View from the Green
It Takes a Village By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo The recent screening of The Vicious Kind, the film that was shot in Norfolk last year, was a wonderful show of support for the film and this publication. It was incredible seeing our town up on the big screen. From a beautiful shot of the western slope […]
Community News
Spaghetti Dinner A fundraiser dinner will be held at the Battell Chapel by Botelle School’s class of 2009 on May 2 from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The meal will consist of spaghetti with meatballs, salad, rolls, cupcakes and a drink. $5 for children and seniors, $7 for adults ($25 family cap). Rabies Clinic A […]
View from the Green
Yes They Can By Rosanna Trestman On January 20 Botelle school set a projector in the cafeteria and aired Barack Obama’s swearing in ceremony. (Coincidentally, it was lunchtime). Throughout the day, teachers interrupted lessons to broadcast the proceedings on TVs in the classrooms or the on big screen in the Hall of Flags. At Regional […]
Norfolk Then…
Norfolk’s Village Hall provided a variety of entertainment for townspeople at the turn of the 20 th century, as this 1906 photograph of the Arcanum Minstrels illustrates. At that time professional minstrel shows were on the wane, having been replaced by vaudeville, although amateur troupes such as this one continued to make use of blackface […]
Milestones
Died: Elisabeth C. Childs, wife of the late Edward Coffin Childs, died peacefully at home on Jan. 20, 2009. Born on March 1, 1921, and raised in Utica, N.Y., she was a resident of Norfolk, Conn., for 57 years. She leaves four children, Betsy Gill and Star Childs, both of Norfolk, Edward Childs of Dummerston, […]
Letters
Cheers to the Pub “Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name…and they’re always glad you came.” We all remember the familiar “Cheers” jingle from the 80s. But for a few of us Norfolkians, the ballad rings true. The news of the Speckled Hen Pub closing its doors was very sad for us. The […]
Community News
Norfolk After School Program Winter Session begins in early February for kids in pre-K through 6th grade. Some classes to look forward to are: Newspaper Club, Secret Box Making, Cooking Vegetarian, Sewing and Crafts, Scrabble Club, Pee Wee Sports, intro to basketball and possibly a music class as well. Classes are 6 weeks long and […]
View from the Green
What If….. By Colleen Gundlach As 2008 draws to a close, it is interesting to ponder how the year might have been different. What if Sandy Evans, Judy Ludwig, Beth Podhajecki and the rest of the 250th committee had not had the talent, drive and enthusiasm that they poured into Norfolk’s Semiquincentennial celebration? The events […]
Selectman’s Corner
New Road Supervisor Hired By Sue Dyer The Board of Selectmen has hired a new road supervisor, John Allyn. He was previously employed by the town of Morris and brings over 20 years of experience in public works to the town. He has certainly been indoctrinated, with our roller coaster of winter events that occurred […]
Milestones
Born: A daughter, Sadie Rose, born to Jonathan and Lindsey (Pizzica) Rotolo, on December 6 at 10:26 p.m, weighing in at 6 pounds 10 ounces. Mom and baby are both doing well. Died: Rose T. Barbagallo died peacefully on December 24. She was the wife of John A. Barbagallo and the mother of Louis […]
