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 […]

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 […]