In Search of the People of Pond Town Cemetery
Text By Vicky MacLean and Linda PerkinsPhoto By Vicky MacLean Located on Doolittle Drive, across from Benedict Lake, is a small cemetery surrounded by woodland known as Pond Town Cemetery. It holds a few more than 200 gravesites. Do you believe someone in your family might be buried here? If so, please join our project […]
Quietly Celebrating 50 Years of Service with the Fire Department
NVFD, town applaud Ron Zanobi’s 5 decades of dedication Every town and community needs people who put others first, who do not strive for the spotlight, but prefer to be behind the scenes, ensuring that things are taken care of. This is an opportunity for Norfolk to acknowledge one of its quiet heroes. Ron Zanobi […]
Caring for the Northwest Corner in Perpetuity
Text by Nicole Carlson EasleyPhoto by Katherine Griswold Working with the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, Norfolk resident Sally Vaun has recently endowed a scholarship fund to support local students studying medicine and healthcare. Vaun spent much of her childhood playing in the rolling farmland of Pennsylvania. She worked on her family’s farm, tending to chickens, […]
Forty Years of Snow Sculpting for the Best Possible Ski
By David Beers It is an exciting February for winter sports, as many enjoyed watching the Olympics. Norfolk Curling Club is sending a curler to the Paralympics this year and has sent other Norfolk-based winter athletes to the Olympics in the past. While impressive for such a small town, this should come as no surprise […]
Bringing Irish Cheer and “Trad” to the Norfolk Library
Text by Michael CobbPhoto by Anna Colliton On Sunday, March 13, at 5 p.m., the Norfolk Library will present an entertaining evening of traditional Irish music with the help of Irish duo The Murphy Beds—plus a few fabulous “Friends.” The group features guitarists and singer-songwriters Eamon O’Leary and Jefferson Hamer, both internationally recognized Irish musicians. […]
Making Maple Syrup: A Sweet Process Revealed
By Jude Mead Maple syrup is a wholesome and natural sweetener that is produced by boiling the sap that flows out of the sugar maple tree in early spring. Many people look forward to the annual winter tradition of standing in the middle of a steam-filled room, inhaling that sweet maple scent and tasting fresh, […]
Trustees Aim to Take Stoeckel Estate Into the Next Century
Eldridge Barn and Music Shed annex up next for renovation by Andra Moss In an unprecedented public meeting, the Trustees of the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Trust (EBST), deans of the Yale University schools of music and art and the directors of the Yale Summer School of Music and Art came together at the Hub (some […]
Botelle School 6th Grade Fund-Raiser Is Crushing It
Photo by Marinell Crippen Keep those cans coming! The “big blue bin” fundraiser at the transfer station has already brought in over $650 in five-cent increments from the thousands of cans residents have left in the special collection bin beside the recycle dumpster. Botelle School PTO volunteer Marinell Crippen and her son, sixth grader Rex […]
Local Group Hopes to Welcome an Afghan Refugee Family to Torrington
by Kelly Kandra Hughes The end of August 2021 saw the United States’ final withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. During the withdrawal, over 75,000 Afghan refugees were evacuated through Operation Allies Welcome. Although many have now been resettled throughout the United States, there are still approximately 23,000 refugees living on six US military bases. Thanks […]
A Look Back at Norfolk’s 2021 Weather
by Russell Russ Norfolk’s weather for 2021 was interesting. Isn’t the weather always interesting? What rightly first comes to mind when remembering 2021’s weather is how wet it was in summer and fall. What also might come to mind is the relative lack of snowfall. Digging deeper, Norfolk residents might recall how lousy the weather […]
