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Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving and Praise Sunday November 23 at 4 p.m. Battell Chapel, Church of Christ on the Green. Please join us for this opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving. This service will be led by friends from Church of Christ, Immaculate Conception Church, and the Church of the Transfiguration — and all are welcome to […]
Norfolk Then…
The United States Men’s Gymnastics Team in training for the Olympics? Or a group of Norfolk men working out at the Eldridge Gymnasium (now Town Hall)? Any one of the men in this 1896 photograph might have participated in the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece in April of that year. There were […]
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“Under the Greenwood Tree” Mary Tyrrell, Executive Director Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will deliver a lecture on the history and future of Norfolk’s forests. The event is sponsored by the Norfolk-Colebrook Garden Club and the Norfolk Land Trust. Norfolk library September 13, 4 p.m. Energy Task Force […]
Selectman’s Corner
Time to Sign Up For Hazardous Waste Collection, Tobey Pond Stickers and Much More By Sue Dyer You will be able to get rid of your household hazardous waste on Saturday, June 7 at the Falls Village Public Works Garage from 9 a.m. until noon. To sign up contact the Selectmen’s Office. The Connecticut Resource […]
Norfolk Then…
The auction is about to begin as shoppers browse among tables, chairs and chests of drawers displayed in front of George W. Scoville’s store on Greenwoods Road near the corner of the Green. Scoville was a dealer in furniture and upholstery as well as town undertaker and funeral director. The store no longer stands, but […]
View From The Green
Time To Say Thanks, Paul By Lloyd Garrison In the past, the relationship between Yale’s summer programs and most residents of Norfolk could best be described as distant. Except for the few who boarded summer music students or were partial to chamber music, the closest most residents got to Yale’s presence was the sight of […]
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Costumes and Textiles on Display The Norfolk Historical Museum ‘s 2008 summer exhibition titled “A Common Thread: Two Centuries of Costumes and Textiles in Norfolk,” is now open. A variety of different costumes have been brought to life in period settings which give the museum’s first floor exhibition gallery an exciting new look. Among the […]
View from the Green
Keep it Simple By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo On Earth Day, Matthew Freund was a guest speaker at our monthly Energy Task Force meeting in town hall. He spoke about the methane digester he built at their farm in Canaan and plans for the biomass plant to be built next spring that will provide enough energy […]
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Literary Liaisons at the Norfolk Library The Norfolk Library hosts its biennial gala, Literary Liaisons, on May 17. The event honors ten contemporary American authors: Amy Bloom, Ellen Feldman, Frances Fitzgerald, James Sterba, Daniel Hecht, Verlyn Klinkenborg, George Packer, David Potter, Dani Shapiro, and Dennis Watlington. A gala cocktail reception for the authors will be […]
Selectmen’s Corner
Notes from Town Hall By: Sue Dyer The annual town meeting will be held on Monday, May 12 at 7 p.m. at the Botelle School Hall of Flags. There will be a referendum on the Regional Seven High School budget on Tuesday, May 6 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Norfolk Town Hall. The Board […]
