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 […]
Norfolk Then…
An aerial photograph of Norfolk provides a glimpse of the town blanketed by snow on a winter’s day. At left, the Catholic Church designed by Alfredo Taylor still has its tower with open belfry. Next door children play in the yard behind the Center School, set well back from the road. This imposing brick structure […]
Community News
Library Hours Changed. Beginning January 1, the Norfolk Library will be open on Mondays until 7 p.m. but will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays. Wednesdays through Friday s they will be open until 5. On Saturdays the library hours will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. […]
Community News
Annual Church Fair On Saturday, December 6, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. you can shop locally for unique, handmade gifts, and the kids can have fun having breakfast with Santa, making ornaments and gingerbread houses. It is Christmas Fair time at the Church of Christ Congregational Chapel, on the Village Green. There will be homemade […]
Norfolk Then…
For the Kendall family of Norfolk, Christmas meant gathering to decorate an evergreen tree in their home. If this sounds traditional, it wasn’t always so. Claude Kendall, the son of Norfolk’s talented photographer Marie, recalled in a written reminiscence that his family was the first in Norfolk to have a Christmas tree. Each year Marie […]
VIEW FROM THE GREEN
An Idea Whose Time Has Already Come By Veronica Burns Last month’s View addressed the issue of hardships this winter and concluded that, despite the difficulties, people will work together and get through it. This View is also about people coming together, but on a larger, more governmental scale. Regionalism, which to some has the […]
Selectman’s Corner
News from Town Hall Now is a good time to remind everyone about the town ordinance which prohibits parking during snow storms. There will be no parking on town roads during a snow storm or an ice storm, until the roads have been plowed and sanded. In the event that the owner of a vehicle […]
