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 […]
Norfolk’s Aspiring Diva Scores Big at Battell Chapel
By Lloyd Garrison Jordan Rose Lee is a name increasingly familiar to lovers of choral music in and around Litchfield County. On May 19, she took to the stage in Battell Chapel with a recital tagged “Music is Silly!” after a line from a tongue-in-cheek composition by Leonard Bernstein called “I Hate Music.” Superbly accompanied […]
New Garden Provides Interactive Learning for Botelle Children
By Ellen Walker-Savoye When an enlightened school administration, enthusiastic parents, imaginative teachers and a supportive community come together, exceptional projects can emerge. Such a project is the Norfolk Community Garden at Botelle School. Located in a sunny spot behind the school, easily accessible to students and teachers, the garden was built by parent volunteers. It […]
Memorial Day Race Marks Third Successive Win for Local Woman Runner
By Kurt Steele Little did eight-year-old Caitlin Alexson know that her mother’s protective jog by her side while she learned to ride a bicycle would lead to her mother becoming a competitive runner. Four short years after that initial jog, Norfolk resident Margaret Alexson progressed from being a non-runner to having the fastest woman’s time […]
It’s Only Natural
Connecticut Biologists Create Habitat for the Endangered New England Cottontail By Wiley Wood “You can’t miss it. It’s a 57-acre hole in the forest,” says Paul Rothbart, a project manager with the Connecticut State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. He is giving directions to a tract of state land in Goshen that, with the […]
EDC Weighs Plan for Fiber Optic Network
Local technologist sees many potential benefits to town By Kurt Steele With a strong nod to the future, Kim Maxwell briefed the town’s Economic Development Commission (EDC) at its May meeting about the benefits he foresees if Norfolk installed a community-owned fiber optic network. Maxwell is a relatively new resident of Norfolk who has degrees […]
Gourmet Meets Homestyle in Goshen
Not Just Another Roadhouse By Rosanna Trestman Lucky for us, Norfolk now has a choice of four local dining establishments. But it may come as a surprise that a fifth restaurant has been quietly tucked behind the scene all along. Located in Goshen, just a quarter of a mile west of the rotary, A.J.’s Steak […]
Norfolk’s Silent Sentinels
Everything You Need to Know About Utility Poles By John G. Funchion There are 2,153 utility poles in Norfolk. These poles, standing as silent sentinels for years on our roadsides, provide us with all the amenities of modern living: electricity, cable television and internet access. Utility poles were first used above ground in the 19th century […]
ZONE 4
Mounting a Counter Offensive on Invasive Species By Susannah Wood Like most of us living in the Icebox of Connecticut, I greet the first signs of spring with a surge of relief and delight at the first sight of the branch tips of the red maples beginning to color, that first phoebe singing outside our […]
Pitching In
Stalwart parents and children brave a brisk April morning to contribute their efforts to the Baseball Field Clean-Up Day. Employing assorted gardening tools, rakes, shovels and wheelbarrows, they made the Mountain Road Little League field ready for baseball.
