Bruce Connelly and Norfolk’s Young Thespians
From “Wizard of Oz” to “Joy in the Morning” By Christopher Sinclair Norfolk has long been a woodland bastion of the arts. From the world famous music shed, to the library, to the life drawing classes and exhibitions in the art barn of the Battell Stoeckel Estate, to the many local artists and writers, Norfolk […]
A Proud Tradition of Work Camp Trips at the Church of Christ
Next Stop: Kenya By Tina Olsen At first glance, there’s nothing terribly remarkable about this scene: eight people are gathered for lunch around a table in a church hall in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. They pour water for each other from a pitcher, pass salad dressing, and chat and share stories and some laughs […]
Agricultural Fair a Success
By Sally Quale Norfolk’s first Agricultural Fair, which took place on August 24 at the weekly farmer’s market on Maple Avenue, was “a huge success and will be repeated next year on Saturday, August 14, 2014,” reports market manager Lisa Auclair. It ran an hour longer than the usual market – 4 rather than 3 […]
Music Students Perform Lively Concert For Seniors At Meadowbrook
By Geraldine Brodnitzki On the first day of the Norfolk Music Festival’s summer session, Director Paul Hawkshaw included in his announcements an invitation he had received by email from a parishioner of Norfolk’s Catholic church: “If any students would like to volunteer to play an instrument at the Immaculate Conception Church, they would be welcomed.” […]
Community Talent Provides After-School Program for Botelle Students
By Janet Gokay Life in Norfolk is greatly enriched by the work of volunteers—and the Norfolk After School Program (NASP) is no exception. Coordinated by two parent volunteers, Kim Crone and Kathy Yelsits, the program offers a potpourri of classes to any grade-school-aged child in Norfolk, not just those attending Botelle. Many of those classes […]
Fiber Optics Would Improve Cell Phone Service in Norfolk
EDC welcomes call for strong community involvement By Kurt Steele Following Kim Maxwell’s May briefing of the Economic Development Commission (EDC) about the benefits of installing a fiber optic network in Norfolk, Maxwell now believes that a significant dividend would be a vast improvement in the town’s cell phone coverage. Maxwell, who has a distinguished […]
Funkware Pottery Opens Studio and Workshop in Canaan
An Arty Place with Classes and More By Bob Bumcrot Joey Sage Jablonski marked the twentieth anniversary of her career as a potter at a gala July 6 reception celebrating the opening of Funkware Pottery in Canaan. The large and entirely refreshed building across Route 44 from Stop & Shop in Canaan now contains studio […]
Morris Dancers
Three Morris dancing clubs came to Norfolk on Saturday, June 8 and performed in the library’s parking lot: Bouwerie Boys Morris Dancers from New York City, Juggler Meadow Morris Men from Amherst, Mass. and Binghamton Morris Men (from New York State). The tradition of Morris dancing is an ancient English custom, dating back to the […]
In a Soldier’s Mindlessness, Signs of Hope
Kate Wenner’s play dramatizes the struggle of veterans with acute brain injuries By Lloyd Garrison Norfolk’s Kate Wenner, a novelist and former producer at ABC’s 20/20 who spent a year researching the widely misunderstood effects of brain trauma on veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, just ended a three-week sellout run of her first full length […]
Dig Into Reading’s Kickoff Picnic
Ginny Decerbo and friends (pictured above) celebrate the library’s kickoff event for their summer reading program. A large crowd gathered for a picnic on the library’s grounds on Friday, June 21 and enjoyed music by Al DeCant. “Dig into Reading” is the theme for the 2013 Connecticut Reads program, Governor Dannel Malloy’s annual summer reading […]
