Milestones
Died: Catherine “Cay” P. Fields, at her daughter’s home in Carmel, NY, on July 11. She was a long-time resident of Norfolk, where her husband Harold Fields was born and raised. She was at various times a school board member, active in Boy and Girl Scouting, a realtor with her own Norfolk agency, President of […]
Community News
Learn CPR and First Aid The Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance is offering CPR and First Aid training, free for Norfolk residents, at the ambulance building, 7 Shepard Road. October 2, 6-9 p.m.: Adult, Child, Infant CPR/AED October 3, 6-9:30 p.m.: Basic First Aid. Questions or to register: Sandy Evans, 860-542-5200 or ase6@att.net. NORFOLK 2023! October […]
Letters
Why Bond Everything At Once? After reading the story in September’s Norfolk Now “…Pension Plan Underfunded by $1 Million,” I’m hearing a recurring question. Given the state of Norfolk’s finances, and other issues, why would a single bond be used to cover three undertakings with widely disparate levels of importance, i.e., the pension underfunding, the […]
Norfolk Then
With a new firehouse proposed for Norfolk, here’s a look back at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Shepard Road firehouse on June 6, 1970. By then the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department had outgrown its original quarters in the Royal Arcanum Building, built in 1904 on Station Place. Pictured in this photograph from left to right […]
Guest Editorial
No Country For Young Men / By Christopher Sinclair Upon graduating from college and returning to Norfolk this past May I experienced several sensations which I often experience upon returning to Norfolk, my home. The remedial effects of the exceptionally clean air, hellos from people whom I’ve known far longer than I can recall, a […]
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 […]
