Beekeeping in the Northwest Corner
The Secret Lives of Bees… By Babs Perkins We’ve all seen them. That stack of boxes at the edge of an open field or meadow or tucked in the corner of an apple orchard. We know that they are beehives, but how many of us actually understand what’s going on inside those mysterious boxes? Some […]
Haystack Quilters
Under the instruction of fabric artist Shirley Metcalf, third from left above, the Haystack quilters use the latest technology and equipment. Scissors have been replaced by a rotary cutter, which can slice through four layers of fabric at a time. The quilting proper is performed by a long-arm, free-standing quilting machine. Fabric has been donated, […]
Center Cemetery: A Walk Through Time
New Columbarium Almost Finished By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo At the entrance to Center Cemetery off of Old Colony Road, a wood sign affixed to a towering maple tree invites “friends” to “take care how you walk and act, for you are walking on holy ground, the graves of beloved family and friends. Remember them, […]
First 5K Trail Race a Success
Barbour Woods is Site of Norfolk Land Trus Race A thin drizzle and slippery trails did not deter the runners who gathered for the Norfolk Land Trust’s first annual 5K Trail Run through Barbour Woods on Saturday, October 4. The race started at the Lovers Lane entrance to the woods at 10 a.m. The winner […]
New Norfolk Library Director Was There All Along
Ann Havemeyer to Play Dual Role By Colleen Gundlach In the 1967 musical film The Happiest Millionaire, songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman coined a new word, fortuosity, which they defined as “fortuitious little happy happenstances.” Norfolk Library has been the recipient of a bit of such fortuosity itself in finding its new director. In the […]
Whiting Mills Draws Visitors to Winsted
Renovated Factory Houses Art and Craft Studios By Colleen Gundlach Tucked away on a street behind the Winsted campus of Northwestern Connecticut Community College is an outwardly nondescript old factory building that is anything but nondescript on the inside. Driving up to the parking lot behind the building and walking inside will reward the visitor […]
The White Hart Inn: A Litchfield County Classic Comes Back to Life
By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo On a recent sun-kissed autumn day, every porch table at the White Hart Inn was filled to capacity by 12:15 p.m. Not bad considering the tap room doesn’t start serving lunch until noon, and it was a Tuesday. Safe to say, a lot of people are happy the iconic inn on […]
Library Associates Host a Barn Dance Fundraiser
Every year for the past 10 years the Norfolk Library Associates have held a fundraiser to offset the cost of the tent used for the annual book sale. Thanks to the generosity of Grant and Kristin Mudge, who offered the use of their barn, this year the associates decided to do something completely different—hold a […]
Norfolk Soccer Players Star on Regional 7 Team
Five teenagers from Norfolk are on the Regional 7 High School varsity soccer team, and two of them are captains. All of the kids participated in the town’s recreational soccer program starting in kindergarten. The four seniors were accepted into their first traveling soccer team at age 7. As of mid-October the team’s record was […]
Entrepreneurial Farmer Creates Organic Orchard in Norfolk
Pastoral View Preserved By Rosanna Trestman In the early 1800s, traffic along Norfolk’s Winchester Road bustled with activity. Farmers prodded cattle while ladies and gentlemen rode carriages to the once-thriving town of Winchester Center. On the way, they enjoyed expansive vistas of meadows and ponds. Over time, the views have become mostly residential, with the […]
