Community News
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 […]
Community News
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 […]
Norfolk Then…
When automobiles appeared on the streets of Norfolk, Augustus P. Curtiss converted the stable housing his horse and carriage livery business on Shepard Road to a garage stocked with automotive supplies and gasoline. Look carefully and you will notice Shell’s familiar scallop shell logo on top of the gasoline pump (the shell is now at […]
Milestones: Brett Olson
Born, Brett Olson, on March 12, 8 pounds, to Holly and Kurt Olson. He joins big brother Tyler.
Letters
Turtle-Bitten Like most locals. I am excited about the spring opening of Infinity Hall as a music venue and restaurant in the old Apple House building. It is interesting to note, however, that this ambitious enterprise, with its proposed 200 concerts a year (and the accompanying traffic, noise, parking problems and who knows what else) which could radically change the character […]
Norfolk Then…
This year (2008) is not the first time Hollywood has come to Norfolk. In 1945 Alfred Hitchcock filmed a scene from “Spellbound” in the Doolittle Woods. The movie starred Ingrid Bergman as Dr. Constance Peterson in the story of a psychiatrist trying to unlock the repressed memories of murder suspect John Ballantine, played by Gregory […]
Norfolk Clean Up Day Norfolk’s annual Clean-up Day will be held on Saturday, April 19. Willing participants should meet with Community Association volunteers at 9am on Town Green to help clean up our town in preparation for Earth Day. Gloves are advised and trash bags will be provided. Many hands make light work . See […]
Milestones
Born Sophia Louise March 7th, 7lbs 13oz, to John and Lisa Bazzano. Sophia is the little sister to Stephen, Colin and J.P. Born. A baby girl, to John and Suzanne Bordeaux. She joins big brother Jack Correction In the March issue of Norfolk Now, the types of plastic accepted for recycling at the transfer […]
