Master Artisans Craft a Folk School
Tradition comes alive in South Berkshire By Andra Moss For many, a DIY home improvement project begins with a bit of Googling. If that project involves woodworking, they may well be directed to a series of videos from “The Garage with Steve Butler,” a program about woodworking that, at its peak, was carried on 800 […]
Chronicles of Gastronomy
Bakers Knead, Rise and Eat By Avice Meehan One baker prepped her baguette dough in the cab of her pick-up truck while another set a timer to keep track of when turn the dough stashed under her office desk. Regardless of the approach taken, roughly a dozen people gathered on a March Thursday in the […]
Poolside Dispatch
Norfolk Teens on the Winning Team By Kailyn Patrick Nadeau Powered by six Norfolk athletes and 25 of their teammates, the Northwestern Regional 7 swim team held their own against Prospect’s Woodland High School in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class S State Tournament on March 18 in West Hartford—until the very last race […]
Maintaining a Proud History While Moving Toward the Future
Norfolk Cooperative Weather Station gets new equipment By Colleen Gundlach Much of Norfolk’s identity is tied to the weather. The town is known not only as the Icebox of Connecticut, but it is also well known for its historical weather station located in Great Mountain Forest (GMF). Norfolk Now readers are very familiar with the […]
A New Farm Spreads Its Roots
Sharing the earth’s bounty at Northwest Corner Farm By David Beers Among the vast woods between Norfolk and Winsted there is a patch of fields on Grantville Road, just over the town line in Winchester. For decades, this open patch lay quiet. Then, in 2023, it came alive with the activity of the Northwest Corner […]
Rough Terrain Rescues
Something To Be Proud Of: Norfolk’s Rope Rescue Team By Jimmy Powelzyk Many Norfolk residents are unaware of a highly skilled and trained group of volunteers in our community: the members of the Northwest Rope Rescue Team, part of the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department. Six Norfolk men (“rope techs”) are currently part of this team. […]
Local Affordable Housing Groups Pioneer New Model
Bundling projects helps meet state minimums By Leila Javitch It’s an exciting spring for affordable homes in Northwest Connecticut. Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity (LCCHO) has fit together a program to build 10 new homes on scattered sites in five northwest towns via partnerships with each town’s volunteer affordable housing group. In Norfolk, the […]
Around the World: Wayfaring Book Brings Two Norfolk Libraries Together
By Bina Thomson It’s not uncommon for the Norfolk Library to receive calls and emails intended for the Norfolk Public Library of Virginia. Or for the Norfolk Library in Massachusetts, or the library in Norfolk, Nebraska. It was the first time, however, that there was confusion regarding a library in Norfolk, England. A children’s book […]
Out and About: Brilliant Colors Emerge from the Darkroom at North Canaan’s Yo Studio
By Andra Moss Photography fans will be excited to learn that Yo Studio, 91 Main St. in North Canaan, is primarily dedicated to exhibitions of photo-related work. Gallery owner and professional photographer François Dischinger, who began leasing the space last February, says he wants “to keep it very pure, photo oriented, analog oriented.” Dischinger, born […]
Proposed Manor House Expansion Draws Large Crowd
Many differing views on effect of change in town center By Susan MacEachron Norfolk residents filled the Botelle School Hall of Flags on a very cold evening on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to attend the Planning & Zoning (P&Z) public hearing regarding a modification to the special permit granted in 1996 to the property known as […]
