Wooden Canoes Thrive in South Norfolk
Thomson Canoe Works Still Builds Canoes by Hand By Ruth Melville A summer job at a canoeing camp led Norfolk resident Schuyler Thomson to an unanticipated profession, and he has now been building and repairing handmade wooden canoes for over 30 years. Thomson, who grew up in Woodbury, Conn., graduated from the University of Connecticut […]
Matthew O’Connell is Botelle’s New Principal
A fourth-grade teacher and children’s book author as well as an administrator By Joshua DeCerbo This summer, Harwinton native Matthew O’Connell was selected to be the new principal of Norfolk’s Botelle School. Since that time, O’Connell has been working with the new Norfolk superintendent of schools, Dr. Mary Beth Iacobelli, to prepare for the start […]
Norfolk Now’s Prolific News Reporter Leaves Norfolk
Reflections on His Unlikely Journalistic Career By Kurt Steele Little would Dr. Robert Bumcrot, retired professor and chair of the mathematics department at Hofstra University, have believed it when he moved here in 2002, that he would become a reporter and editor for this volunteer-staffed newspaper and would write some 155 articles for it. Sadly, […]
Meadowbrook Ladies Stitch For Others
By Ruth Melville A new project underway at the Meadowbrook Apartments hopes to put colorful handmade toy bears into the arms of children in need of comfort. The “My Bears” project was started by Pearl Lovgreen, who moved to this area from Middletown, Conn. six years ago. She came to be near her sister Joyce, […]
Building Inspector Watches Over Safety of Norfolk Homeowners
By Kurt Steele States legislate important issues affecting their citizens in different ways and have a wide variety of laws controlling how buildings are built or remodeled so they are safe. Some have statewide building codes based on a strong national model code. Others have weak codes or allow local counties to write their own. […]
Ukes Rule In Sheffield
By Bob Bumcrot For a delightful short summer break, take a spin up Route 7 to The Magic Fluke Company at 292 South Main Street in Sheffield, the largest maker of ukuleles in America. Walk through the museum-like displays showing the history of the instrument. Try strumming a few notes on the beautiful soprano, tenor, […]
Scavenger Hunt in Barbour Woods
Seven teams participated in the Norfolk Land Trust’s first-ever scavenger hunt on July 12 in Barbour Woods. Each team was given a map of the property and several items to find along the way to four checkpoints, where they were greeted by land trust volunteers and board members. Included in the tasks to complete was […]
Norfolk Artists and Friends Exhibit at Battell Art Barn
Event to benefit Music Shed Restoration Fund By Karen Linden Norfolk Artists & Friends will host an opening reception on August 8 for their Sixth Annual Art Show in the Gallery of the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate. The public is invited to come from 5 until 7:30 p.m. to enjoy food and wine and view […]
Inside the Music Factory
Visiting With the Fellows at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival By Wiley Wood The campus of the Yale Summer School of Music in Norfolk is almost deserted on a sunny day in July, but fragments of music float in the air from all sides. A brass ensemble is rehearsing in a stone structure near Mountain […]
Solar Generation On The Rise
Area Residents Find Solar Affordable By Bob Bumcrot Driving along Route 44 through East Canaan, it’s hard not to notice the large set of solar panels across the road from Freund’s farm: eight big arrays totaling 576 panels on the site of the old Couch farmhouse and barn. The 130-kilowatt installation by PurePoint Energy of […]
