A Marriage Long in the Making
It could be argued that as pertains to civil rights, marriage equality has moved at Mach speed over the past eight years. It was in 2004 that Massachusetts became the first state to offer gay marriage licenses. In the ensuing years, six other states have followed suit, as has the District of Columbia. There are […]
Keeping Kids Out of Trouble
Last month, in her View from the Green, Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo asked, “Are the kids all right?.” Clearly, some of them are not. This leads to the question of what we as a community can do to help raise our kids to be ‘all right’. One of the articles about the men who started the […]
Are the Kids All Right?
View from the Green By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo At risk of sounding like an elderly person at the ripe old age of 36, I have to ask the question, “Are the kids today all right?” When I think back to my teenage years, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the most reckless thing anyone […]
Milestones
Born: A son, Robertson Whitworth, to Lisa and John Bazzano, on December 27 at 4:40 p.m., weighing in at 9 pounds, 9 ounces. Robertson is little brother to Stephen, Colin, J.P. and Sophia Bazzano. Died – Gordon Francis Christinat on January 18, three days after his sixty-sixth birthday. He is survived by his wife, two […]
Truth or Fiction?
Letter to the Editor Did you hear that a little girl died falling off the children’s train set behind the Norfolk Library? Or that the train set was delivered via the old railroad tracks that go under Route 44? There is a word that defines such “legends”. The word is fabulate, […]
Taxes, Garbage and Rebates
The Hazardous Household Collection day will be Saturday, October 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Torrington Waste Water Treatment Plant on Bogue Road. To sign up, please contact the Selectmen’s Office at 860-542-5829. This is great time to get rid of those items that cannot be thrown into the waste stream. E-Collection […]
Rolling Out the Welcome Mat
By Colleen Gundlach This past summer has been an unprecedented one for Norfolk in terms of vitality, excitement and community involvement. The Artswave! event created a groundswell of community pride, and opened the town’s borders to visitors who may never have experienced the scenic beauty nor been cognizant of the cultural vistas Norfolk has to […]
Norfolk Lost & Found
What is it? Where is it? This object was donated to a group of volunteers in town, in the early part of the 20th century. The photo holds some helpful (and maybe too easy?) clues as to its location. Photo By Bruce Frisch
Help is Available
Selectman’s Corner Applications for this year’s heating assistance are now available in the Selectman’s office. For further information, please contact 860-542-5829. Please make a note that applications for Renter’s Assistance are due on September 15. The applications for the Town’s Local Option for Veterans are due no later than October 1. Please contact the Assessor’s […]
Letters
Regional Study Clarification I think that some of the wording in Bridgette Rallo’s article in the July/August issue requires clarification. The article states, “Instead, Board of Education members will support a proposed Regional 7 study which considers whether it is financially feasible to assume the education of all children in grades K-12. BOS members agreed […]
