Botelle Spring Concert and Art Show
Botelle School’s spring concert tok place on Monday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. Al fourth, fifth and sixth grade students have the opportunity to join in the performing groups. This year, 42 out of 46 eligible students chose to participate. Pictured above is Ashley Bianchi instructing the woodwind, […]
Images of Local Wilderness at the Norfolk Library
Strangely Familiar By Wiley Wood In talking about his photographs, Jim Jasper mentions the importance of learning a place, becoming part of it. His images—of rocks by the water’s edge, of barns, beaver ponds, white church fronts—are unmistakably local. The camera stares hard at familiar subjects and records a moment of recognition, as though […]
Ellen Griesedieck’s Mural Project Celebrates the American Worker
By Ruth Melville Ellen Griesedieck thinks big. Her latest project has been 15 years in the making and is five stories tall. Griesedieck is the artist and driving force behind the American Mural Project. The three-dimensional mural, designed as a tribute to the working people of the United States, will eventually be 120 feet long, […]
Just Kidding Around at Lost Ruby Farm
It’s Kidding Time Text: Baby goats have arrived at Lost Ruby Farm. Ten nannies gave birth, and their milk is now being used to make the farm’s cheeses. Most of the adorable babies are to be sold, available via Craigslist or contact the farm.
The Cafe at the Top of Connecticut
By Richard Kessin Photographs by Bruce Frisch I take visitors from the city on walks through Barbour Woods or up Haystack until they are proud of their wilderness adventures and very hungry. “Can you get lunch around here?” they ask skeptically. “Trust me,” I say as I walk with them to Station Place Café and […]
Disaster Aid in the Age of Facebook
Norfolk Connects with the South Pacific By Susannah Wood On March 13, a category five typhoon with winds of 165 mph landed right on top of Vanuatu, a South Pacific republic about 8,600 miles from Norfolk, Conn. The typhoon flattened most of the structures on this archipelago of 86 islands, killing 11, injuring more than […]
Foundation for Norfolk Living Gets Big Affordable Housing Grant
New Units May Be Ready Next Spring By Nina Ritson The Foundation for Norfolk Living has been working and planning for several years to secure space in which to provide affordable housing in Norfolk. On March 26, their efforts received a huge boost when Governor Malloy and the Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) announced funding […]
Drones Over Norfolk, at Work and at Play
By Wiley Wood You can’t just fly one straight out of the box, says drone hobbyist Christopher Little, you have to expect to crash a few times when you start out. But the technology to send a guided, camera-carrying drone into the airspace above your backyard is firmly within reach of the civilian consumer. Little, […]
Local Roasters Think Globally
Giv Coffee Blends Profits and Philanthropy By Ruth Melville You may have noticed a new stand at the winter farmers markets in Town Hall. Since February, Emily and Jeff Brooks, of Giv Coffee in Torrington, have begun bringing their colorful bags of freshly roasted coffee to sell at the market. The Brookses are passionate about […]
Lúnasa Plays St. Patrick’s Day Concert
Irish Music Celebrated at Norfolk Library In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, on March 12 the Norfolk Library hosted a concert by Lúnasa, one of the most popular traditional Irish bands performing today. The band has sold more than a quarter of a million albums and has toured widely, from Dublin, to Moscow, to Sydney, […]
