Letters
Now, About My Newspaper There has been much talk swirling around town about the anticipated sale of Norfolk’s Corner Store, and I want to give everyone a brief update on the progression. Nearly two month’s ago, I accepted an offer on the store from a group of men that own a similar, successful, business in […]
Fields of Dreams
If you build it, they will come. By Rosanna Trestman If you passed the Mountain Road ball field this spring, chances are you witnessed the All American Game in action. If you saw the late afternoon sun skim the bleachers and heard the crack of metal bats; if you heard children and parents cheering the […]
Families Celebrate Summer Reading
June 23 was a beautiful evening for enjoying a potluck dinner on Tobey Pond’s shores. A steel drum band added to the festive kick off of this year’s library summer reading program. Photo By Bruce Frisch
An Abundance of Riches
Norfolk Artswave! will showcase a town brimming with creative talent By Bridgette L. Rallo It all started slowly. A group of local artists with no place to show decided to form an art league. The Yale Summer School of Art offered to help. A local patron of the arts saw a great deal of unfulfilled […]
Letters
Now, About My Newspaper There has been much talk swirling around town about the anticipated sale of Norfolk’s Corner Store, and I want to give everyone a brief update on the progression. Nearly two month’s ago, I accepted an offer on the store from a group of men that own a similar, successful, business in […]
Norfolk’s Fr. Jeffries is turning two parishes into one happy family
A Man with a Mission By Bridgette L. Rallo When Father Brian Jeffries took over as the pastor of the combined Roman Catholic parishes of Immaculate Conception in Norfolk and St. Joseph’s in Canaan two years ago, he faced serious problems. Members of both churches had initially resisted the consolidation mandated by the Archdiocese of […]
Bishop’s Committee Gains Three
Group Overseas Church of the Transfiguration By Linda Pizzica In 1963 Reverend Wendell Phillips, the last presiding clergyman assigned to the Church of the Transfiguration, retired. Since then a committee of church members known as the Bishop’s Committee, with the help of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut, have taken over the management of the little […]
Literary Events in August
By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Norfolk ArtsWave! will bring a host of talent from near and far to partake in the three-day arts festival during August 13-15. Aside from a host of music and art events, the weekend will also bring a number of literary indulgences to town. Norfolk’s own Anne Garrels and Vint Lawrence will […]
An old game finds new life in Norfolk
CRAZY FOR BRIDGE By Sally Quale A glance at recent issues of The Lakeville Journal and The Litchfield County Times indicates that the recreational pastime of bridge, much like those currently well publicized invasive plants, has infiltrated and is proliferating in the Northwest Corner. Norfolk is no exception. Marc Nied and Linda Pizzica, who have […]
Norfolk’s May Weather
Lilacs and laurel bloom two weeks ahead of normal. By Russell Russ The month’s low temperature of 28 degrees was observed on May 11. The high temperature of 87 degrees was observed on both May 2 and May 26. The average mean temperature this month was 58.8 degrees, 4.2 degrees above the May normal. There […]
