of Duncan, Tyler and Andrew. Mrs. Kopp began her summers in Norfolk in 1961 and later became a full-time resident. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, […]
Letters
Giving People What They Want Ms Trestman’s comments in the February issue about having a grocery store in Norfolk brought back some horrible memories to my wife, Louise Schimmel, and me. What ended as Dina’s started in 1996 as Greenwoods Market and Café. We kept it going for three very long years. Our basic assumption […]
Some Recycling News and a Few Reminders
Starting May 1, the Town will begin accepting all plastic food and beverage containers numbering one through seven. Until now the only plastic containers we could accept were numbers one and two. All containers must be under three gallons. Here is a quick reminder of what you can recycle at the Transfer Station. All newspapers […]
Here Comes Summer
By Veronica Burns From the earliest times, the month of May has inspired poets and writers to expressions of wonder and wit. Emerging from its winter slumber, inspiration pours forth. Consider Milton, who wrote this particular verse in the 1600s. Now the bright morning-star, Day’s harbinger,? Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her […]
