Reading, Writing and Texting
View from the Green By Colleen Gundlach Developing and editing an issue of Norfolk Now always has its rewards and challenges. Editing this month’s issue was an especially thought provoking process in many ways. From seeing first hand the dedication of a group of townspeople working to provide affordable housing to people less fortunate than […]
View From The Green
Winter Musings By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo My husband gave me a beautiful book for Christmas, When Wanderers Cease to Roam: a Traveler’s Journal of Staying Put, by Vivian Swift, a former assistant Vice President at Christie’s auction house. Swift traveled around the world for twenty years before settling down on the Long Island Sound and […]
What Happened?
By Rosanna Trestman How can a town with a Five Star Library, endless charm, Infinity Hall and flattering reviews from the press fail to keep businesses in the black for the long haul? In my last View from the Green (October 2010) I celebrated Norfolk’s renaissance, replete the hustle and bustle of tourists attracted by […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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A Not-So-Wicked Web We Weave By Veronica Burns Many articles have been written about the demise of the printed word. Is there irony in this? Here you are reading the printed word. At Norfolk Now the editors believe the printed word is alive and well, as this little paper moves into its seventh year of […]
VIEW FROM THE GREEN
New and Views and Crews By: Colleen Gundlach When Lloyd Garrison and Rosanna Trestman first envisioned what would eventually become Norfolk Now, they saw a professional publication, written by a group of experienced volunteer writers and editors, which would be widely read by the community. Their dream has become a reality. Today, almost six years […]
View From the Green
Of Memorials, Sacrifices and Gratitude By Colleen Gundlach The summer holidays of Memorial Day and Independence Day always bring out the patriotism inherent in most Americans. At this time of year, my father often reminisces about his military service during World War II. He is now 83 years old, but recalls like yesterday the time he […]
