Norfolk Lost & Found
Pictured above is Farmer Smith’s house at the corner of Smith Rd. and Old Goshen Rd. His cows kept the corner marsh free of brush and full of iris. After his death, the cows departed, and brush grew up in place of iris, obscuring the view of the house, which has changed shape after several waves […]
Winter Reminders
By Sue Dyer Fish and game licenses are currently available in the Town Clerk’s office. The second tax payment is due by February 1, 2010. A reminder: during snow storms cars cannot be parked on the roads or they could be towed at the owner’s expense. It impedes plowing and storm clean up. If residents […]
Letters
To Friends and Neighbors of Norfolk Thank you so very much for the wonderful reception held Sunday afternoon. It was great to have a chance to visit with so many friends. Thank you to the Town Hall staff for their hard work in organizing this festive occasion. Thanks also for the wonderful cards, gifts and […]
Norfolk Lost & Found
This 18th century house is still standing in Norfolk, although in a very different guise. Built in 1764, it was the home of a hatmaker and has since been enlarged. Can you identify this house? (Hint: The mountain behind it now has a tower.) Photo Copyright Norfolk Historical Society
Northwestern Looks To The Stars
By Colleen Gundlach Good things are happening on the hill in Winsted. Too often we read news accounts about schools that are failing to meet our children’s needs and about teachers who don’t care. We need to hear about the exceptional outcomes and imaginative, creative methods being employed to provide top-notch education to students, especially […]
Letters
The View is Just Fine Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo surely echoed the views of most if not all Norfolkians in her View From the Green article last month regarding the pride we take in the beauty of our town. Norfolk’s historical architecture is something we all cherish. We should be cautious however in considering the creation […]
COMMUNITY NEWS
A Sweet Fundraiser As a fundraiser, Botelle School’s graduating 6th grade Class of 2010 will be selling homemade Christmas cookies. Purchase a box of 24 cookies, beautifully boxed for that perfect gift. Each sells for $15. Order your cookies by contacting Gwen Green at 860-542-5336 or place your order at the Norfolk Corner. The deadline […]
Letters
Sewer Dumpings We feel the article “Sewage Dumping in Local Woods”, published in the November “Norfolk Now” and the Waterbury Republican, has had a negative impact on the W. F. Torrant Co., Inc. and has embarassed the Torrant family members residing in Norfolk. We are asking that your newspaper issue a clarification, and that you […]
Letters
To the Editor of Norfolk Now: I am a member of the Emergency Services Building Committee, writing with my personal response to the November editorial, “Just How Good is That View?” I was surprised by the editor’s question as to why the new Emergency Services Building is sited on the corner of Route 44 and […]
Letters
More Emergency Services I was surprised to note that the Norfolk Now has adopted a new policy for printing articles without a basis of fact. In the column “Just how good is that view,” the statement that a building was hastily approved by the building committee and the Planning and Zoning Commission was totally off […]
