West Street Grill: An Award-Winning Farm-to-Table Restaurant in Litchfield
By Babs Perkins Nestled inconspicuously beneath a striped awning at the lower end of the Litchfield town green, the West Street Grill has long been regarded as one of the area’s best restaurants. By no means a “secret” spot (it has had numerous mentions in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Litchfield County Times, The […]
Haystack Pizza Is Now Open
Pizza lovers, the wait is over! Haystack Pizza & Restaurant officially opened for business on March 24. They’re open Tuesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. In addition to pizza, the restaurant offers sandwiches, grinders, calzones and a large selection of entrees. Telephone: 860-542-5990 or 5991. No personal checks accepted. Photo by Bruce […]
Open Mic Night at Infinity Hall
Open Mic Night at Infinity Hall celebrated its two-year anniversary last month. Held every Thursday night at 8 p.m. in the Bistro, the brainchild of longtime Infinity Hall employee Jon Riedeman continues to be quite a hit with locals, as well as those from far away. Pictured above are the easily recognizable faces of Nancy […]
Land Trust Hosts Campfire Gathering at Dennis Hill Gazebo
For its winter outing and jamboree, the Norfolk Land Trust drew a cold, gray, windy day with snow flurries. The hardy souls who ventured to the gazebo on Dennis Hill on February 21 found a well-packed pair of trails leading into the woods (snowshoe and ski), and a glowing fire, a hot cup of cocoa […]
Canaan Resident’s Salon Helps Women With Hair Loss
Lori Ustico Never Gives Up By Ruth Melville It is a cliché to say that someone “lives her life for others,” but in the case of Canaan resident Lori Ustico, it is the simple truth. Ustico owns Dignity with Style, a salon on Railroad Street in Canaan that specializes in providing wigs and accessories for […]
It’s Only Natural, March 2015
Looking for Antlers in the Winter Woods By Wiley Wood Deer hunting season ends in November, but a new season starts in February: shed hunting. It doesn’t require a gun or a license from the state. The point is to find antlers in the woods that have been shed recently by white-tail bucks. I learned […]
News From the Sugarbush
Family Maple Syrup Operation Gears Up for Unpredictable Season By Jude Mead It is maple syrup season again, and people always ask what type of year we are expecting. They believe that a heavy snowfall in winter must mean lots of maple sap in the trees, while a dry winter means less sap. But for […]
Aton Forest Monitors Beaver Population
As part of its ongoing porcupine and beaver studies, Aton Forest has enlisted citizen scientists this year to help monitor beaver lodges and porcupine dens. Here, John Anderson, executive director of Aton Forest, standing, invites a participant to sniff the vent at the top of the lodge for the odor of castoreum, the beaver’s scent […]
It’s Only Natural
Holding Ground: A New Approach to Land Conservation in a Changing Climate By Susannah Wood It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the news on climate change: polar ice caps melting at alarming rates, sea level rising, the oceans both acidifying and warming, levels of C02 closing in on 400 ppm, 2014 was the hottest year […]
Frank Dooley Ends his Reign as Chairman of Democratic Town Committee
By Janet Gokay Frank Dooley is stepping down this February from his post as chairman of the Norfolk Democratic Town Committee, a position he’s held for over 35 years. It’s been a long run, and by all accounts, an excellent one. “I’ve been very fortunate in my life,” says Dooley. “I’ve been in the right […]
