Letters
Tomahawk Chop I read with interest the article on Kim Scharnberg Meets Obama. I congratulate Mr. Scharnberg on his achievements and his talent. The last paragraph caused me concern, however. The writer states that among his current projects is an arrangement of “The Tomahawk Chop” for the Atlanta Braves games. I wonder if Mr. Scharnberg […]
Community News
World Peace Flag Ceremony On Sunday, June 7 at 10 a.m. the Church of Christ, Norfolk, wiith guidance from “The World Peace Sanctuary” in Amenia, New York will present an “International Peace Flag Ceremony.” Through prayer, a musical offering by Lizzie West & Baba Buffalo, and a very special flag ceremony, participants will unite together to […]
Selectmen’s Corner
The Annual Town Meeting will be held Monday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hall of Flags at Botelle Elementary School. Household Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday, June 6, from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Falls Village at the Public Works Garage. Anyone interested must sign up in the Selectmen’s Office. Please call 542-5829 […]
Norfolk Then…
The Yankees and the Red Sox are back at it, but does anyone remember the rivalry between the Crickets and the Spiders? In 1915, a New York lawyer by the name of George Case laid out a baseball field adjacent to his summer home on Sunset Ridge. There he sponsored two teams made up of […]
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 […]
