Community News
Activities at the Norfolk HubHub Art Reception – Sunday, Dec. 3 from 3 to 5 p.m. Women Connect – Join us for a gathering of women, conversation, and connection on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.. Guest Speaker, Rebecca Hart: “One Year After Dobbs, How New England is Impacted by the Fall of […]
Norfolk Then…
Once there was a tower in Norfolk from which Rapunzel could have let down her hair. Rising from the east end of the Royal Arcanum building, built in 1904, it served as a hose tower for the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department. The Royal Arcanum building was a joint venture between the NVFD and the Wangum […]
View From the Green
A Look To the North By David Beers Many Norfolkians reading this are probably Connecticut-centric in their geographic thinking. This means we tend to favor and gravitate to in-state locations for work and play. Traveling south, east and west along the well-worn routes to Winsted, Torrington, Salisbury, Goshen and North Canaan is much more common […]
In Memoriam
Timothy Walter King (1966-2023) Timothy Walter King, 57, entered into eternal life on Oct. 21, 2023, with family by his side. Born Sept. 11, 1966, in Winsted, he was the son of the late Paul and Rita (Lachat) King. Timothy graduated from the special needs program at Conard High School in West Hartford, where he […]
Letters
Thank You On behalf of Great Mountain Forest, Norfolk Curling Club and the Town of Norfolk, the Norfolk Rails to Trails Committee would like to thank all our generous sponsors and volunteers who worked so hard at making this year’s 2023 Tour de Forest Bike Ride a huge success. We were fortunate that the weather […]
Community News
History of Maritime Knitting Join the Norfolk knitting circle at the library on Friday, Nov. 3, at 3:30 p.m., for Rebecca Bayreuther Donohue’s presentation on “Knit So As to Turn Water: The History of New England’s Maritime Knitting.” Please visit the Norfolk Library website or call 860-542-5075 ext. 2 to register. Rewilding New England Forests […]
Norfolk Then…
This photograph was taken about 1880 from the ledges on the Stoeckel property looking north to Haystack Mountain. By then the hills of Norfolk had been deforested by the iron industry and the trees cut down to make charcoal. We have a clear view of the landscape and the pastures of Haystack Mountain Farm. Shepard […]
View From the Green
How did we shape up? By Colleen Gundlach When something momentous happens in a town, it sometimes begins quietly, without fanfare, and quite innocuously. Then slowly, like a snowball rolling down a hill, it gains girth and strength until it becomes a vital source of information and communication in the lives of the townspeople. Such […]
Letters
Hazards of Farming An agricultural enterprise in Norfolk converted to organic practices after years of using pesticides, which was a relief for nearby residents, as pesticides increase rates of human cancers and harm birds and other pollinators. This business now applies manure waste from nonorganic dairy farms in Canaan to their fields. Although this application […]
Letters
I am writing in response to a letter posted in the September issue of Norfolk Now, “They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot.” The writer noted that the town did not warn residents or post flyers indicating that work was going to take place on town roads after the July flooding. Those traveling, […]
