View From the Green
Paving Paradise By Veronica Burns As 2009 draws to a close, Norfolk can acknowledge the work done by various commissions and groups throughout the year. Two documents now exist which are achievements in providing guidelines for the future of our town. The Natural Resource Inventory (NRI) and the Town Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) […]
Selectman’s Corner
Holiday Reminders If you are looking for a different kind of gift this holidiay season, the 2010 Connecticut Fish and Game Licenses will be on sale December 1 in the Clerk’s office at Town Hall. Fuel assistance from the state is available this year. Please contact 542-5829 to see if you qualify. Town Hall will […]
Norfolk Then…
Chickens on roller skates? Marie Kendall was a very creative photographer, and she must have had some pretty cooperative chickens, merry or not as they “roll along” in this Christmas greeting. Many of Kendall’s surprising and delightful images of Norfolk can be found in Picturing Norfolk: 1758-1958, available for holiday purchase at the Norfolk Library […]
View from the Green
Just how good is that view? By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Nobody can deny the need for a new emergency services building in town. Our volunteers, who give countless hours of their time to this community, deserve to work in a safe facility with modern conveniences. But why does this building have to be in one […]
Selectmen’s Corner
Winter is Coming Winter will soon be upon us, so it’s time to remind people of the parking ban during snowstorms. No vehicles shall be parked on town roads during snow or ice storms and afterwards, not until the roads have been plowed and sanded. If a vehicle cannot be removed, the owner is subject […]
Norfolk Then…
Meet the Bishop family outside their home near the Norfolk-North Goshen town line. There’s Ernest and Sadie to the left of their father, George; Jennie in the center behind Elsie; Martha and Mabel in front of their mother, Rose, who holds the baby. Although the children aren’t particularly bundled up, it must be cold: a […]
Letters
Drivers Need to Slow Down I would like to applaud Rosanna Trestman’s excellent article in “View From The Green” in the recent October issue of Norfolk Now. Not only did she cite our new town successes, but she also drew attention to our terrific parking problem and the many dangers created by this dilemma. Personally, […]
Community News
Botelle PTO Election Day Bake Sale The Botelle PTO will be holding their annual Election Day bake sale at Town Hall on Tuesday, November 3 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Come vote early and pick up some homemade pies, fresh baked cookies and many more yummy treats. The Guild Revisited The second annual Guild […]
View From The Green
Which Do You Want First? By Rosanna Trestman First the good news: Suddenly, Norfolk, CT has become both a tourist target and a destination for locals looking for a night out. The bad news: ditto. Just as we despaired that downtown’s storefronts would never fill and pined for some economic get up and go, along […]
Norfolk Then…
The year is 1945, and young Augustus Curtiss, known as Gus, is getting a haircut. It is close quarters in Harold Colwell’s barber shop tucked away in a small room in the Royal Arcanum building (now the Norfolk Pub). Next to Harold’s fedora, a bottle of 7up sits on a bench in the lower right […]
