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Wetlands, zoning and financing to be addressed By Joe Kelly Plans for a new firehouse for the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) are under review by various town boards and committees, the start of a months-long process to reach a decision on the largest new public facility to be considered in Norfolk in years. Under […]
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Editor-in-chief of the Lakeville Journal and Millerton News is honored By Carol Kneeland John Coston, editor-in-chief of The Lakeville Journal and The Millerton News, is one of 20 journalists over the age of 50 to be recognized in the Sept. 1 edition of the trade publication Editor & Publisher (E&P). E&P Editor Robin Blinder wrote […]
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Barry Webber & Doreen Kelly Barry Webber Giving back and supporting one’s community has always been a strong calling for me. I’d lived in Norfolk for only two weeks when Sue Dooley hooked me in to help with the Mandy Patinkin concert to benefit Prime Time House—an organization I spent more than 10 years working […]
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The Grant Homestead By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo When we were looking at houses in Norfolk about 20 years ago, there were three homes on the market for under one million dollars: two charming but overpriced Victorians in the center of town and a 244-year-old colonial on the Winchester Center town line that looked like it […]
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First installation in a planned sculpture trail By Patricia Platt The Norfolk Community Association (NCA) will unveil Jon Riedeman’s sculpture, the Owl of Good Fortune, at Robertson Plaza on Saturday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m. The public is invited to the event, which will include an introduction by the NCA, comments by Jon Riedeman, and […]
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A Long History of Preserving Tradition, Community and Nature By Jude Mead Sitting atop a hill on Colebrook Road (Route 182) in Norfolk, the Old Newgate Coon Club stands as a testament to the preservation of tradition, community, and nature and is among one of the oldest sporting clubs in Connecticut. It was first established […]
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Galene Kessin My involvement with the Norfolk Library was almost accidental. I went into the library one day because Comcast had interrupted our phone and internet service and I urgently needed to call my husband Rich, who was in New York. While I was seated in a comfortable chair in what I now know is […]
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Photos by Savage Frieze, wedding photo courtesy of Sally Carr and Larry Hannafin By Andra Moss Sally Carr and Larry Hannafin of Norfolk celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 31, 2023. The couple eloped in 1963 to New York State, as the bride was a few months shy of the Connecticut minimum age of […]
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Photo by Savage Frieze Kid’s day at the Farmer’s Market. Photo by Sue Frisch Lori Hoyt oversees sidewalk chalk painting outside Noi Salon. Photo by Sue Frisch One of a series of Music on Robertson Plaza performances sponsored by the National Iron Bank, Jasmine Road appeared Sunday. Photo by Sue Frisch Yellow pennants greeted visitors […]